Today my mom's friend invited my mom and I to the Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens for "Holiday tea". I guess it was sort of a mommy & me gathering because her daughter came too. I really don't care for her daughter because she is one of those people that are always ON...like a child actor, I guess, that sucks all your energy out. She was a 80's Rose Queen and prom queen and has already taught HER daughter how to do the "screwing in the light bulb wave." The tea they raved about was OK...I've had better. It was called "Gold Rush." They served us scones, cookies, and horse-radishy tea sandwiches that were OK. I was a little disappointed there was no coddled cream. I was fantasizing about the Chili-cheese tots from Sonic the whole time. BUT the gardens there are beautiful esp. the Japanese one. I felt like ditching everyone and escaping into the Zen garden.


They have an unusual collection of roses in their Shakespeare Garden. This one is called "Gourmet Popcorn".

And "The Green Rose"......

This one is called, "Jude the Obscure"....
Last year Jane Goodall was at there and I missed her. I wanted to take my cousin there but we missed her. :( His birthday is in Spring and I was thinking of taking him to the chimp sanctuary in Palm Springs to have Cheeta, the chimp artist paint and autograph one of "his works" for him. I keep telling my cousin/G0dson Chris that there is an artist I want him to meet!