Metro: AM Closures for Monday, February 25, 2013

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday	SU MO TU WE TH FR SA	All Wilshire Sunset Mulholland	ALL WIL SUN MUL

 

Here are the AM Closures for Friday, February 22, 2013.Closures are subject to change. The latest closure information can be found atmetro.net/405. The Wilshire Segment runs from National Bl to Constitution Av.The Sunset Segment runs from Constitution Av to the Getty Center ramps. TheMulholland Segment begins at the Getty Center ramps and ends at Ventura Bl.Unless noted below, AM closures occur from 9am to 2:30pm.
Streets
MO-WIL: Beloit fully closed from Nebraska to Santa Monica Bl. MO-WIL: Cotner fully closed from La Grange to Mississippi.MO-WIL: Sepulveda Bl reduced from north of Ohio to Wilshire.MO-WIL: Sepulveda Bl reduced to one lane each direction fromCashmere to Wilshire.MO-WIL: Fifty-Five-hour lane reductions of northbound (five lanesto two) I-405 begin March 1 at 10pm.MO-SUN: Sepulveda Bl reduced to one lane each direction fromBronwood to Montana.MO-SUN: Ovada fully closed from Sepulveda Bl to Acanto.MO-SUN: Sepulveda Bl reduced from Moraga to Casiano; left-turnpocket to Moraga on-ramp also closed.MO-SUN: Sepulveda Bl reduced from Sepulveda Wy to Ovada and Moragato Church Ln.

Movin' & Shakin'

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 Because I'm terrible at sharing news in any kind of timely manner, I'll take this moment in January to say that in October, I became the newest writer for Craft Test Dummies, a super-comprehensive and amazing website that reviews the latest and greatest in craft products. Getting packages of crafty treats to review is certainly not helping my supply hoarding problem, but testing the stuff I get has helped me to branch out and use media I'd never considered before. I love it!
And dig this: along with the rest of the CTD team, I get to attend the Craft & Hobby Association Conference and Trade Show in LA this weekend! It's going to be awesome. I'm excited to see old crafty friends, make new ones, and hopefully get my hands on some sweet swag! 

I'm also looking forward to eating (food in another city is always magical, even if it's Taco Bell) and petting Strudes.

Debbie's Leaf Dress

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Debbie's Leaf Dress by pollyconway featuring Cookoorikoo

Of all the dresses in film history, Debbie Reynolds' leaf dress from Singin' in the Rain has to be my favorite. I was reminded of this last weekend when we got to see the film for a mere $5 at Oakland's opulent Art Deco palace, the Paramount Theater. 

I also think it would look really great on me (Debbie, like her daughter Carrie Fisher and moi, is 5'2" and prone to roundness). Until I get a million dollars to buy it away from the collector who owns the real deal (it's totally still around and wearable!), here's a little collage of treats you can find to recreate the look. 

Pic from Theatrical Historical Society on Flickr

It's a wonderful thing they do, the Paramount, letting a bunch of clowns like me, families, and regular old folks have the run of the theater for one night per month, and I've vowed to get there more often. Here's the schedule if you want in!
  

Happy Valentine's Day: DIY Metal Valentine's Card

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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! This is a little different from the cute-cutesy stuff I normally post, but when I heard I heard about this project, I was totally enchanted and had to find out more. My bf is a machinist and works at an epic machine shop in San Francisco. They make all manner of things out of metal, from gates to signs to architectural flourishes you never even considered, using a waterjet machine.

It's pretty incredible to the layperson (me!) to see the stuff that goes on in there. His colleague Nick Foster found a way to use his shop skills to make a beautiful valentine for his lady, and I was so into it that I wanted to share his process and the final result! Here's how this very special valentine was made, in Nick's words:

all photos by Nick Foster

"The idea for this all-metal Valentine's Day card originally started out as a joke when browsing a selection of spring loaded door hinges. After realizing that small hinges with gentle springs were available, this self-closing Valentine's Day card was designed.

This 4" tall card was cut, along with lettering, on a waterjet machine.  The stainless steel hinge was then welded to the leaves. A short message is pounded into the back of the card using common letter punches and a hammer.
Finally, a heart shape, also cut on the waterjet machine, was fastened to the back of the card via size 0-80 screws. The heart shape is intended to function as a picture frame, holding a picture securely to the back leaf of the card!
 In order to make the card more pleasing to the eye, the front cover is decorated using a technique referred to as 'machine turning' or 'jeweling.' This is an old-fashioned technique which involves spinning an abrasive circular brush against the stainless steel cover in a repeating grid pattern such that light is captured and reflected in an interesting pattern."

Incredibly cool, yes? Enjoy your day, treat yo'self no matter your romantic situation, and get ready to buy a ton of 75% off chocolate tomorrow. XO!

We're back!!!!

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So sorry for our absence- we left on Friday morning to go up north for the weekend and now its Tuesday and I'm finally caught up and things are back to normal!

This weekend was the boys first ski outing of the season  :)  We got them out on skis once last year- at 2 years old!  Last year we had to borrow one pair of skis and rent another, but this year they were big enough to start the Junior Fit program through Boyne Country Sports so Grandma and Grandpa got them their very own skis for Christmas!!  But most importantly- we have the most wonderful place to stay and ski.  Family friends of ours have the most perfect up north ski cabin you could ever dream of and ever since I was in high school they have warmly opened their hearts and their home to our family and they invite us up to stay and ski multiple times a year.  I thought for sure we'd stop getting the invite when we added two screaming babies, and now two rambunctious toddlers, to the mix- but they still love us enough to have us all up there!  This weekend we went up both to ski and to kick of the Christmas season with the downtown holiday open houses in Petoskey and Harbor Springs.  Friday and Saturday evenings we bundled up and headed into two of my favorite places of all time for wonderful Christmas celebrations.  And in the mornings the boys hit the slopes!  I am going to save the video clips for our December video, but the pictures alone will show you the pure joy they felt on their skis!!!  Jon and my mom helped them ski, but my dad and I had the best seat in the house- we stayed at the bottom of the hill and got to see their magical smiles when daddy and grandma let them go so they could ski down to us on their own!!

Kathy and Henry- Thank you for opening your home to us and helping us create these wonderful experiences and memories!!!!!!!!

Bash and Dash are ready to ski!!!
 Caleb's first chair of the season
 Daddy and Matthew
 Look at that face!!!!
 Skiing with Grandma
 Look mom!  No hands!!!
 Tree lighting in downtown Petoskey

Visiting Santa in downtown Harbor Springs

All bundled up!

Metro: PM Closures for Tuesday, February 19

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The abbreviations below help us organize the Daily Updates by segment.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday	SU MO TU WE TH FR SA	All Wilshire Sunset Mulholland	ALL WIL SUN MUL

 

Here are the PMClosures for Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Closures are subject to change. Thelatest closure information can be found at metro.net/405. The Wilshire Segmentruns from National Bl to Constitution Av. The Sunset Segment runs fromConstitution Av to the Getty Center ramps. The Mulholland Segment begins at theGetty Center ramps and ends at Ventura Bl.

* Indicates conflicting closures, these closures will beresolved before the PM closures occur.Conflicts are resolved in the daily supplementary PMclosures, which are posted on the website and social media sites.
StreetsTU-ALL: If you would like toreceive our daily closures by email; please call 213-922-3665TU-WIL: Wilshire Bl eastbound3/auxiliary lane closed from Bonsall to Sepulveda tonight, 10pm to midnight.TU-WIL: Wilshire eastboundlanes fully closed from Bonsall  to Sepulveda Bl tonight, midnight to 5am.*TU-WIL: Wilshire Bl westboundfully closed from Bonsall to Sepulveda tonight, 10pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Cotner fully closedfrom Santa Monica to Massachusetts tonight, 9pm to 5am. TU-WIL: Sepulveda Bl reduced toone lane each direction from Wilshire to Salvation Army tonight, 9pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Beloit fully closed fromSanta Monica to Massachusetts tonight, 10pm to 5am. TU-WIL: Pico fully closed fromSawtelle to Cotner tonight, 10pm to 5am. TU-SUN: Sepulveda Bl fullyclosed from Montana to Church Ln tonight, 10pm to 5am.TU-SUN: Sepulveda Bl reduced toone lane each direction from north of Getty Center to south of Getty Centertonight, 9pm to 5am.  TU-SUN: Sepulveda Bl reduced toone lane each direction from Sunset to Montana tonight, 9pm to 5am.  TU-SUN: Sepulveda Bl reduced toone lane each direction from Ovada to Moraga tonight, 10pm to 5am.  TU-SUN: Sepulveda Bl reduced toone lane each direction from northbound Getty off-ramp to southbound Gettyon-ramp tonight, 9pm to 5am.TU-SUN: Ovada fully closed fromSepulveda to Acanto tonight, 10pm to 5am.TU-SUN: Getty Center Dr fullyclosed from Sepulveda Bl to center entrance tonight, 9:30pm to 4:30am.TU-MUL: Sepulveda Bl reduced toone lane each direction from Mountain Gate to Skirball tonight, 9pm to 5am.TU-MUL: Sepulveda Bl reduced toone lane each direction from Valley Vista to Fiume tonight, 10pm to 5am.TU-MUL: Mulholland Dr closedflaggers from Sepulveda Bl to Zeldins tonight 10pm to 5am.
FreewayTU-WIL: Westbound I-10 connectorto northbound I-405 closed tonight, 11pm to 4am.TU-WIL: Eastbound I-10connector to northbound I-405 closed tonight, 9pm to 4am.TU-WIL: Northbound I-405connector to eastbound I-10 closed tonight, 10pm to 5am. *TU-WIL: Northbound 5, 4 lanesclosed from Pico to Olympic tonight, 11pm to 4am. *TU-WIL: Northbound 5, 4, 3lanes closed from Pico to Olympic tonight, midnight to 4am. *TU-WIL: Southbound off-rampto Santa Monica closed tonight, 10pm to 4am. *TU-WIL: Southbound off-rampto eastbound Wilshire Bl closed tonight, 9pm to 4am. *TU-WIL: Southbound off-rampto westbound Wilshire Bl closed tonight, 9pm to 5am. *TU-WIL: Northbound on-ramp fromOlympic Bl closed tonight, 10pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Northbound on-ramp fromeastbound Wilshire closed tonight, 8pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Northbound off-rampto westbound Wilshire Bl closed tonight, 9pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Southbound on-ramp fromwestbound Wilshire closed tonight, 11pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Southbound on-ramp fromeastbound Wilshire closed tonight, 10pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Southbound 5 lane closedfrom Waterford to Wilshire tonight, 9pm to 5am.TU-WIL: Southbound 5, 4 lanesclosed from Wilshire to Santa Monica on-ramp tonight, 11pm to 4am.TU-SUN: Northbound off-rampto Montana closed tonight, 8pm to 5am.TU-SUN: Southbound off-rampto Sunset closed tonight, 10pm to 5am. *TU-SUN: Northbound on-rampfrom Sunset closed tonight, 8pm to 5am.TU-SUN: Northbound off-rampto Sunset closed tonight, 7pm to 5am.TU-SUN: Northbound 5 laneclosed from north of Moraga to north of Getty on-ramp tonight, 10pm to 4am. TU-SUN: Southbound 4, 3 lanesclosed from north of Sunset to south of Sunset tonight, 11pm to 4am.TU-SUN: Northbound 5, 4 lanesclosed from north of Moraga to north of Getty on-ramp tonight, 11pm to 4am. TU-SUN: Southbound 4 laneclosed from north of Sunset to south of Sunset tonight, 11pm to 4am.TU-SUN: Southbound 4, 3 lanesclosed from north of Sunset to south of Sunset tonight, 11pm to 4am.TU-MUL: Northbound off-rampto Skirball closed tonight, 7pm to 5am.TU-MUL: Northbound on-rampfrom Skirball closed tonight, 7pm to 5am. TU-MUL: Northbound 5 laneclosed from south of Mulholland to north of Mulholland tonight, 7pm to 4am.TU-MUL: Northbound 5, 4 lanesclosed from south of Mulholland to north of Mulholland tonight, 11pm to 4am.TU-MUL: Northbound 5, 4, 3lanes closed from south of Mulholland to north of Mulholland tonight, midnightto 4am.TU-MUL: Northbound 5, 4, 3, 2lanes closed from south of Mulholland to north of Mulholland tonight, 1am to3:30am.TU-MUL: Southbound on-ramp fromValley Vista closed tonight, 7pm to 5am.
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Night Closure-Olympic Bl, Sawtelle to Cotner 2/20-2/22

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ATTENTION RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND TRAVELING PUBLIC IN THE VICINITY OF OLYMPIC BL BEWTEEN SAWTELLE BL AND COTNER AV

Olympic Bl will be fully closed on week nights from Wednesday, February 20, 2013, to Friday, February 22, 2013, from 9pm to 6am, from Sawtelle Bl to Cotner Av. This night closure is necessary to remove falsework and perform bridge finishing for the northbound I-405 bridge at Olympic Bl.

What: Full street closure for falsework removal and bridge finishing

When: Full night closure of Olympic Bl from Wednesday, February 20, 2013 to Friday, February 22, 2013. Closure and work hours are from 9pm to 6am.

Where: Olympic Bl, from Sawtelle Blvd to Cotner Av

What to expect:
- Detour will be Sepulveda Bl to Pico Bl to Sawtelle Bl and vice versa
- Closure of Olympic Bl from Sawtelle Bl to Cotner Av
- Local access will be maintained
- For daily closure information, please visit www.metro.net/405. You can also follow our project on www.facebook.com/405project and http://twitter.com/I_405.
- Schedule is subject to change based on daily progress and field conditions