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Kern River

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I have to say that maybe I stayed up a little later than I should’ve had last night so it took me a while to wake up this morning.

Had breakfast but went back and tried to get a nap in the shade before it got to hot. I’m a terrible napper though, but it was nice to just lay down, listen to the nature and not think about anything for a while.

Around 11am I felt human again and could be social.

We went for an hour long stroll in the heat by noon to find cell reception to call our incoming friends. Exercise of the day done! Time to head back and cook lunch.

Everyone is finally here and we are ready to hit the water!

We saw this little guy in the water. Got me excited, but also kind of wishing I had some sort of shoes on so he wont cut my toes off.

The river was pretty strong but a ton of fun! We got hungry from all the playing and was ready to start cooking before the sun set.

Dinner

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I had other plans for the night, but when I got invited to Pasta Dinner at the Winn I re-arranged my plans. I much rather get fed and hang with friends than do a bunch of “must-do’s”.

3rd St Promenade

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I woke up at 9am thinking I was about to die. An Advil, 60 more minutes of sleep, a shower and a breakfast later I was all good to go! We had a much needed chill morning but headed down to Santa Monica in the afternoon. I like 3rd Street a lot, but I don’t come down here very often.

Working on the duck face while waiting for food.

You know you’re at a classy place when the toilet looks like this!

The Swedes are heading back home tomorrow. I don’t think I’m quite ready for it. Next time they’re gonna have to do their usual 2-3 weeks visit!

Father’s Office

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I took the bus down to Abbott Kinney after work to meet up with the Swedes at Intelligentsia. 

As usual we had no plans and just roamed around. After some window shopping we were trying to figure out what to eat for dinner. I suggested that maybe we could head back to Helms and go to Lukshon so they can eat fancy food from a “TV Chef”, and if they don’t like the menu, there’s still 3 other good restaurants in the area, one of which is tried and true Father’s Office, owned and run by the same known TV Chef.
Of course, we picked Father’s Office at the end.

Vegan Joint and a Boring Meeting

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I had to attend a neighborhood council meeting today so we had no big plans more than dinner at the Vegan Joint. Everyone is still sick.

Even though there were only a handful of stakeholders attending the meeting it was really dragging. Things went on and on forever. I just wanted to leave after my report, but felt obligated to stay the whole way through.

Griffith Obervatory

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We had decided to go to the Griffith Observatory today. We were all a little tired from the Cinco De Mayo celebrations last night so I left work an hour early to go to for pizza. Wildcraft Pizza in Culver City is good, but it is not as good as Pitfire Pizza. I should try 900 Degrees sometime.

The weather wasn’t awesome during the day so I thought we might had picked the wrong day to go to the observatory, but by the time we headed up there the sun came out and it was beautiful!

I had never been to Griffith Observatory before and it’s filled with really cool planet stuff inside. but we were not focused enough to be able to pay attention in there. We had much more fun outside just enjoying the view.

Griffith Obervatory

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We had decided to go to the Griffith Observatory today. We were all a little tired from the Cinco De Mayo celebrations last night so I left work an hour early to go to for pizza. Wildcraft Pizza in Culver City is good, but it is not as good as Pitfire Pizza. I should try 900 Degrees sometime.

The weather wasn’t awesome during the day so I thought we might had picked the wrong day to go to the observatory, but by the time we headed up there the sun came out and it was beautiful!

I had never been to Griffith Observatory before and it’s filled with really cool planet stuff inside. but we were not focused enough to be able to pay attention in there. We had much more fun outside just enjoying the view.

Sunday

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We just roamed around the streets of Los Angeles today without any particular goal. Started off on Melrose, which was good because then we could have lunch at Urth Caffe.
The visitors has not been feeling so hot and the super cooties has started to affect me as well so I think I am coming down with a cold. I’m gonna do as I do best, just ignore it.

There were apparently a super cool store on Sunset Blvd, not to far, that had extremely awesome jeans from France. Off course we had to go there. I didn’t actually look it up, I just trusted the co-drivers. It turned out the store was by the Sunset Junction, a little further than I expected. We had nothing better to do though, and it was right next to Intelligentsia, perfect timing for some coffee!

We didn’t buy any jeans, but we did have some coffee before returning back to Culver City and dinner at Native Foods. We usually have Native Foods first thing as they arrive, but we’ve been busy so it took us a couple of days before making it this time.

Eating

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Veronica and Erik’s lives revolves around eating. I don’t sit down and have breakfast at home very often, but I love it when it happens! They had sneaked out and bought fresh bagels in the morning while I was sleeping.

It’s been really hot lately, and I just wanted to jump in the water. We drove up to north of Malibu, but the spot we wanted was all busy and with a $8 entrance fee. We did not want to pay to go to the beach, so we returned back south and had lunch at Malibu Seafood.

After me jumping in the ocean and some shopping on Main Street I got a request from the backseat for donuts.