I got my first Louis Vuitton bag for Christmas.  I had been wanting one for a few months now and my husband surprised me with it for Christmas.  It’s a Speedy 30 model and it’s just perfect.  Once it gets broken in, the leather will be even nicer and softer than it is now. 

On the 23rd I went down to the Kodak Center on Hollywood and Highland.  I hadn’t been there since the building was completed.  It is just beautiful.  It’s weird how the parking goes down like 6 levels.  I can remember so well when they were digging that hole.  It is really a magnificent building.  Among many stores it houses a Louis Vuitton store which is where my husband made the big purchase.

5 days til what I hope will be another successful Christmas in my family.  We do live in a time where keeping up with the Jones is part of life.  Most of the time, we are the Jones.  This year, our next door neighbors went and bought 4 brand new BMW’s.  They have 2 kids one about 20 and one 15.  He can’t even drive yet.  Legally anyway.  So I have to get past that, cuz there’s no way we are keeping up with that.  I mean it’s just kinda ridiculous, but if that’s what they want, great.

My kids don’t ask for much.  I feel an obligation to them to buy them things, so that when all of the other kids open their gifts, my kids won’t be done before everyone else.  I don’t really know why this is important to me, but it is.  This year the big purchases for them were 2 digital cameras that I got on Black Friday at Best Buy at 5:45am.  A Nintendo Wii for my son which I camped out over night at Circuit City with my best friend on 12/16 and a cell phone for my daughter that she has asked for.  All the other things are things like video games, cd’s, clothes.  Things I know they will like and need anyway.

Club Derby is located on the corner of Los Feliz and Hillhurst.  Across from the Tangiers restarant.

If your planning on going to Club Derby, make sure you dress to impress.  This is a fun, young, hip nightclub with an elegant flair of old fashioned Hollywood.  They do serve food, but I didn’t try anything.  There aren’t many places to sit, but some booths.  The bar is located right in the center, but there is still plenty of room to park.