DINNER AT CASSIE'S

So there I am in Ellie's apartment cleaning up her computer a bit when all of a sudden she asks me to join her for dinner at Cassie's in Englewood with Jayne, Hunter and the cutest little kid in the world, Justice. Take a listen:



We had a great time, which included good company, fabulous dinner (chopped salad + delicious salmon and sauteed spinach), and running after 2-and-a-half-year-old Justice, a kid with a great personality. Thanks a lot for dinner, Ellie!

SANTA MONICA!

Steve Wachs, my junior high school school buddy, his oldest son Jeff got married to a gorgeous girl named Hannah on 3-26-06 at the Loew's Hotel in Santa Monica. It was a wonderful whirlwind weekend. I arrived in LA on Fri, 3-24-06, and cabbed it to the hotel in Santa Monica and immediately saw Dave, brother of the groom who I haven't seen since 2000 when he graduated U of P! Great guy: smart and funny and handsome.

Later that day I had dinner at Barney’s Beanery in Santa Monica with a woman who works at an agency I do work for who we've never met but spoken on the phone plenty with, Luane. We had a great time meeting, yacking and eating. It was a total pleasure to meet her!













Later that night we went to a service at Jeff and Hannah's synagogue, oneg shabbat following. It was a totally delightful service. Their rabbi is funny and unique and a friend of theirs. Here's a picture of Steve and his 2 younger sons Dave and Mike. Mike's a great kid. I adore them both.













We were having trouble getting Mike to show teeth in a pic so we had to resort to pinching and guess who was being pinched where??!!!













The next day, Saturday, 3-26-06, I slept until 1:30!! Didn't feel like going out so I hung around the room drinking coffee and eating Luna bars. At 5 p.m. I went to the Loew's for a cocktail hour followed by a rehearsal dinner for 90 (!) sponsored by Steve and Ruthie, mom and dad of the groom. at Shainghai Red's in Marina Del Rey. Here's a picture of Steve and I plus Howie Sherman at the dinner, all of us JHS friends from Kakiak JHS:













And here's another picture from that evening, the uncle of the groom Bob:













The next day, Sunday, March 26, 2006, at 5 p.m. was the wedding.




AND MORE GREAT MUSIC:


















Here they are the night before at the rehearsal dinner:













Here I am, pre-humidity, on my way to their wonderful wedding, which featured 100% vegetarian food and no one complained a bit because with such delicious food, believe me there was nothing to complain about!













And here we are at the cocktail hour. This is Miles, a world-class smart-ass with an infectious laugh like you wouldn't believe who I just loved meeting:


The wedding was fabulous with great food and great music. We danced our arses off. The band was absolutely fabulous. The people surrounding these families are warm and friendly and it was such an honor to be with them.




The next day, Monday, Steve sponsored a breakfast at Broadway Diner in Santa Monica. We all had a blast. [L-R: me, bride Hannah, groom Jeff, long-time friends of the groom Meryl and Ron]













Here's another pic of Meryl & Ron + Beth & Alan:



[L-R: Marge, Miles, Neal (son of Meryl & Ron, great kid), Miles, Michele & Adam (Adam who puts on a horrible NY accent and girlfriend Michele who's smart and terrific)]






Before we all said our good-byes, outside the Broadway Diner:













Here's a pic of Santa Monica Pier:





A splendid time was had by all!! Hope y'all enjoyed seeing pics of my wonderful trip to Santa Monica!! Now onward goes my redecoration project!!