From the monthly archives:

December 2010

The Nor’easter

by kara on December 26, 2010

The weather outside is frightful.

Office Holiday Party, 2010

by kara on December 21, 2010

With Rodney and Laura

A Great Horse but an Even Better Lady.

by kara on December 18, 2010

Zenyatta and her trusty groom, Mario Espinosa Los Angeles’ most famous equine resident, Zenyatta, is hanging up her hooves and retiring, moving to (literally) greener pastures. Last week, the six year-old mare kissed the squalor of Inglewood behind and was taken by private jet to her retirement home – the luxurious Lane’s End Farm in […]

It’s A Trap Alright.

by kara on December 15, 2010

Peter, me and the worst knock-off Brian Griffin costume this side of Wildwood. “It’s A Trap”! DVD release party, Hollywood

Don’t Play It

by kara on December 15, 2010

Christmas Back in Grandfather’s Time.

by kara on December 15, 2010

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1970s, the post-Phillies-let-down/holiday season began at 5AM Thanksgiving morning whether you liked it or not. We would snowpants-up and trudge down to the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade. Bringing up the rear of the parade was Santa Claus, protected by beleaguered postal workers who all us kids would bum rush […]

by kara on December 14, 2010

Happy Hall-Lee-Days Are Here Again

by kara on December 14, 2010

A Belgian draft horse named “Radar” – here seen towering over Thumbelina, the world’s smallest horse – is a 2400 lb Texan, a “gentle giant” who consumes 18 pounds of grain and 20 gallons of water a day. He is listed at 19.3 hands, so “Noddy” is still taller.

World’s Tallest Horse.

by kara on December 12, 2010

“Noddy” is a spiffy, purebred shire gelding who stands at an alarming 20.2 hands. He lives in Australia.