traffic, traffic, lookin' for my chapstick

As we join our heroes once again, it's President's Day. Fresh from their journey to San Clemente, the next mission takes them to Malibu.

This is their first time and although it's rather close to their base, the traffic along the PCH can be a nightmare and is avoided (under 30 miles in over an hour? two lanes that resemble a parking lot? no thanks). Today, luckily, is smooth sailing the entire trip.

After shaking down all their informants, Andre and Andrea decide they will need to make their first stop the grand water falls of Escondido.

The hikers started out in good spirits, knowing little of what lay ahead.

Trudging through some of the most hideous and dangerous terrain.

they made their way where no man had set foot before.

Alone and completely detached from civilization and other human beings, they finally arrived at the grand falls.

It took only a short time to find what they were actually looking for, what the natives know as Lrrr or "he-who-sticks-face-out-of-ground."

Now that they found Lrr they could finally know the location of the Ndnd or "spinning-light-in-darkness." After the three met and information was exchanged for much needed supplies, our heroes made plans on what their next move should be. But nothing can ever be easy; as they are about to leave Andrea and Andre are ambushed by the robot space pirates they previously escaped thanks to an EMP blast. Fighting tooth an nail, they got pretty beaten up but made it out eventually.

Knowing the pirates would be hot on their trail the two headed strait for the shore; a place so deadly only one that knew the terrain like the back of their hand would survive the journey, so vile no one in their right mind would follow them.

Getting there was exactly as Andre and Andrea expected it would be: fraught with thieves, venomous wildlife and of course the most unbearable weather imaginable. When they finally got there it was even worse worse than expected: ugly as sin and the most wretched stretch of land in the whole region.

With barely any strength to go on Andre and Andrea found a dingy little place to eat so they could survive the rest of the mission.

Lrrr mentioned something about the great octopus, and Andrea knew exactly what that meant.

So having just eaten, the two made their way to the pier of St. Monique.

It didn't take as long as expected for them to actually find Ndnd, how could it be? It was, after all, a light in darkness. Almost as if it were beckoning to them in the night, there it lay, spinning, calling to them.

the O.C. Disorder

What a wonderful place:

good food,

good views,

what more could you want?

b-day grub

So when the actual day to celebrate Andrea's birthday came around we had no idea what we would be in store for when it came time to eat. Breakfast was forgettable, we probably had cereal and milk, but lunch and dinner were quite exciting.

LUNCH:
I found out that an Indian Food Truck that sounded really good (India Jones Chow Truck, what's not to love?!) was going to be near Andrea's work, so off we went.

The food was good, we had a lamb frankie (think Indian burrito, yum), chicken tikka masala, naan, and a couple of sodas. But the party didn't stop there because these two were playing music the whole time.
With 80's hits serenading us, I couldn't have planned a more crazy lunch if I tried.

DINNER:
We were with out live music for our next meal, but that was ok because we went to Open Sesame - Lebanese food that is to die for!

The tropical fruit ice cream and baklava after eating were really good, but Andrea's real dessert were watching Pretty Little Liars and Chuck on Hulu.