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Did you know that the Los Angeles Times hosts a Travel show every year?
I didn’t …. until this year.
It was incredibly crowded and busy, and full of people trying to sell you things. But SO INTERESTING.
There was snorkeling and lassoing and surf lessons and golfing. There was an old greek man giving away alcohol and a booth where you could have your photo taken in cowboy or indian garb. There was an African musician. There were 2 (2!) booths giving away massages.
And piles and piles of paper with pretty photos, …
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Allegedly – according to Wikipedia – Mentryville, CA was an oil boom town.
I’m not sure I believe it.
Right now it consists of a parking lot ($5 for parking??? give me a break), a house, a boarded up school and a couple barns.
Not too sure where the town would have been …..
For those of you who did NOT grow up in Santa Clarita with all kinds of urban legends about Mentryville and the cults that lived out there ….. Mentryville is basically a state part just on the outskirts of Santa …
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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 …
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At the end of August, we visited the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood, run by The Cinefamily.
This place is great! One more reason we love living in Los Angeles – We drove there via Sunset Blvd, through the hills and the gorgeous neighborhoods and big trees that make up Bel Air and Beverly Hills.
Into Hollywood, where there is a music or comedy venue every block. I love L.A.
From their site – info about the theatre:
Built in 1942 by John and Dorothy Hampton, The Silent Movie Theatre ran for decades as …
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I’m pretty not great at blogging. I just feel rushed or that what I want to say never comes out as genuine as I want it to sound. I’m drinking Hennessy right now to make me care a little bit less about my digital voice (actually Amy just called so I’m on the phone with her right now; ok now back to my blog) A couple of weeks ago my work took a wonderful evening trip to see Green Day at the forum. Here are a …
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Omigod, omigod you guys!
I love musicals. I love them. love them love them love them.
Love musicals.
So when Kaitlin called me and asked if I was interested in seeing Legally Blonde: The Musical (Julie’s treat), even though I had never seen the movie, didn’t know any of the music, and don’t really own any pink, I said “Heck yes!”
They met me at our house Saturday morning …. Andrew came with us and the 4 of us went to check out Kaitlin’s chosen wedding venue one last time (blog post to come) …
