Burkhart Art!

 

 

 

As the old saying goes, “Birds of a feather flock together” or you could go with the new saying, “Talented, smart and beautiful women hang out at XO Salon in Newport Beach and support their amazing artist of a friend Jessica Burkhart.” My girlfriend, old roommate, mentor and fellow hopeless romantic Jessica shows her work at XO Salon in Newport Beach. (Hair salons happen to be the new place to showcase your art work. Pretty genius considering you are chained to a chair for 3 hours of your time. You admire a piece of art work and by the time your hair is cut and colored you have found a place for that gorgeous painting in the hallway of your home. Brilliant!) N-e-wayz! Jess, is an incredibly talented artist that I just adore. Her artwork is not only exceptional, but when you talk to her and see the “why” she created what she created and “why” she selected the quotes she selected, you feel as if you are transported into a Jane Austens head. You feel as if looking at this piece of art all the sudden makes, life, love, romance, heart break, friendship and color all make sense. A beautiful combustion! Thats what I would call Jess’s work. A beautiful combustion! Because, thats truly what her work is, a sincere portrait of her experience. I love it and her so so so so so much! And how did I meet Jess? In art class of course! We were both high tailing it out of class actually to get coffee cause our Ebinezer Scrooge of a teacher was boring us to tears. Being true to your impulses pays off sometimes…sometimes

Crista’s Bebe Shower!

Mom's Famous Royal Icing Booties

The Moms

The Grand”Moms”

Jayden and his beautiful mama Scarlett

Richard and his beautiful self :)

Sonny and his Nana

Love him!

La Familia (minus about 10,000)

Hostess with the Mostess and her handy helper Aunt Lisa

Mom’s Famous Royal Icing Booties

 

 

 

How to live a long life by Ever…

Go for lots of walks….

Be a good friend…..

Be silly….

Take risks and have FAITH!

Laugh…

and LAUGH!!

 

 

If I come back in another life…

…I wanna be Armenian! Cause they know how to party! My roommate from college, Maral just had her bridal shower in L.A. at The Mirage. It was definitely a party you would want to be at on a Saturday afternoon. Over 100 women dined on delicious Armenian cuisine of hummus, kabobs and the crazy raw meat sauce that I usually avoid. They danced to traditional Armenian tunes, doing their little “fly swatting” moves as I call them. They played traditional Armenian Bridal Shower games, such as blindfolding the Bride-to-be and having her touch people and try to guess who they were. Then somewhere along the assembly line they sneak the groom in. Maral was so adorable! She struggled to guess who everyone in the line was, but the second she put her hands on her fiances head she screamed “Vicken!”  These are some pictures I shot on a Nikon D40. Maral wanted the day documented and then made into a book on Blurb.com. These are some of my favs. I tend to like setting the camera to a high ISO and using no flash. More artsy that way. I can’t wait for the wedding!

Last day of camp :(

Me so sad…