My Mother's Day In The City Of Angels!

Meg & Tim really needed a dresser...We found one! The Rose Bowl is amazing! I have been to lots of flea markets in my lifetime...this one was ultra huge! I lost a few lbs in fluids...it was hot! Thanks to Meg...I finally experienced the Rose Bowl Flea Market! We found the perfect dresser...to go into the turquoise bedroom!


As you all know that I am on the search for the perfect cheeseburger! Meg took me to the # 1 rated burger place in all of greater Los Angeles! Pie n Burger!!! Loved it! Thanks for a great visit! I couldn't have had a better Mother's Day...and Tim gave me a great hug....Tim's the greatest! And seeing sweet little Walter was the best! They are really good puppy owners! I might start a separate blog just about cheeseburgers?

Cool Breezes On The Balcony!

It's just the beginning! We had such fun this weekend...astro turf on the floor of the balcony...new green chairs and table, lots of fun plants and loving objects! A tranquil place to be after a long day of hard work...and they both deserve a place like this...we all do! It's easy to create that special place...just for your own well being!

More Beverly Hills Make Overs...Thanks To Megan's Connections!

Tabatha has quite the job of making me look somewhat cool!!



Tabatha is Meg's friend and they have alot in common...she was born in Kansas and Meg was born in Okalahoma! They met through Paige, who was born in Texas! Dear sweet Tabitha is the salt of the earth, most beautiful and we "Taylors" love her! Meg and I love her spirit of adventure! She recently moved into a loft in downtown Los Angeles! How cool is that!

Thank you dear sweet Tabatha...for the experience of the most upscale Beverly Hills Salon! For just a moment I felt like a movie star! You did a double nickels Mom ...such an ego boost!!! I love my new hairdo! Have fun in Kansas next week with you family!

Becoming Beautiful In Beverly Hills...

Check out my eyebrows!



Isn't Megan beautiful!! Dazzling smile and enormous heart!

Megan and I went to Beverly Hills to Anastasia's! She is the premiere eyebrow shaper to the movie stars! A once "bushy" eyebrowed lady from Romania who came to America to make her fortune on Rodeo Drive! If your eyes are the windows to your soul....then what are your eyebrows?

Pete & Kathie Taylor Take On Italy!

Pete and Kathie on the drive up the Amalfi Coast!
The little town of Varenna, this picture was taken from the ferry to Bellagio! Pete and Kathie loved Bellagio! They spent the first four days in Sorrento, down south of the Amalfi coast! Two days in Rome touring St. Peter's! They ended up in Lake Cormo at a little town called Varenna, very quaint! This was their second trip to Italy...their daughter Morgan spent a semester in Rome studying! Obviously they were enticed to go back for more Italian hospitality!

It's True! Kim's IPHONE Dreams Have Come True!

Dillan is so proud of her Daddy for making Kim's IPHONE dreams come true! It's her first Mother's Day and if anyone deserves a IPHONE, it's our beautiful daughter in law! Mother's Day is this coming Sunday! Order the flowers, get or make a Mother's Day card for that special Mom in your life! And follow Beau's lead and buy her a IPHONE!
(p.s. Both Stephen and I have IPHONES and absolutely love them! The only stock we own is APPLE...so naturally we love when people get IPHONES! The wave of the future!)

Happy Mother's Day Kim...I will be in the City Of The Angels this Mother's Day with my daughter Meggie...have the most loving day ever! Just watching Dillan light up when you walk into the room, that says it all! You are such a great MOM!!!

Wanna Feel Good Today?

Check out this video and trip the light fantastic!!!
Just click the highlighted link below!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers first got us in the mood back in the 1930's & 1940's! I came across this statue back in my garage sale days! It was a trophy a couple had won at the Fred Astaire dance studio...pretty cool...it's been dancing on a shelf for many years at the Taylor home! I GIVE YOU THE DANCE....

I Love Rock & Roll, Put Another Dime In The Jutebox Baby!

One of many lovely Xmas presents from Stephen...tickets to Fleetwood Mac! We started our special date by going to dinner at a fancy restaurant!
We don't really have the famous "black" card, maybe someday? You have to be superb rich or superb famous...we do have a platinum American Express card! Good enough to get us reservations at the famous "Chalkboard" restaurant downtown in the renovated Ambassador Hotel, built at the turn of the last century!


Stephen snapped this fetching pose while we were waiting for crab cake appetizers!

We took the red trolley from The Chalkboard to the Fleetwood Mac concert!

Stephen knows how to balance rock & roll with baseball because he has a Iphone!
Close to 14,000 Fleetwood Mac fans showed up last night! The concert was fabulous! To our left was the stage and to our right were the two men who did the closed captions for the hearing impaired...if you ever get a chance to see a rock concert in sign language, well it was AMAZING! In fact, it was beautiful! Thank You Stephen for a wonderful evening!

Martin Luther Watts In Town For Rugby Mud Bowl

Hi everyone! I'm Amy, Marty's daughter! I just spent a semester studying in Paris France! ooh la la!
Uncle Marty kindly donated this fetching cap to the Taylor boys!

Meet Marty, Janie's older brother from New Mexico! We grew up in Albuquerque at the base of the Sandia Mountains! Being a loyal Aardvark fan and old rugby player himself...he and his buddies enjoyed the Rugby tournament! Marty has a daughter named Amy, who enjoys the sorority life at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo California!

Tyler Park Bull Is Graduating Soon....

Our friends,Terry and Janet Bull are the proud parents of this young man! Isn't his major "way cool"!!! Congratulations Tyler! We have been honored to know you! Usually I like to send the book, "As A Man Thinketh", the timeless classic by James Allen as a graduation gift....But, these times call for just a little "walking around money"...as Grandma Taylor would have said!

Max Hits Deer...Totals Honda!

Look for these signs to avoid hitting a deer!

Look for this sign when you want to see a Royals baseball game!
Max Taylor, son to Pete & Kathie Taylor, cousin to Megan & Beau Taylor, nephew to Stephen and Janie Taylor, brother to Morgan Taylor!!! So Max is driving home with his college buddies from a fun filled Royals baseball game in Kansas City and he hit a deer and totaled his car! Max and friends were fine (don't know about the deer?) Max attends The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville Arkansas...GO HOGS!

UNLEASHED

The historic "Unleashed" tour makes its Tulsa stop today! The multi-Grammy winning Fleetwood Mac will perform many of its greatest hits from the band's fascinating career this evening just for Stephen and Janie! When did Hulk Hogan join the band?

Bird Lovers....Mine That Bird!

The Kentucky Derby Winner...The new Seabiscuit of this century!
Mine That Bird swept to victory in the 135th Kentucky Derby! Triumphing over a sloppy track @ Churchhill Downs in the second biggest upset in Derby history! Stephen got his money back and then some with the Pioneer Of The Nile, who came in 2nd! And with my horse being scratched...I Want Revenge...we got the two dollar bet back...and we came out $2.00 ahead! Big Derby Winners! Hope you all saw the race and the hats and the hoopla...it was great!

I'm Tweeting On Twitter, Are You?

Yes, I caught the bug...not the swine flu...the twittering bug! Look for my "tweets" on my blog, over to the left! So tweet!

I Love Lynne!!!!!

Lynne is the best friend anyone could have! She is everything and more a friend could be...I love her so much! My last birthday she gave me the most unusual gift of my lifetime! A BOX OF BULLETS! 9 milometers! Being creative...I thought they looked cool on the coffee table in a sterling silver dish! FYI...we have never owned guns! I never even liked Beau having a squirt gun!

Kentucky Derby Picks.....

Where do you go to bet? We went up to our fairgrounds...it was pretty nice actually!
Stephen is really liking this Thoroughbred! He laid the money down at Fair Meadows this afternoon! I like "I Want Revenge"!!!! Of course I only have a two dollar show ticket on this guy...I may be destined to win twenty cents! Enjoy the Kentucky Derby tomorrow @ 6:24 East Coast time on NBC! Don't forget to wear your favorite hat!

Gail..."My Kindred Soul" Girlfriend!

Everybody meet Gail Troxell! We have been friends since Camden (her daughter) and Megan were in first grade together! Then we moved to sunny California....but we came back and picked up right where we had left off! She is a skilled nurse up at St. John's hospital which is a few blocks away, across from Fashionable Utica Square! We meet quite often for lunch... We went to "Peppers" today, a Tex Mex place in the Square! Gail and I like the same books & TV shows and we always seem to just laugh through our lunches together! Her Daughter Camden is expecting a baby in September with her husband, Matt (a great American Indian Artist} Gail is married to the nicest guy ever, Larry! I especially like him because he thinks I look like a particular movie star! They own a ranch out side of town with horses and chickens and a pool and a veggie garden! Instead of meeting whenever...we decided today we will try and meet the first Friday of each month! All of you, please make an effort to do the same with your own dear friends once a month, if possible!

"O God, Thy sea is so great and my boat is so small"

The rain it raineth every day, Upon the just and unjust fella, But more upon the just, because The unjust hath the just's umbrella!

While raining yesterday, we had a umbrella fashion show here at The Taylors! Stephen appeared on the runway with a very upscale Sistine Chapel umbrella! Beau and Dillan choose a fun and sporty Scotty Dog umbrella! Most importantly...everyone stayed dry! Please feel free to send me pictures of you with your umbrella! Kim joins the umbrella show from work! So cute!

Stephen Taylor

Sitting at home watching me blog!

Red Wrought Iron Pots!

My Dear Friend Kerri gave me two of these really great pots...they had belonged to her Mom....We love them! We spray painted them red and they are now home to some pretty flowering Hibiscus! Thanks Kerri!

No Surprise.....

Goldie's Patio & Grill since 1962...started beside a golf course. We went for cheeseburger's today, my favorite food pastime!

"The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle"

I just downloaded The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle to my new Kindle 2!! It took me about two seconds! I'm looking forward to reading this Oprah favorite! Stephen has a new book too! He had to take a shower, get dressed, get into the car and drive all the way to Border's! Then he had to find a parking space and walk inside and browse around, pick a book and stand in line and pull out his wallet! He choose 386 pages of a paperback book (shout out to green people...what a waste of paper)!!! 7th Heaven by James Patterson for 14.99! We will, of course, recycle it @ a garage sale for 25 cents or donate it to Good Will for the tax receipt!!!
FYI All books downloaded from The Kindle Store are $9.99 or less!

Walter Meets Megan...1st Photo Ever Taken!

I love to say Beverly Hills...but if you want to know the truth? Megan and Handsome Tim & adorable Walter puppy...would have to walk across the street to be in the actual Beverly Hills! Beverly Hills Adjacent...is what we call it! For more updates on "Beverly Hills Scottie's" hop to Meg's blog! Now this picture was actually taken in Bev Hills @ The Famous Hub Of The House...where Meg works on Robertson Blvd!

Fancy Ladies Of Pasadena Get Wrapped!

We all love and know Megan for her inner & outer beauty, her loving ways, her incredible kindness and for her cheerfulness when presented with challenging situations! BUT, did you know that she is the most clever & talented & creative human on this fabulous earth? She wrapped some presents for her dear friend Paige to take to a chic baby shower in Pasadena last weekend and what do you think? They went absolutely nuts by her talents! From what I hear...her name and number was passed around like hot peanuts! Could someone PLEASE print up some business cards for our dear Megan? We are so proud of Megan....so proud!

Gladioli Paradise & Elephant Ears...Read On!

Home is where you begin again to dream again! Feeling some springtime blues? There's nothing like planting some bulbs into the earth and then waiting patiently...glad for everyday the sun shines and for the rain...then something so beautiful emerges with all the grandeur of the dream! I dug in the dirt again today and I'm proud of my chipped nails...I'll go to the nail salon another day!

Tranquil Images From Our Garden...

A passage of springtime is to piddle around in the garden & we did just that this past weekend! We have the earth under our finger nails! You'll find me at the nail salon today!