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...

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...

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...

HomeGirl Cafe in Los Angeles...

 Aubrey and GranMa Tere, walking the streets of LA...

 Clowning around...

 

 Nice summer dress and a big smile...

 Enjoying the shade before we start walking again...

 Wondering why people are dressed so weird...Cholo's

She's 4 1/2 and not 5....til July...

Spent the afternoon with Aubrey and my Mom in downtown LA...

El Pueblo de La Reina de Los Angeles...

 We decided to visit the HomeGirl Cafe that we hear so much about. They help out kids that are in the gang life and try to get their lives turned around. It's Father Boyle, who started this a number of years ago and it is so successful...

The place is pretty neat but I didn't like that there are so many kids just hanging around. It made going to the cafe a bit daunting, the workers have probably never worked at restaurants and were not very friendly and the service was missing. I felt that the prices were a bit high, all specialty foods and it didn't feel like a mexican food place...No beans or mexican rice...what kinda of place is this?

I got Aubrey to cooperate just a bit for some pictures, she loved seeing all the people and listening to my Mom and I speak about the homeless and the cholo's...must have been pretty exciting for her...went back home and had arroz con leche, jello, bean burritos...what a day...pulling weeds from GranMa's front yard...

Train Station Adventure - continued

 

At the Artist District, Commonwealth...

Train Station...All Aboard!!!

Walkway overhead to cross train tracks...

Getting ready to work the circus...Who's afraid of heights???

 

OK...OK...OK...

Nice reflection...

Just for FUN!!!

Had a fun time at the train station and walking around Commonwealth...lots of exercise and a cupcake for the Princess...

We had dinner at Del Taco because Aubrey tells me that she now likes bean burritos with cheese but no sauce...