Wellness Day @ Deer Park 1/29/13

Our Wellness Day started out with Blood Pressure Checks by our Visiting Nurses. Next the Diabetic Shoe Clinic met with our residents to offer them therapeutic shoes. 3rd, Jerry from Rite Aid discussed the importance of the shingles vaccine. Last, the acupuncturists were ready to demonstrate Chinese medicine.

Shingles Presentation

Acupuncture

New Year's Tea Party 1-24-13

It's a beautiful day at Deer Park
Enjoying a New Year's Tea Party

     Variety of Teas

 Menu

Grape, Apple, Walnut, Pecan & Cream Cheese Tea Sandwiches

Strawberry Creme Pastries

Peanut Butter Cookies

Click on arrow to hear Idamaria play.

Pajama Party 1/24/13

Chef Brian prepared yummy omelets at the omelet bar and Chef Jose was in the kitchen cooking up chicken apple sausage and french toast while we just lounged to the dining room in our jammies.

 

Eugene O'Neil Historic Land Site 1/23/13

Today we drove approximately 53 miles to the East Bay to tour the Eugene O'Neil Historic Home. O'Neill is best known as a prolific playwright, being awarded a Nobel prize in literature.

America's only Nobel Prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill, chose to live in Northern California at the height of his writing career. Isolated from the world and within the walls of his home, O'Neill wrote his final and most memorable plays; The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Moon for the Misbegotten.

To learn more about Eugene O'Neil click this link.

http://www.nps.gov/euon/life-at-tao-house.htm 

The Tao Home

Eugene's 3rd wife Carlotta had a passion for Asian art and decor, which inspired the name 'Tao House.' 

 

National Park Ranger - Tad Shay did an amazing job on educating us on the life of Eugene O'Neil.

Married in 1929, Eugene O'Neill and

 actress Carlotta Monterey remained partners 

until his death.

Eugene and Carlotta spent most evenings reading.  The private couple led a quiet life in the cool, dark rooms of Tao House.

                 

Amazing tour - now off to lunch at China Paradise in Blackhawk.

Celebrate Wellness Week Jan 24th - 31st

Charles Schulz Museum 1/16/13

The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center is a museum dedicated to the works of Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip.




Remember Charlie Brown 
& Snoopy?