Monday, March 20, 2006

HELLO EVERYONE, NICE TO BE CONNECTED. THINGS ARE GOING GREAT AND LIFE IS SWEET. WE ARE BUSY WITH THE NEW FAMILY MEMBER, JULIAN. HE'S GETTING BIG AND CAN HOLD HIS HEAD UP ALREADY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT AND KIND WORDS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MARCH MADNESS CREW AND WARM WISHES TO ALL. LOVE OLAF, NATHIE AND BABY JJ.

Sunday, March 19, 2006


Chloe on the Runway...

undeterred by any obstacle..even monsters in the lagoon (photo credit to Allison Chapman)

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Since Many of Us Have the Blood of the Irish...

and the rest of us have to bear up under the peculiarities of such a lineage!

Happy, Happy

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!


Be sure to have yourself a nice, rich one and toast to us all!irish coffee

Monday, March 13, 2006

Dear family,
I hope I'm on finally, more later . . .
love from mickey

Sunday, March 12, 2006


Happy Birthday Janek!

Our March madness continues! Birthday every week and that was before Julian!

But today is Janek's day and since he might not go for balloons I thought I would post some of his recent work. This is a rendering of a hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, one of Janek's biggest projects to date. It has been a challenge because on either side of his imposing modern piece are so-called "historical" buildings that the City wants to preserve. Anyway, a very high visibility project, right down the street from the Shangri-La Hotel and a few blocks from the Santa Monica Pier.

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Tuesday, March 7, 2006


Hello to my wonderful family from somewhere in the West Pacific!
Hawaii at my back, my friend Matt at my side.
My love to all of you

Saturday, March 4, 2006

Thursday, March 2, 2006


And the Winner Is...

Nathie and Olaf!!

At 9:19am Pacific, Nathalie gave birth to an extremely beautiful baby BOY!! Nearly 8 lbs. and 21 inches, Baby Boy Krull (naming to come soon) arrived after a very long but hard-fought labor at Cedars Sinai Hospital. More to come after your faithful blogger catches a least a few winks after being up all night.

Nathie, Olaf and Baby Boy are in 7th heaven!

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Baby Watch(2)

Well, Nathie is fine, but she has not had enough consistency in the contractions to say that she is in active labor. It's been a little rough on her because she is not getting much sleep. She was also getting anxious.

Today, however, the midwives came by and examined her and she has not been having those contractions for nothing! She is 4 centimeters dilated (when you are at 10 that baby is moving out!) and they say she is actually doing quite well. They feel that she is progressing nicely although the work has been spread out over a couple of nights. They told her this afternoon to have a glass of wine and a hot bath--to stop the contractions--and get some sleep. Things could kick in in earnest tonight or tomorrow night.

Exciting that Sara is arriving in LA tonight at 11:30 and will most likely make it for the birth! Looks like the bets are moving on into March!