Wednesday, February 22, 2006

LA love

I have to say sometimes LA has its moments. The city has definitely warmed up on me since moving up here a year ago. There have been a few times this past month where I catch myself saying "only in LA". Here are a few of the juicy tidbits....

King and I went to the reunion concert of the Fugees. They are back together and hotter than ever. The concert was amazing and the best part was it was free. We jumped the fence and got up close and personal with the Fugees in the VIP section. Can't beat it. The first American concert of the Fugees since the 90s in the streets of Hollywood. As Wyclef said, it was history in the making.


Last week, I went to my second LA gallery show. This time it was in the very hip Hollywood spot Fred Segal. I always love an open bar and delish appetizers. Good thing it was an exclusive list-only showing because Marsha Cross, otherwise know as Bree Van DeKamp, joined us for the show. She is as beautiful up close as she is on screen. I was happy to see that she doesn't look like a porcelain doll in person.

And last, just last friday, three of my dearest friends and I got together for dinner. This may seem like nothing too exciting, but with everyone's insane schedules and relationships, it is a wonder when we ever see each other. This definitely was an LA thing (this is the first time we have all lived in the same county since high school). Our night started with a conversation about Hooters, and how all of our beaus claim they go for the wings. Well, we thought, why not see for ourselves? So our fabulous female foursome ventured to the local Hooters. And let me tell you ladies, the wings...they were just wings. We did however enjoy our perky (no pun intended) waitress, who commented on everything we asked about with the same exuberant response "It's awesome!"

LA still has more for me to look forward to: a trip to Disneyland, a presentation on the fact and fiction of autism (arranged by UCSD but still counting it as an LA thing), and many more warm winter days.....

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

It's (almost) over!


Well, it ended up being a virus more serious than the flu, but the good news is that I am better now and back into the swing of things. After completely demolishing my social calendar for a month (I missed 2 birthdays and a trip to Disneyland :( ) and staying in bed until I was so distraught that I started to develop a psychiatric illness on top of my medical one, I am happy to say that I returned to work last Monday. It is amazing that those words would actually come out of my mouth, but there it is in print: I was happy to go to work rather than be at home.

I got just a small taste of what my old roomate Allison had to deal with last year when she got something (that will also remain nameless because after all this is the internet) that left her in the hospital and bed for over a month. I realize now that I was not the best roomate that I could have been. So for all of you out there who have a friend that is homebound for any reason, please go visit them!