Friday, October 31, 2008

my brasileiro rockstar husband

if anyone wasn't informed that in gio's past he was in a metal band in brasil - here's proof.
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Friday, October 10, 2008

SOLD OUT AGAIN!

2nd annual gi joe festival sold out! super crowd! great intermission entertainment! great friend support!

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to see more photos go to meltoni's flicker account:

http://flickr.com/photos/meltoni/sets/72157607912346541/

thanks to everyone again for supporting us!

love j.letoni

Thursday, October 09, 2008

day zero - gi joe festival

today is the second annual gi joe film festival in denver!

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i was thinking back to where did this all come from?
pondpatrol?
gi joe international film festival?

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pondpatrol was spawned from the wedding and the turtle obsession - my husbands -

then there was a little film festival that was in denver - inflatable duck- it was a festival open to all types of independent short films. it was around for two years, but by the second year that producers decided to vacation in europe right before the festival; shrugging all responsibilities on a volunteer at the last minute. the volunteer did the best job in a small amount of time trying to re-format: films, video tapes, and dvd's of all setting, to work cohesively. not all the dvd's would replay on the dvd player at the festival, a second dvd player plus a video player had to be brought in an emergency to play the tapes. ONE film didn't get shown: IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND THE ONE EYED MAN IS KING, Gio Toninelo.

the night was hectic, confusing and all together a disaster - i think that the films didn't arrive until an hour or so after the festival was to start?

gio vowed that night that he was going to start his own festival. little did we know then that the festival would happen several years later or that the theme would be stop- motion.

and here it is, the second round of stop-motion in denver!
it's been a whole year of submissions, design work, and organizing. not to mention that gio has been rising before the sun to make sure everything is taken care of.

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Congratulation to my husband for another successful dream come true!
i love you gio,
j.letion

ps. if any one would like to view gio's movie please go to
http://www.zerogerman.com/
to the downloads page

Friday, August 29, 2008

DNC + DENVER = fun?

this past week has been interesting.
gio and i had a mini vacation in town - the morning girl at work wanted to go out of town and we switched monday afternoon for wednesday morning. so gio and i got 2 1/2 days off together!

we decided to take part in a few events for the dnc by dialog city

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http://www.dialogcity.org/

Rebecca v has been working with dialog city putting together events and she did a great job! she's been working her ass off!

the first event was the dj spooky "large-scale multimedia performance Terra Nova: The Antarctica Suite at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. "

http://www.dialogcity.org/artists/djspooky.html

we met up with sam, mary morrow, carmela and flynn. after the show we tried to go out to dinner, we were c. blocked by msnbc ass wipes filming in sam's no.3! mary ditched us and we ended up at the paramount for a late nite dinner.

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sunday nite was quite with the cops arresting people but there were riot teams of 10 - 12 cops on almost every block. we had cops on horse back, cops on bikes, cops on suvs (riding on the out side swat stlye)

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monday we headed down town to be part of ann hamiltons love letter to the dnc. it was wonderful. a full chorus 4 levels high with a childrens chorus on the 1st balcony and the rest of us down below with our scripts to join in at the appropriate time.

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walking to the event we came across two protester. they were dresses all in black and had a cartoon dialogue sign above their heads stating "THIS IS WHAT A POLICE STATE LOOKS LIKE!" . they weren't really disruptive, they chanted "just because your paranoid doesn't mean that their not out to get you" stuff like that. but by the time they passed the second bridge 12 cops on bikes swooped in to rip their signs off and arrest them.
this is what a police state looks like.
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after the ann event we went over to a bar where joshua novak (gio's old band) was playing. we hung out and heard their set, they were sounding great! the new bass player john has been learning gio's bass lines. john is doing a great job playing gio and mixing some of his own heavy metal sound in to the music.

we were heading home down 16th street where we were passing to clock tower when we saw the burlesque show was about to start and gio's friend garret, the sound guy for the clock tower, invited us to see the show! so we went down to see the show.

we walked home to see all of the cops that were here for our protection (?).

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Xmas in August!

this is the first year in a while that xmas is going to be big in denver!

seu Valmore and Maria Helana as well as Daddy LeGrand and Cathy are are planned for xmas destination! a white xmas! with a hopeful stint in the mountains for some altitude time in the winter! hopefully we'll have snow to go sledding.
i hope everyone will be here!

Saturday, July 05, 2008

my first website!

ok, so i started on my own (with the help of a template) and then carmela came in and helped answer my questions and teach me a few tricks!

thank you again teach! and i look forwards to learning more!

www.naturalcleanersdenver.com

check it out!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

another theater

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Gio's GI JOE FEST has had another offer and confirmation!

Austin TX - July 14 & 15 at Alamo Drafthouse cinema

Winnipeg Canada june!

SUPER CONGRATS to GIO!!!

Prom 3001


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Originally uploaded by carmelatoninelo
gio and i celebrated out third anniversary! the party was brilliant!

if you'd like to see more follow this link.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meltoni/2570356559/

Prom 3001
Originally uploaded by carmelatoninelo

Prom 3001


Prom 3001
Originally uploaded by carmelatoninelo

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

stinkweed got married!

the trip was beautiful! the wedding was magical.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Paper Couture Fashion Show

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Thursday, March 20th, doors open at 6pm,

runway show at 7:15pm, DC10, 940 Lincoln, Denver.

Visit the ADCD website for more details and to reserve tickets: www.adcd.com

My lovely friend Rebecca Vaughan and I have entered a collaborative dress with our friend Nick as the male as female model.

I would love to see anyone from d-town there supporting us!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Past Present Future

I just got a note from Resa - she's engaged!

and for all of you out there that haven't had the pleasure of meeting my future bro-in-law here are two pics from my wedding with heather and stuie.......

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and here's stuie with the after party

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and here's snap on a hot july day in 2005 when amber and rob got married.
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Monday, February 25, 2008

has anyone stayed in milan?

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Heather LeGrand & Stuart Mitchell are getting married in italy May 7, 2008!

Gio and I are traveling to the wedding thru Milan...

My questions follows: Has any one stayed in MIlan? suggestions?


please feel free to leave a comment for heather here as well....

Thursday, January 10, 2008

who is this masked man???

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i had a great birthday yesterday.
dad and gio took me and a few friends to Domo's for dinner.

Gio treated me like a queen from the crack of dawn til sleep - no, he's still being great. before he went to work today he ran out and bought me lottery tickets!

he's my masked man.....

and late last night we have decided that 2012 is the year for group glamour shots! so don't forget! 2012 glamour shots for all!