...Including the Kitchen Sink

Have Your Cake and Eat it Too

Happy 4th Birthday Nathan!

America's Next Top Models

Last week Edward and I decided to do some modeling for my good 'ol friend Nicole. Nicole is starting up a fantastic photography biz, so we just couldn't wait to get in front of her camera. Here are some of our favorites.

We had a great time running through Los Angeles and Hollywood with Nicole. She did a fantastic job. Maybe one day she'll hire me as her sidekick!

Check out some more of Nicole's pics.

Gene Kelly is a hottie!!

Where has this movie been all my life?

Last Saturday Edward and I took a trip to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Visiting a cemetery usually does not involve having fun, but there is a first time for everything. During the summer, the cemetery shows classic movies and attendees are welcome to bring along a picnic dinner. Don't worry, it's not all spooky. We sat in a wide open grassy area of the cemetery, a respectful distance to those who were resting in peace.


Once we found our little spot in the grass, we laid out our blanket and popped open our picnic basket. Edward and I brought caprese sandwiches and cannolis from our favorite Italian deli. Yum-o!! Before the movie started, a DJ spun fun 80s alternative music to set the mood.


So the movie that night was Singing in the Rain. I am so embarrassed to admit that I have never seen this movie. (I know, it's crazy.) I am an avid I Love Lucy lover and love all things old Hollywood. How could I let this little gem get past me!?!?


Singing in the Rain stars the dreamy Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. It is often dubbed one of the greatest musicals of all time. I just may have to agree.



I just love how in old movies everything is just sweet and to the point. It's never too overdone.

Nerd Alert!

I got a new camera lens. It's a Canon 50mm f/1.8II.

I think it's pretty rad.

5 Simple Rules

Today I came across this wise tidbit of information.

5 Simple Rules for a Happy Life:

1. Free your mind from hatred
2. Free your mind of worries
3. Live simply
4. Give more
5. Expect less

-author unknown

Costa Rica, I miss you

Ravi d'avoir fait ta connaissance!

I finally got a round to posting some of our Paris pictures. Enjoy.






Click this link for more Paris pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgarciarn/sets/72157621648190487/show/

Beware of Dog

Look at what a bad influence my brother-in-law's dog, Whistler, is on my sweet innocent Lucy.



(No puppies were hurt in the making of this picture. They were just playing.)

(500) Days of Summer

(500) Days of Summer is a new movie that Edward and I saw a few weeks ago. I must say, we loved it! It's not your run of the mill romantic dramady. It stars the charming Zooey Deschanel and oh-so-cute Joseph Gordon-Levitt. As a 12-year-old, I remember watching Gordon-Levitt on the television show Third Rock from the Sun. He was even cute then!

Anyway, it's just one of those movies that you think about long after you leave the theater. The soundtrack is also quite exceptional. It has fab music from the likes of Regina Spektor, The Smiths, The Temper Trap, Feist, She & Him, Ms. Deschanel herself and many more.

Check out the trailer. Then go see it.

The last scene of the movie takes place in the famous Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles. I read about this building in a magazine a few years back. It was built in 1893 and funded by a real estate developer named Lewis Bradbury. The architect George H. Wyman's design of this building was influenced by Edward Bellamy's 1887 book entitled Looking Backward. In this book, the author describes a utopian society in the year 2000 where average commercial buildings have a, "vast hall full of light, received not alone from the windows on all sides, but from the dome, the point of which was a hundred feet above ... The walls and ceiling were frescoed in mellow tints, calculated to soften without absorbing the light which flooded the interior."

So last week Edward and I took a trip to visit this historic building. Interestingly, the outside of this building looks quite ordinary. Just a pile of red bricks. But once you enter the two glass paneled doors, the flood of natural light is amazing. Here are some of my pics.

An Old Pile of Bricks

Originally uploaded by m.garciarn

I've been going through some old NYC pics. I especially like this one.

To see the rest go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgarciarn/sets/72157618049728372/show/