North by Northwest Through California
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
After Erin and her family left Ohio on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, I had just a few nights to scramble together my packing necessities before embarking on my third week-long adventure of the year. The culmination of this trip would be the 17th International Sons of the Desert convention in Sacramento, which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 16. Bob and I had originally planned to begin in Seattle and head southward to the convention. The main reason for this was to visit with John Babcock, the last surviving Canadian soldier from World War 1. He was living in Spokane, but unfortunately, although we had pre-arranged a meeting, he passed away in February. Read the rest of this entry »
I may not have been so inclined to purchase one of Elisabeth Röhm’s signed photos at the Hollywood Show in Burbank on Saturday, April 24, 2010, has she not been so captivatingly charming. She was on my list as a ‘possibly maybe,’ but once I saw her and made contact with those alluring eyes, she became a ‘probably so’. For me, it was her portrayal of Detective Kate Lockley in 15 episodes of Angel, the popular spin-off to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.