5/18/13

RICK & BEE


me & me mum~BEE~ MAY 18TH~ 2013
BEE TURNS 90 YEARS OLD!

BEE @ 90

                                                                     (bee~ circa 1940~ east los angeles, ca)

my beloved mum, whom i call~ BEE~ turned 90 today!
a real milestone for her and me as well.

i'm so happy to still have her.  she's healthy despite living with Alzheimer's disease for the last 10 years. 

if any of my dear readers knows someone with this disease, my heart goes out to you. we know first~hand what a toll it takes on our loved~ones, and the toll it takes on yourself. 
BEE has no memory of what is of the present moment. i can walk out the door, come back in and she will think i've just arrived. luckily she still knows me and recognizes everyone around her. she is still sweet as pie.  if you had just meet her, you would not be able to tell anything was wrong.

what i miss the most are the long conversations with BEE. she was always my comrade in life. every major decision in my life involved a chat with bee. she was my support and loyalty in a world of moody people that love conditionally. that was then.
what i have now is someone who will ask the same questions over & over.
yes bee, i've been busy.... 
yes, work is fine...... yes i still live at the same place...  no, i only have one cat left...
yes bee, i've been busy...
she will repeatedly ask me these same questions for eternity. the only good thing about Alzheimer's is that every now and again something nice is repeated. 
the other night i stayed over @ my parents house. something i rarely do anymore.  as i lay on the couch bee came by with a pillow. "good night son, she said with her sweet mother voice, have pleasant dreams." she kissed me on the forehead.
 about  5 minutes later she came back~  "good night son.  have pleasant dreams."

bette davis  was once quoted as saying~" getting old... it ain't for sissies." damn right.
(bee & my sister~ becky~ circa~ 1944 in east los angeles)

5/17/13

THE EXILES

continuing with our 
~BUNKER HILL FETISH~]


 ~presents~ 

THE EXILES 

screening of a rare doco about native american's living @ bunker hill, los angeles
 followed by chat with Los Angeles historian~ RICK MECHTLY 

May 31ST  6:30pm
  
$7~prepay
$10 day of screening 

THE EXILES, (1961)running time~72mins~ directed by kent mackenzie
This rare quasi~doco chronicling a day in the life of a group of twenty-something Native Americans
 who left reservation life in the 1950s to live in the district of Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California
Bunker Hill was by then a blighted residential locality of decayed Victorian mansions.
 The film features Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, and Tommy Reynolds.
                                                                                
 

Filming was done in 1958. The film features rock and roll music composed for the film and performed by The Revels
The cast of American Indian actors are notable for their lack of self-consciousness as they drink and socialize during a night out on the town ending in a 49 party of drumming and dancing on "Hill X" overlooking downtown LA~ at the time~ chavez ravine, now dodger stadium.
Known to cinephiles, but remaining largely unseen by the public ~The Exiles has rich images of history that was once LA.
                                                                                                                                                              
please join us for this one~time~only screening

 no~ host bar 
beautiful patio
spirited chat

 Antebellum 1643 N. Las Palmas Ave
 Hollywood, Ca 90028
 323 856~0667

RANDOM THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

ON MAY 17TH~ 2013~ 6:54AM










5/16/13

CASTRO/PROMIS~ SPEAKEASY~TONIGHT @ ANTEBELLUM!




FINALLY!
it's time for the next speakeasy! tonight~~
ANTEBELLUM HOLLYWOOD
~PRESENTS~
 CASTRO/PROMIS SPEAKEASY
A UNIQUE SALON OF LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE


~STARRING~
JOSE PROMIS       


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MOONEY STARR

MAY 16th 
7:30PM TILL 9:30PM
$5 cover
no host bar
beautiful patio garden
kinky art
ANTEBELLUM
1643 N LAS PALMAS AVE
HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028
323 856~0667