A very busy weekend in Palm Springs.  Between modernism week, bear convergence, modernist bears and the President, there was a lot of traffic around town.  We avoided it by staying home most of the time.  We did go to the movies on Saturday and saw 12 Years a Slave.  Which I found very hard to watch.  It is like any film when you know how horrible the situation is going to be, because you know the history.  But mostly, it is the helplessness of the situation.

I have taken walks each day this weekend, and have been listening to a lot of Jerry Herman.  I think that life should be more like a Jerry Herman musical, wouldn’t that be nice?  I think it started because there was an ad on television that a production of Hello Dolly will be at the MacCallum theatre.  Starring Sally Struthers.  David said he won’t go.  Anyway, I have decided that there are a wealth of life lessons in JH musicals – Before the parade passes by, Open a new window, We need a little Christmas, etc.  Call me old-fashioned, but his songs just get me going.

Next weekend we are widening our horizons again, and spending a few days in Los Angeles.  Very exciting!  We will get to see Chrissie too, so that is the best part.  Also, we have settled on a place to stay in London when we visit in June.  Nice apartment across the park from Buckingham Palace.  I think I sense a trend here – in Paris we will be around the corner from the French President and in London, across the park from the Queen!  Being in the thick of things makes it so much easier to get around.

Planning on making cupcakes for David’s birthday.  He was a little disappointed that I am not making a cake.  The real reason is that with cupcakes, I can give them away to people and get them out of the house.  A cake is harder to force off on people.  He will like them in the end though.  I am sure of it.  Watched some skating tonight.  That’s about all there is to report.