First stop - "The Ghetto Mansion", or at least that is what Katie calls it. The place is in the Bel Air area, and really quite beautiful. It is not the owner's regular home, however, so it is very sparsely furnished and not in great repair. Even after asking lots of questions, I still don't quite understand, but there doesn't seem to be anything shady about it. Basically this rich music producer lets several people live here for free that work for him in various capacities. Sarah does some PR and event planning type work for him. She has a room with a lock on it and a key to the main house, so it seems legit. She was also talking about how several parents have been to visit, so it is not like anybody is trying to hide anything. Leave it to Sarah to sniff out a mansion to live in for free LOL
Here is the entrance.
Oh my lord, the kitchen.
The pic above Sarah's bed. <3 One thing I turned her on to we still have in common. She has never lost her love on Audrey, and especially Breakfast at Tiffany's. 
The view from the house down toward the pool and spa. If you look closely, you will see Orion jumping over the little waterfall coming out of the spa. And yes, there was somebody down there with him. Even I am not that CC. But he didn't fall in - thank goodness as the pool is one of those things that is not kept up, as you can see.
Orion on the wall between spa and pool.
The lovely pool. It would be pretty if it was a pond. He should just throw some turtles and fish in there haha. 
The house from the pool. Ah, lovely architecture. 
Then we picked up Josh and headed to the Farmer's Market. I hadn't been there in years, and wow, how it has changed! Well, the area anyway. The old part is still there and cool and funky, but there is a whole new outdoor mall area called The Grove. It kindof reminded me of Citywalk. The rest of the pictures are all Sarah. She was still working on her color assignment, but took a bazillion of her brother. She sure does love him. :sniff:
The boy loves a fountain.
With the Joshster. I think I said about 10 times that day, "Thank God for Josh." It was such a cool place and I had fun checking it out, but Orion also thought it was great to take off down the aisles at top speed. I don't think I could have handled it on my own, but Josh was more than happy to chase him, carry him, ride him on his shoulders and play airplane with him... for hours. He even took him to the potty once and came back with a report about how he thought he had to poop but changed him mind LOL. That kid will make a great father some day. It seems weird to hope you daughter's boyfriend when she is 19 will be the one she sticks with, but dang, this kid is a good one.
Couple "color shots". I thought this one was funny in a way because Sarah is totally obsessed with artichokes, like that will be her whole dinner.
And this one was just cool.
The Sorbet Series. So much cuteness it was hard to choose, and this is only about half what she took.
And away they go. My little photographer, even thinking about the Rule of Thirds when taking a shoulder ride shot. :)
There were so many more shots from today, but I don't have them yet. Sarah ended up keeping the disc and is supposed to download them later. We were at the apartment for awhile while she shot a few more pics on the roof and went out to try to get the pictures put on a disc, but she couldn't find a place. We ended up not even heading back to my mom's until well past dark. Long, long day, but fun! Hopefully I will be able to add the other pics soon.
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