Alice in Wonderland Book Club

"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. "

-The King

After my White Rabbit realization I became fascinated with Alice in Wonderland and set out to create a book club. I recruited via Facebook and wound up with a total of 6 members (including myself):

Denise

Eunice

Kim

Lela

Nova

This is an amazing group of women who have joined together to drink tea & wine, talk about life, laugh and of course talk about the book.

 

So far we’ve had bottle service at the Marketplace and a Mad Hatter Tea Party at Denise’s. Next is movie night at Lela’s house and the following weekend we will be bar hopping in our mad hats, tea cups in hand after watching Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland at the Arlington Theatre.

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

So, I’m so looking forward to watching Los Camperos this afternoon with Roast. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they play one of my favorite songs: Eres Casado (you're a married man).

    The Mariachi is based out of LA and performs under the direction of Natividad "Nati" Cano. They are a Grammy award winning Mariachi and to top it off they collaborated with Linda Ronstadt on one of my favorite albums: Canciones de mi Padre.

Mariachi Los Camperos has partnered up with ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Santa Barbara! and will be performing a few free concerts January 29, 30, and 31st throughout the Santa Barbara County.  You can obtain more information by going to the ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Santa Barbara!  myspace page.


"A unique collaboration between community organizations, "¡Viva el Arte de Santa Santa Barbara!" presents a season of the music, dance and folklore of Mexico and other Latin American regions in free events for youth and families over five weekends in Santa Barbara County." - ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Santa Barbara!

I have no doubt that Los Camperos will perform a fantastic show today and am 100% sure that they will leave me craving tequila and heartache.

2010: A happening Year.

hap•pen•ing (h p -n ng) n.

1. Something that takes place. See Synonyms at occurrence.
2. An improvised, often spontaneous spectacle or performance, especially one involving audience participation.

2009 was definitely a year of change for me and as uncomfortable as change can get, I have to say, I’m very happy with it. A different position in love, living and business has set a clear and sunny forecast for me and has paved the way for something grand…Today is the first day of my 31st year and the plan in effect is playing out smoothly.

Here’s to a 31st year of happenings in business, education, fitness, fun, finance and love…

happening

C

New Year, New Decade

My New Year is approaching...January 25, 2010.

The White Rabbit

When my besty Kate told me to act aloof this spring, I had no idea what she meant or what aloof would do. It was a statement that moved in, to the back of my mind, and as I thought about it the other day, I suddenly came to what I’m now calling “The White Rabbit” realization. This realization came to me in a state of deliria caused by a restless night in bed. Of course! What Katy was saying was so easy, why didn’t I just see it then? All I had to do was transform my character from Alice to the White Rabbit…
Mysterious, busy, excited, on the go and ruckus causing (all White Rabbit traits) were exactly the traits I gave up when I slipped into that black hole and landed in such an uncontrollable state of wonderland. I became a stalker petitioning attention…well that’s a little (maybe a whole lot) melodramatic but seriously, who wants to hang out with Alice? She asks too many questions, is emotionally unstable and doesn’t know how to play… And, someone who sings “I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date. No time to say "Hello." Goodbye. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.” is far more intriguing.  If Alice would have appeared that way to The White Rabbit, well, The White Rabbit would have been chasing her instead.
Good advice, Kate. I need to remember to become involved and uninvolved all at the same time…and in the words of Humpty Dumpty to Alice:

“Impenetrability! That's what I say!"

And I mean, as Humpty Dumpty explained to Alice, that I’ve “had enough of that subject, and it would be just as well if [I’d] just mention what [I] mean to do next, as [I] suppose [I] don't mean to stop here all the rest of [my] life." —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, 1872



C

Vamp

My legs are crossed and my lips are sealed...