Monday, May 26, 2014

Fun thursday with the Princess...



 Aubrey has lots of energy...




Chasing the ducks into the pond....





one of her many poses...




At the edge of the stream...and not afraid...





 Aubrey taking a picture of me...and here it is!!!





Me...the paparazzi...




 Smiling at the camera...




 She's gotten so tall and slender...










Saturday, May 17, 2014

San Antonio Winery Winos...

 The Maitre Dee...




The Menu...I had the seared Ahi...





My Mom and Nadine...



 Nadine, her Mom Amelia and Tere...




 My Mom, Mr. Girafe & Me...





 Nadine, Amelia, Tere and Lupe...




 Nadine and her Mom, Amelia...




 Nadine, Steve ( the Patriarch of San Antonio ) and Amelia...




 Steve and Amelia...



 
 Nadine, Amelia, Lupe and my Mom...




 Nadine, Amelia and my Mom...




 Amelia...




 Tere...




 Tour guide...He was really entertaining...




 In the aging room...




 Large barrels of "Fine" wine...




Another "One for the Road"...


 Went to the San Antonio winery in downtown Los Angeles, Lincoln Heights to be exact...it's right down the street from La Placita and Phillipe's double-dip sandwiches...

It was just the 5 of us...Had a great time and the lunch was delicious...Thanks Nadine, she picked up the tab and celebrated our birthdays...I keep trying to forget my birthdays, but NO!!!!!

We even had to have dessert in honor of Clara, who loved to be thinking about the goodies before she even ordered her meal...

We were greeted by Steve, he is the owner of San Antonio and knows Nadine and Amelia, since Amelia was a kid...Steve is 90 years old and Amelia is well...right behind him...Steve always gives her a bottle of wine and today was no exception...a bottle of black label, premium stuff...Thank heaven for the Italians!!!

We stayed for the tour of the winery, not that we wanted to know how to make wine, we just needed an excuse to walk off all that great food...The tour guide was enteratining and we enjoyed our stay at the winery...





Sunday, May 11, 2014

Mother's Day Brunch...



The tortilla making station...





 Happy Mothers Day...





Lauren and Lupe..


 Lauren,Lupe and My Mom...




 Maria Elena and her Madrina...




 Lupe, Maria Elena, Robert, GranMa Tere and Lauren...




 Me, Lupe,Maria Elena, GranMa Tere and Lauren...




 Maria Elena showing off her decorations...




 
 Tia Margarita and GranMa Tere...2 lovely ladies...




Lupe, Tia Margarita and GranMa Tere...


Its Mothers Day...

Saturday for us Mexicans and Sunday for us Americanos...

I took my Mom to Chinatwon on saturday and we went to Hop Louie, imagine that, same place for the last 35 years...Egg Foo young-shrimp please and a variety of dishes to keep everyone with a full mouth...

On sunday we went to El Ranchito in Costa Mesa, Maria Elenas place. 

They do a great brunch and my Mom loves it there...We had a bit of every dish and then the desserts!!!! Flan that was almost as good as my Moms...I took a few pictures of all of us and then it was over to my Tia Margaritas, to visit and share good chismes...

My Tia is doing so good, she really is a trooper...and then Chava showed up with his family, so good to see everyone...