Our friend Michael came out to L.A. from Phoenix over Halloween weekend. His girlfriend was working out of L.A. for a couple weeks, so he came to visit her and we roped him into visiting us.

Saturday we did breakfast at Cici’s … then back together for Angela and Devo’s wedding reception ….

Sunday we did lunch (ish) at Jerry’s Deli, then I had a meeting (and Andrew went to the beach with them), then I get home Sunday night and Andrew says that Michael and Christina were at a rooftop bar in downtown L.A. and did we want to go.

Now, I’m not a fan of bars, and I’m not a fan of driving/parking downtown. BUT! Since Andrew was driving, and it was for Michael, AND we knew there was a photobooth there … I was in.

Off to the Downtown Standard Hotel

Once we found it, the parking was …. interesting.

In a parking garage of an office building, I think … With VERY detailed instructions on how to get our car out – which included a broken-escalator-as-stairs … and the parking attendant just putting our $5 in his pocket? I was convinced the car would be gone when we got back.

But then …. this rooftop bar over looking the downtown L.A. area …. so fun. So unique. Such a great vibe …

(image above and 2 below lit mostly by the fireplace we were near)

There is a little dance floor, and a few sitting areas … the aforementioned fireplace … and then you go up the little stairs and there is a pool. More lounging areas. Waterbeds in egg-shaped hulls. And an old 1960s movie projected on a neighbor building.

Seriously.

(wow, check out all that light pollution along the horizon. Yikes!)

Crazy fun. Or just crazy. I’m not sure. I have a problem paying $7 for a small glass of Coke. Which is why I don’t go out. I’m a homebody. I’d much rather have people over to our house than go out.

But I always make exceptions for friends in town.

It took us a bit to find the photo booth. Turns out it was in the hallway near the bathrooms … lined with a mirror to blend in even more ….

p.s. We REALLY like Christina. Hope we see her again soon!