Annual Trip
Still recovering from my annual trip to Cannes, France and London. So happy I did not get sick this time (like last year) but I was definitely on the edge of getting something. The trip started out on a bad note when while standing in line for security at LAX, I realized I forgot my […]
Sweet Things (Enhanced)
Shortly after Sweet Things was published in the iBookstore I decided to make an enhanced version and add video. I was inspired by my camera, the Canon 5D Mark II, since it makes beautiful videos. Of course I had to make the plain old Kindle version first. Once that was tackled I started working on […]
NAMM
I have no real business at the NAMM Show but I go almost every year. Our print publisher Hal Leonard gets passes for us. NAMM stands for the National Association of Music Merchants and it puts on a merchandise convention every year in Anaheim. It’s wild. The Anaheim Convention Center is huge and every square […]
Eliana
Elaine has been one of my muses for a while. She’s beautiful and poised and fun. I took photos of her and Chris as an engagement session down in Santa Monica in 2010. Actually the day my father died. Not when we were shooting but late that night. So I will always remember that. They […]
800 Degrees
I’ve been watching the old Daphne’s Greek Food space for a while. It was transforming but into what? 800 Degrees Pizza? Sounds cool but will it be good? Finally there were clues. I saw this post of LA Eater and this one at LA Times and got excited. I’ve never been to Umami burger but […]
2012!
Yep it’s 01/01/2012. The day after 12/31/2011. I hope 2012 is better than 2011 which was certainly better than 2010. Every year should be getting better and better. I can only hope.
Holiday
Ahhh, so nice to have a week and half off to just chillllllllll. I took a day off from work just to be at home and chill. So nice. The next day I took a Virgin America flight to Dulles to visit the fam. Love Virgin America. The plane isnt huge, the seats are white, […]
Beach Relief
It’s so nice to live in California. We do have seasons. They’re just milder. Like leaves on the all of the trees are all colorful now and will eventually fall off. Plus it’s a bit chilly and we get to wear jackets. It gets down to the 40’s at night and was 65 today! Today […]
First Christmas
This will be Marley’s first Christmas! I took some snaps of Marley in utero (he he) and then when she was a newborn. She is so adorable and is just now pulling herself up to stand! Kat says she was a little fussy today. I guess she was napping and hadn’t really woken up yet […]
Proud Mama
At the end of July I did a photos for Christopher. He’s an actor and attends LACHSA. A really great kid. His mom is too. We work together. I’ve know Rebecca for a very long time. She’s the “tell it like it is” type, no BS. Fun and funny too. We get along just fine. […]
Sweet Things
My personal collection of recipes, stories and photographs. Available at Blurb, Apple iBookstore, Amazon Kindle store Sweet Things (softcover) by Cathy Merenda | Make Your Own Book
Happy Holidays from Fox Music 2011!
So, as I’ve posted here and here and here before I pretty much took it upon myself to create an e-card for the music department every year. Last years was really cool. I rented a tilt shift lens and Emily painted posters to create a stadium card trick. It came out really nice and everyone […]
Same Time Different Year
Around this time last year Elaine got married. I went to her wedding at Casa del Mar literally right after I got off the plane from Chicago on my Oprah trip. I had taken some engagement photos of Elaine and Chris last June. A memorable day not only because I got to spend a great […]
Didi
***Saddened to say we lost Didi on June 28, 2012. She passed away in her sleep. Way too soon, she was only 8. I miss her so much my heart aches. Love me little Didi girl. Awe, come ON, how cute is this kitty? Dave and I adopted her from the North Valley Animal Shelter. […]
Kindle Kindle Kindle!
I finally got my book Sweet Things on Amazon Kindle! Dang, it was easier than I thought but it took a while to get there. So in June I put my book on iPad as discussed here. In September it was featured in the cooking section! It took a long time to figure out how […]
That Time Again
It’s that time again! The holidays are encroaching! Today was the Fox Holiday card shoot. A lot of work and a lot of fun! Wewere super lucky to get to shoot on the Newman Scoring Stage. So iconic and historic. You could feel the history in the room. It was set up for a session so we […]
Arbus-esque
This keeps happening at work. Two people show up with the exact same outfit on. We’re now keeping a record of it. We used the Diane Arbus photo of the identical twins as inspiration. More to come?
Greg & Stef’s Wedding
I was honored that Greg asked if I could “snap some pics” at his wedding to Stefi. Of course I said, “of course”! I’ve been saying over and over that I’ve been super busy lately – but I made time for this. Luckily I had a tiny window in my work that would allow for a […]
Charlie’s Angels?
OK, so Marissa looks very much like Annie Ilonzeh, one of the actresses in the new Charlie’s Angels TV series. Emily pointed it out when we were driving down the street one day. I think Emily looks very similar to Minka Kelly so I thought…we should recreate that picture! We just needed a blonde to […]
Posterino
A few months back I downloaded my first MacBook app from the App Store. I didn’t even know I could do that but one day I found a new icon on my dock that said “App Store” and lo and behold I could now buy more software for my computer! Very convenient. I don’t know […]
Storytellers
I was honored to be invited to the Long Beach Searches for the Greatest Storyteller in the 562. It was a story telling competition. Each person had 5 minutes to get up in front of the audience and tell a story. Any story. At this event there were 8 storytellers. All of […]
