CARMEL BY THE SEA

Playing food critic, much like Jane and Dharma playing Canadian lesbian Mounties from the Dharma and Greg series, was an extremely fun adventure. It is always important to broaden your horizons and live a little.

Now to Carmel. We kind of knew we were in trouble when the registration desk had more dog treats than candy, but undaunted we checked into our flea infested rooms with, no less, a real key. I don't know what Doris Day smokes, but for real, we love dogs, we have dogs, we appreciate all that dogs offer in life, but when they can eat in the same dining room, drink in the same bar, and poop on the rug, but you can't smoke on the premises, we had a problem. Better than that, there was no parking for the hotel, except a feeble 6 car lot at the end of the street. I literally had to lay in a parking spot while L moved the car, just to get a space. Needless to say, parking was so hard to come by, we opted to walk everywhere until our departure.

The first night we spent getting to know the other women attending this soiree(the Artista Safari). We had a mother, daughter team from San Jose, a teacher from Canada, two friends from Hawaii, a retired woman from southern Cal a Health Care Administrator from Michigan, and a discipline Vice Principal from the LA area. Very nice women, all, but they so were not ready for T & L. We became the class mascots, or clowns. Who knows, either way we're good with it.

It became apparent after the first session that L and I had different pallet preferences. She stuck with the tried and true classics, black, white and red, while I continued my 60's - 70's theme of orange, red, pink, purple and green. Please note here that while L and I are true soul-mates, sisters of the heart and all of that, there are many areas that we are opposite, making us even better as a team and more deadly.

At the end of the four day extravaganza, we proudly carried home our paintings, ready to take on the entire world of art. L presented her husband with a beautiful collection of black, white and red, while I gave mine the hippie montage.

Since L gave you the P-I-G reference, I will let her continue here.........T