the pleasures of LA

landed around 11:15PM and e was there to pick me up. hadn't eaten much besides a small fruit & cheese snack box on the plane ride so e and i headed to father's office to grab a late bite. unfortunately, by the time we got there the kitchen had closed. so we headed to swingers instead where i had a yummy tuna melt and part of e's nachos.

around 2AM got back to e's place and promptly crashed. this morning, woke up to rainy skies (rain in LA!!! the one weekend VK and i visit LA and there's rain!). called eul and she picked me up. . .we sat and talked for 2 hours and the suddenly the clouds parted and it had become a beautiful, warm sunny day. i decided to go for a run and had a great run to venice beach and back aided by a sweet new playlist(thanks nels). while the run on venice blvd was less than inspiring, it was a beautiful thing to walk around the beach a little and see the ocean again.

got back and showered up quickly. called maekre and decided to go to my old digs on sawtelle. i was astounded by the changes. a couple standbys (the sushi restaurant with no name and the red neon "sushi" sign) had closed and some new places had opened. went to hide for a small bite to eat and then did a little browsing at the boutiques there.

now, about to head out to a peruvian restaurant with a big group and go out drinking/dancing after. should be a blast. . .