HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015! Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?
“It is a new year!
What will you do different?
Will you be the same?”
Happy New Year! Balloon Drop at Midnight – San Francisco Civic Auditorium 12-31-1983
Goodbye 2014! (Wow, this year went by fast!) Hello 2015!
“Wet earth and sunshine
You can smell it in the air
After the rain.”
Here’s my year in review. My Blogs (see previous blogs) and Facebook posts (Joshua Weisel & JoshWillTravel) have stories, details and cool pictures for most events! Please check them out by following the links at the bottom of the page.
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January
LA Times Travel Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles Times Travel Show (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Hosted Reception at the Sportsman’s Lodge in Studio City
The Sportsman’s Lodge in Studio City, CA (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
“Buy Tuscany” Event at the Italian Cultural Institute in Westwood
“Buy Tuscany” event at the Italian Cultural Institute (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
February
GUNG HAY FAT CHOY! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!
IsramWorld and Israel Tourism Event at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills
IsramWorld and Israel Tourism Event at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills
Japan Tourism Event at the Doubletree Hilton Downtown Los Angeles
Japan Tourism Event at the Doubletree Hilton Downtown Los Angeles
Mexico Tourism Event at the Universal Sheraton Hotel in Universal City
Mexico Tourism Event at the Sheraton Universal in Universal City
Los Angeles 9th Annual Travel & Adventure Show at the Long Beach Convention Center
9th Annual Travel & Adventure Show – Long Beach Convention Center (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
March
Four Seasons Event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills
On Rodeo on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Dinner at Cafe Firenze with Carrie and John in Moorpark
Dinner at Cafe Firenze (photo by Carrie Smith)
Sunday Brunch at On Sunset Restaurant at the LUXE Hotel On Sunset!
Sunday Brunch at the LUXE On Sunset (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Travel Massive Los Angeles Event at The Roof on Wilshire
The Roof on Wilshire (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Italian Dreams at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hilton (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Joshua Weisel Departs Willett Travel (effective March 31st)
NOTE: Willett Travel was bought by FROSCH. I became JoshWillTravel (Luxury Travel Advisor, Lifestyle and Travel Writer, Independent Consultant) full time! Read my Blogs!
April – May
Passover
Passover Seder (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Dinners at Le Sanglier French Restaurant (celebrated two birthday parties there this year)
Le Sanglier (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Mother’s Day “The Lion in Winter” Matinee at the Colony Theatre in Burbank and Lunch at Bow & Truss in North Hollywood
Colony Theatre in Burbank (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Dinner at Fifty Seven in Downtown L.A.
Dinner at Fifty Seven (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Memorial Day “Chef” at the ArcLight Sherman Oaks and Dinner at Versailles in Encino
Sherman Oaks Galleria (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
June
World Cup! United States – One Nation One Team!
Phyllis Patterson RIP – She Changed My Life!
Phyllis Patterson RIP (photo and costume by Vicky Nebeker)
“We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” ~Japanese Proverb
E. Caitlin Phillips RIP June 14, 2014 “May the four winds blow you safely home!”
E. Caitlin Phillips RIP 2014
St. Paul’s Reunion in San Francisco! (and the Road Trip north and south)
San Francisco Civic Center (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Old Friends! Stretch Limosine! St. Paul’s Reunion in San Francisco – June 2014
Return to the Paramount Ranch in Agoura 2014 – Visiting Old Ghosts!
Paramount Ranch – Washing Well foreground, Twilziwop and DAW/SOB on the hillside
July – August
Summer “Staycation” in Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley #2 – A view from Mulholland Hwy (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Box Seats for Four Great Summer Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl! Joshua Bell & Friends, Yo-Yo Ma and a nice Dinner on the patio at Patina, Beethoven (with Dudamel and the L.A. Phil doing the 5th Symphony) and “HAIR!”
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
A Celebration of Caitlin’s Life in Santa Monica
Celebrating Caitlin’s Life and Memory with Mardeen, Kevin, Janet & Bob in Santa Monica
The Simpsons Marathon on FX
The Simpsons! Every Episode in Chronological Order…
September
Burning Man! (via the internet)
Burning Man 2014 (via UStream) Screen Capture
Burning Man 2014 “Embrace” burns!
The Simpsons Take the Hollywood Bowl! EXCELLENT FUN!
The Simpsons take the Hollywood Bowl (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
The Simpsons take the Hollywood Bowl (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Happy Jewish New Year 5775!
Happy New Year 5775!
Richard Edward “Ed” Whitchurch III RIP September 29, 2014 (a Vietnam Veteran)
“You can get anything you want, (exceptin’ Alice) at Alice’s Restaurant.”
“May the Four Winds Blow You Safely Home”
October
Road Trip! California-Oregon-Nevada (San Jose, Santa Cruz, Ashland, Reno, Lake Tahoe)
Going Home! US Highway 395 south in California
Great vacation! Saw old friends and family, visited UCSC and the Grateful Dead Special Collection, celebrated my father’s birthday and saw some great theatre in Ashland (“The Tempest”, “Richard III” and “The Cocoanuts”), partied in Reno, relaxed at Lakeland Village in South Lake Tahoe, and drove scenic US Highway 395 south to L.A.
(I’m still working on finishing the Road Trip Blogs! Please be patient.)
South Lake Tahoe Sunset (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
November – December
Thanksgiving 2014 – The Feast! (Our annual family food fest)
Thanksgiving 2014 – The Feast! (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Thanksgiving 2014 – Dessert! (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
Otis Redding RIP Dec 18, 2014 – Had to say goodbye to the old boy, very sad.
“He was a great dog. He had a good life. May the Four Winds blow him safely home.”
Otis Redding RIP
Dinner at the Border Grill & “Blithe Spirit” with Angela Landsbury at the Ahmanson Theatre
At the Los Angeles Music Center (copyright 2104 JoshWillTravel)
Hannukah!
Happy Hannukah!
Festivus, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Dinner with Friends!
Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas in North Hollywood (copyright 2014 JoshWillTravel)
“Another Year Gone!
Say Buh-Bye 2014…
A New Year Ahead!”
E. Caitlin Phillips RIP 2014 (she was there in spirit this year)
“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” ~ T. S. Eliot
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Happy New Year 2015!
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Baby New Year! She had a very good year too!
