Treats!

A friend of mine and I recently hit Beverly Hills to catch a Sprinkles Cupcake each... Mmmmmm... Just to note, too, SPrinkles cupcakes opened 'Sprinkles Ice Cream!!' yesterday. I was excited about the ATM, but this... this is my favorite! Cant wait to try it out. The flavors are the same as the cupcakes.

http://la.eater.com/archives/2012/04/19/sprinkles_ice_cream_opens_may_24_in_beverly_hills.php

What do you think about the idea of 'Sprinkles Ice Cream?'

While we were in the area we went to see the exhibit at the Gagosian Art Gallery- a small and cool little gallery nearby. The photography and artwork of Cy Twombly were on display...

Here's one of the paintings we saw!! This one was my fave. I like the bright colors.

I really enjoyed the cool photography and art by Cy. Just to give a little info, Cy recently passed away- he was an American artist 'well known for his large-scale, freely scribbled, calligraphic-style graffiti paintings, on solid fields of mostly gray, tan, or off-white colors.' (to quote wikipedia.) My friend is an artist so she was telling some of this to me as we looked at the work. It was fun to take a look!
Do you like the Cy Twombly painting? I love abstract art myself.

Mirman and the Chocolate Factory Fair

Spence and I had such a fun time at the Mirman Fair recently, so I thought I’d tell you guys about it. I got there in the morning to volunteer for a few hours in the ‘Arts and Crafts’ area. I was lucky enough to be put in charge of the ‘Spin Art.’ You remember from your days as a kid? They put a paper down under a frame on a wheel, close the lid and turn it on? You get to drop paint through and as the paper spins it makes a really neat design? Well that’s what I helped several kids to do. Some even wanted to make 2 or 3! It was cute, busy, fun and rewarding. The best part is when Spence came to meet me! We met up with a coworker of mine and her boyfriend and walked around, getting hot dogs for lunch, scouting out the Silent Auction, browsing the bake sale, watching some of the kids play games like catapult and ball tosses and whatnot. There were some really fun decorations like big huge 'candies' and lollipops in the lawn. We went to the parking lot area and got ice cream - and agreed to watch some of the kids who really wanted to show off to their teachers as they sped along on the roller coaster ride or jumped really high on the trampolines. A big moment of the day was just before the silent auction closed. Our eyes caught sight of a ‘Simpson’s Basket’ from one of the producers of Simpsons. We had seen it earlier and it still peaked our interest. It had action figures, several Simpson’s seasons, character key chains, and other cool jazz. So we had to bid! The price was already fairly high but we figured we'd give it a shot! What did we have to lose? :) Well... We quickly got outbid, as it turned out, but it was fun to try! And we did our part to raise the bid and help the fundraising cause I guess. It was wonderful to see everyone, a well planned event, and we had such a lovely, really fun and snazzy day at this awesome fair!