Wednesday, July 02, 2008

HELLBOY 2 and the week of magic....

Drew came home to see me at the same time as Red came home
from tour
and FabLo came to visit from Minneapolis...
thanks go to Pantagruel Val for picking her up at LAX...

it was Grand Central Treehouse.

It was also the same time that George Michael came to town,
so we had a little roadie reunion.
and can i just say: his show was amazing---
some people have it! He thanked the crowd for
spending their non-existant money on his show
and also congradulated CA on being a place where
he can legally marry his partner.

if i can ever retrieve the photos of Red dancing
that I took on her iPhone, you can see the dazzling video screens
and the blur that is our Ace, dancing with stars in her eyes...
GM is tall, handsome and by all reports, a dream to work for.
this is good news. Mel and John are both on that tour,
and they are some of my favorite roadies.

The next day was Malena's Midnight Chocolate event.
photos!

Malena vamped up the store mannekins with her corsets and her Gothic Statue of Libertyness style:




here are some of the jewelry designs...




i lost count of Maddy's bat cookies that i comsumed...perfect blend of purple and melty sugar...mmmm



Cesar showed up!

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we stayed until the late hours...
Lorraine saved the day by getting the correct cups and the luscious strawberries...

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now, here is whre Quiche would tell me to end my blog, but i have to continue...so much happened in just a short time..

we went to the flea market where we all found treasures,
mine being a print entitled "House of Shadows" numbered 5/8 and signed by Welch dated 1961.
when i saw it, i knew it had to be mine, i didn't care that it had some festering masking tape on the back,
and a hideous orange mat framing it. I was ready to bargain, and when the sweet old guy, said, "five bucks"--i couldn't believe my luck. I will give this beauty a new life. future heirloom!

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Spinky found a dragon bracelet, that the seller was telling us the "drummer for Duran Duran" was just looking at it, funny, I said, he is in Europe on tour---DOH! then he said, well, maybe it was Billy Idol. slick! Red bought two oustanding neckpieces, an in-perfect-shape Monet long drop and a faux opal (fopal?) tiered number.



QUiche found the stunning amethyst necklace, a woman stopped her on the way, to alert her of its' value, and sure enough, when we looked it up on line, she found that she was the tomb raider deal-breaker. Best deal of the day!

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that afternoon we went to the Vista to see WANTED. Glad that Quiche and Malena liked it, i had a few problems with it,
but some delicious action sequences....bending bullets and an unbelievable train wreck....and of course, Angie.

that night, it was full-on karaoke!
here Drew wails on Metallica's Whiskey in the Jar at Quiche's request.
there are some more photos, but must get the a-ok from our MMM.

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the next day Quiche was leaving, so we went over to Melrose and shopped among the dead things in Necromance, I needed a wedding present for a friend who collects that sort of thing, yes, Chris X is getting married. Sending out the best wishes!!!

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It was coming up on Drew's last night in town, before he went back to his tour. Malena and MIles invited us to see a pre-release screening of HELLBOY 2, which really delivered on the goods.
Any movie that starts off with snowfall and Christmas music, you know I am in.
Terrific monsters and while I don't want to give anything away,
i am rethinking the myth of the Tooth Fairy.
They even gave us each sawed-off Hellboy horns. Remind me to photograph Malena in hers, she looked so cute in them--

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Meeting Guillermo del Toro after the screening was dreamy, and since they took our cameras away, I made a little sketch--
he is a visionary artist and a very funny warm heart of a man. I missed the first Hellboy, although I am a big fan of the BRPD comics, but I didn't need backstory or re-cap, this film stood alone. I highly recommend it.
I will be hard-pressed to beat this week. We still have half the year to try though...
leaving on tour next week-----xo

12 comments:

spacedlaw said...

Amazing action packed week!
That necromancer place really looks out of this world.

Dan Guy said...

Wow, where to start?! Sounds like you had an amazing week. Looks like you and Malena did a great job setting up for her event. Karaoke Drew looks awesome. ^_^

I'm looking forward to Hellboy II!!

ivenotime said...

Sound like a grand time had by all - love the sketch!

Dread Val said...

It was awesome to meet you on Saturday night! I was happy to help out by picking Lorraine up.

Hellboy horns! Those sound so cool. The sketch cracks me up. :)

FabulousLorraine said...

Hellboy horns???? Where are those pictures???

It was an amazing weekend, we had so much fun!!!! I miss it out there so much sometimes, my other home....

Go do your tour then come back to YOUR other home, Kitty!

Kitty Cat said...

ok, we will set up a Hellboy Horn photo shoot, maybe mister BATMAN will model. He went to the vet for a check up yesterday, he is perfection in fur.
Did i tell you Quiche helped me to Furminate him!?!
hahahAHAHAHAHAHA

EmilyLady said...

Malena kind of fascinates me. She is extremely talented, markedly creepy, and stunningly beautiful.

Someday I will go to LA. I can't live out the rest of my life just wondering what it's like to be there!

I'm glad you all had such an awesomely good time.

~Emily

ariandalen said...

That is one cute sketch! So...why is it that Mr. Miles looks like an alien? ;)

Glad you had an amazing week! Somebody needed to have one. :)

Malena said...

Life moves fast here in LA LA land, doesn't it? I HAVE the photos from David. Will post them ASAP on www.malenacollection.com and the blog.

Malena said...

Emily, your comment was the BEST ever. Can I quote you on that? ha haaaaaaaaaa
you made my day!

Dread Val said...

Ooh, I want to see the ones of me and Lorraine during my Remedial Posing!

EmilyLady said...

Malena -- you're welcome ... and quote away -- I don't mind.

~Emily