Art and Commerce

John had a scathingly brilliant idea this afternoon.  He decided that he was going to paint water colors and give them away to our neighbors.  He decided that he was going to set-up in the lobby and give his art away.  Nicholas joined in the fun and made quite a few paintings himself.  As if that weren't enough, John decided to invite Annabelle in on the fun.

Annabelle has quite a nice business in bath fizzies.  Her company is called Fairy Company Bath Fizzies.  She sells her homemade bath fizzies and our neighbors really seem to enjoy/appreciate them.  They set up their tables side by side and helped each other with their business.  Annabelle put the boys to work by asking them to give out business cards.

I was down there for about 15-minutes and there was quite a brisk business in free artwork and bath fizzies.  For the boys, it was quite a success.  They gave away every last piece of artwork that they created, about 14 in total and they received a special package of lightning bolt bath fizzies.

Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl

We headed over to the Hollywood Bowl this morning to check out the rehearsal of Verdi's Requiem as conducted by Gustavo Dudhamel.  Apparently, you can listen to the LA Philharmonic rehearse for their Hollywood Bowl performances for free.  The boys were ever so excited to go to the Hollywood Bowl and see the conductor with the crazy hair.  Sadly, rehearsal was cancelled today, so they wouldn't get to hear any music, but, we  found something quite fun to do.

The Hollywood Bowl has a children's program called Summer Sounds.  Typically, there's some sort of ethnic musical program for children.  Today, we had the great fortune to listen to Los Pinguos from Argentina.  They spoke about their love of Argentina and even taught the kids about the corazon in music.  Nicholas got into it somewhat and was grooving a bit.  John was a bit more reserved, but he said that he wanted to stay until the end of the show which we did.

The other cool thing about visiting the Hollywood Bowl during the day is that you can go in and see the venue.  John and Nicholas enjoyed sitting in their own private box, but they didn't quite make it up to the stage.  So, I'd say it was a pretty cool experience.  Aside from that, parking was free.  Who could ask for anything more?