a million moths. » project # 2

emely bear

came home from school today with a heart drawn on the palm of her hand.

introducing

sweet charlie bear.

meet the beautiful olivia

my biggest competitor. the girl’s got strength and fire in her belly just like her momma.

kathy turned 21

this weekend. there was a leopard print party bus, a packed lounge in hollywood, three birthday cakes, three belly dancers and plenty of misbehaving.

out of nowhere

this morning the boy says “let’s go off-roading.” next thing you know we’re stuck on a giant slope in the angeles national forest without cell reception, flagging down passersby in the dry, afternoon heat. two kind armenians, one who said he once boxed muhammad ali, pick us up. they take us to a hamburger joint atop the mountain where a feisty, old waitress greets us with a lopsided wig and a big, red man sips from a tea cup. we eat grilled cheeses and then wind down the hill to watch the armenian yank the boy’s 4×4 off the cliff.

in every man

i search for him, the one who taught me how to live and love and laugh. feliz dia de los papis to the best dad on the planet.

introducing

mrs medina pashman, the happiest bride i’ve ever seen.

jenny ties the knot

tomorrow. but first, drinks and kosher tacos in beverly hills.

christian, the terror

there was jose, who cracked my head open after toppling the red wagon i was riding in when i was 5 years old. next came alby, who shaved her eyebrows off and ran away from home only to be found wandering alone five miles later near an uncle’s house — all before first grade. then there was davey, who must have been six when he placed a pillow over watermelon’s pet bird and proceeded to sit on it until his feathery victim stopped chirping. with close to 50 cousins in the family, we thought we’d seen it all. then christian was born.

sweet sally

came to town. and as if her presence wasn’t enough, there was a feast of risotto, angel hair pasta, fettuccini, tiramisu and this giant tower of ice cream cake, vanilla mousse and strawberries soaked in three different kinds of cognac.