Today was brilliant. I will try and count the ways.
– Page told us she had to go peepee and went peepee! When we got all excited, she did a casual shrug and a “Ya” like she was a pro already
– Brendan went with me and Page to get coffee at our fav coffee shop (he usually doesn’t go as he doesn’t like coffee)
– Brendan and Page dropped me off at home and left me home alone by MYSELF for almost 3 hours. I watched a movie, stared at the ceiling and took a nap, amazing. The troops went shopping and bought the most adorable shoes and clothes for Page, she was so excited when she came home to show me her new shoes. The girl definitely likes to shop.
– We all went together to the new library and got some new library cards, the library world has come a long way since the Dewey Decimal System.
– We walked down to lake on the way home and watched the sun set
– Came home, listened to some tunes, popped in a pizza, played night-night with the bears
– Page asked (what is THIS?) to go to sleep at 6:45 without one whimper or complaint
Ok, so no rad bike rides or world record mountain climbs, but I’ll take today over any day. It was perfect.
I am overjoyed by the recent successes of PAIFF. Everyday has seemed like Xmas with all the support from the Palo Alto and film community. Here are a couple highlights:
– We are in talks with Ford who will be ‘owning’ the Festival. They are opening a research center in Palo Alto, its a perfect fit and will bring us in OVER our fundraising goals. YES!
– We have a very dynamic Talk program where we will host 10 conversations between Hollywood celebrities and Silicon Valley tech professionals. Variety, The New York Times Talks, and Fast Company are all signing on a media partners. HUGE win for us! I can’t wait to share the lineup…
– And the best news of all is that we are blessed to have the support of a company called Palantir, they are a Palo Alto company worth loads of money and help the gov’t fight terrorism (or something like that). They have given us the biggest gift all by converting the Varsity Theater BACK into a theater for us to use!!!!!!!!!!! The Varsity was converted into a Borders bookstore in the early 90’s. It is now being restored into a state of the art theater. We will be able to use all year long for our film series, etc. But it will be ready this summer and will be our main PAIFF venue.
Lots more updates to come and I will keep you posted. But today I get to hang with my sweet little girl, time to head to the library for story time!
We had an awesome long weekend in Park City. Brendan was superDad again and watched Page while I did the Sundance thing. It was a VERY beneficial trip – some huge connections were made and fingers crossed that PAIFF may be in a VERY good position soon, hope to have more news on that soon…
We were lucky to spend the trip with Missy and Mike at their beautiful home in Jeremy Ranch. It was kid heaven! Page loved the snow and her new friends Ewan, Neala, Finn and Brady. I have never seen her so excited. And of course, she donned her Sundance hat and scarf…
I love getting these pics from Natasha, its fun to see what my little girl does during the day while Mama and Dada are busy working. Page is growing so fast!
Page eats VERY well when she is at Nata’s house. I do, too! Every time I drop off and pick up Page at Nata’s – their house smells of yummy homemade goods. Today I was able to sample some Ukrainian ravioli, it was so good!
Page is learning how to be a good baker. Here she is preparing the pyrojki.
When I put Page to sleep at night, we talk about what is going to happen “tomorrow”. Every time I say that she is going to see Nata. She says “Tata” and makes the noise of a mixer and stirs her hand around.
I am loving the Cowbird community! The two stories I have wrote have been featured as well as placed on the home page. Take a look, the tags are “Girls” and “Handsome”. This has helped me work on my photography again and I just love the format. Jonathan Harris is a force and so proud to be a part of this project!
Congratulations, this is great news.
Who are your four friends?
Comment by Craig — February 20, 2012 @ 11:47 pm