dont smile now - Shani Barel - Tarzana Kids photography

If i could live anywhere in the world

shani — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:30:39 +0000

When I first moved to LA, I drove around with my friend, we went everywhere, Hollywood, the Canyons, the Valley, and then we went to the Beach. AS soon as we crossed the invisible border between LA and Santa Monica, I knew I had found the place I wanted to live. That’s a lie. There [...] Related posts:

the party at Guy’s North

shani — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:54:24 +0000

You might have gone bowling at Pinz in studio city, with your friends or with your 6 year old’s friends…or had Matza Ball soup at Jerry’s Deli, with your friends, or with your grandmother’s friends…but the REAL party is upstairs, at Guy’s North – a perfect modern, hip, happening, and whatever other definition there is [...] Related posts:

K and M SNEAK-PEAK

shani — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:05:36 +0000

You’ve met them, you’ve seen their moves, and you’re very close to the party…here’s one photo of these gorgeous girls on their big night, look all glamorous, old Hollywood style – check in soon for the photos from the fabulous night! Share and Enjoy: Related posts:Pink and green Related posts:

Pink and green

Candy land

shani — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:07:45 +0000

Some people think candy doesn’t affect kids..I’m here to tell you that it does! Big time…I’m also here to tell you that there’s nothing better than candy to get a kid out of a blue mood, to calm them on a plane, or make them clean up, and to support pediatric dentists around the world…but [...] Related posts:

Pink and green

shani — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:51:45 +0000

Getting ready for life that is….Turning thirteen can be a scary time for PARENTS, but K and M are just fabulous responsible, fun young ladies! I sound old to myself when I say that, but working with them on their book has been fun, TWICE the fun…. And it’s easy to remember who is who, I [...] Related posts:

Think Pink

Bliss

shani — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:46:16 +0000

It used to be, that I got to sleep in on Saturdays, and my husband, on Sundays…once I gave up control and “allowed” them to spend the morning watching TV and just relaxing, I really enjoyed the whole sleeping in thing- so what if by the time I rolled out of bed my kids were [...] Related posts:

AAAaaaalvin!!!!!! food’s on the table!

shani — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:27:16 +0000

I can still remember when I was a kid, very long ago, we had a record player; what is that you ask? it’s like a cd player, but bigger and doesn’t have flashy buttons, wait, some might not know what a cd player is, so, it’s a like an ipod, only a million times bigger, [...] Related posts:

rise and shine for food

shani — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:54:41 +0000

If you walk the streets of Paris, you can buy a baguette at the Boulangerie, cakes at the Patisserie, and crepe at the Creperie, but the isn’t a Wafflerie….in France, the best Belgian Waffles were to be had at the flea market, fresh off the griddle, topped with Creme Fraiche that melts into the waffle before [...] Related posts:

breakfast

Something to eat in the AM

shani — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:20:30 +0000

I lived in France for 5 and a half years of my life, and I never saw a toast like this…but who cares- the French SHOULD have thought about this- a sweet Challah bread, left over from Friday, soaked in egg, milk and a drop of vanilla (French Vanilla…) and fried with rich rich butter…oh…the [...] Related posts:

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wake up and smell the chocolate chips!

shani — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:59:30 +0000

One day, while picking up my kids from school, they were busy making pancakes, they had the mix in a corner of one of the classrooms; the teacher sitting on a small kiddie chair, her knees reaching her chin, and on the shelf nexto her, was a warm plate on which they were frying about [...] Related posts:

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morning chum

shani — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:14:00 +0000

Waking up on Monday morning after a 2 day weekend, is as exciting as a dentists’s visit…granted, I am happy to send the kids back to school, and get some me time, and catch up on facebook, but the getting up and getting back to normal takes a few minutes…hours…and the last thing I want [...] Related posts:

Puppy love

shani — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:00:40 +0000

Everyone loves a new baby…but does everyone love a new puppy? of course!!! How can you not!!!! Harley is a new addition to Tanner’s family, and he’s as cute as a button (seriously, have you ever seen a cute button…I guess, you could see a button and say….oooohhhh, it’s so cute….) but this dog is [...] Related posts:

breakfast

shani — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:59:19 +0000

I have 2 kids- and they each like different things. Not because they like different things, but because they have to like something different than the other- if one wants to go left, the other right, if one like apple juice, the other is orange; blueberry jam vs strawberry, Batman Vs Spiderman and on and [...] Related posts:

Shinny

shani — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:10:19 +0000

Every once in a while when we sit together as a family to eat, we ask the kids and ourselves; “what are 5 good things that happened to you today?” the kids’ answers are usually “I played with Ben at school” ” I had a lollipop” “Mommy picked me up from school”…we, the grown up [...] Related posts:

a song for shira

shani — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:35:33 +0000

She’s my niece, or my niece a cousin once removed – if there ever was a definition for this relation- but more importantly she ’s 10 days younger than my son, and her mom and I shared pregnancy stories half a world away over the phone; often I wonder what it would be like for [...] Related posts:

Little Miss Sunshine

Z for Bar Mizzzzzvah!

shani — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:32:59 +0000

BarMitzvah can be so much fun- especially the P-A-R-T-Y!!! The fact that I am th eoldest person on the dance floor outweighs the fun of staying current with the music and the dance steps og generation 2010! OUCH! What every Bar Mitzvah boy or girl have to go through on the Saturday morning to earn that [...] Related posts:

rain rain

shani — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:19:53 +0000

Rain Rain, don’t go away! I love my boots so much! For years I had been eyeing plastic boots that I can slip on and skip in the rain or just comfortably walk without worrying about my feet and socks and bottom of my pants getting wet and finally this year I bought them, and one [...] Related posts:

My heart goes out to….

shani — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:25:21 +0000

I am very very lucky to get to photograph Mia- I photographed her for a holiday card that people are still talking about (so I’ve been told..) and then I got to celebrate at her Tea Party as she truned 4 years old… This year’s cards have been sent out…wishing us Joy, Health, Peace and just [...] Related posts:

thousands and thousands

shani — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:19:30 +0000

My Granny Naomi has been making these biscuits for longer than I can remember and longer than I have lived. She must have made thousands and thousands of them, but that’s not where the name comes from. Though it should. Thousand and thousands are the little candies that go on my favorites biscuits in the [...] Related posts:

Happy New Year!

shani — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:28:00 +0000

my new year’s resolutions 1. stretch my body every morning 2. watch one good movie a week 3. this one’s not for blogging 4. keep my desk in order 5. blog more than once a week I’ll let you know in a few months how I’m doing….. what’s yours? and here’s are a few samples of Holiday Cards I worked n [...] Related posts: