Suzanne O’Connor’s Bargains LA

The New Hollywood Piano & Hollywood Sheet Music

Instead of spending our time researching sources or handling what life threw at us, last Friday night Kevin and I went to the Hollywood Piano Grand Re-opening. We enjoyed stellar vocal and piano performances by known Broadway performers and composers. It was one of the best evenings out ever. Really!

But what I learned that night was how extensive Hollywood Pianos reach is in the community.

Do it Yourself Painting

Nearly a year ago we hired a really good painter to paint our front door blue. It was a beautiful distressed Mexican door and we were afraid to do it ourselves. Thought we’d screw it up. This door takes the full blow of rain & sun and had weathered badly.  It either needed to be sanded, re-stained and refinished or painted. The first choice would take 3-4 days and leave us with a mess and an unsecured home. The second choice would take one day. After 3 months of discussion, we opted for the second choice

Dumpster Diving or Free Curb Discards?

A few years back I wrote about the gems I found doing a bit of trash picking. Yeah really, I have dumpster dived, trash picked and other wise scavenged …