How I spent my last day on Earth

I wish I knew a lot sooner that the world was supposed to end on Saturday (May 21st) ; I would have made a better plan to spend the day.

Luckily we had a quite pleasant day for no reason other than it was Saturday, and we ALWAYS*** party on Saturday!!!!!!

Andrea made plans to hang out with some of her work friends and get some hiking in.

We began the day bright and early at 10:30 am and gathered the troops to get on down to the Santa Monica Farmers Market - home to very expensive and tasty food.  We got some flavored honey sticks and some baked goods before we all decided we needed real food.  At first there was some talk of crepes, but as no one really wanted to wait a half an hour for a table we made our way to the fabulous Wahoo's.  None of Andrea's friends had been there before but were glad they had after their delicious food came.

For those of you keeping score, different city, different Wahoo's location, different friends, different hair cuts, different year, different marital status.  This is stock footage.

After we got our grub on we were ready to go hiking and made our way to Escondido Falls in Malibu.  I was glad we were going back because apparently we didn't make it as far as we were supposed to in order to see the "good falls" the last time we went.  The "hiking" to the first and less impressive falls was little more than a hilly stroll, but the next part was much more intense - you had to hold onto a rope so you didn't slide off the side of a mountain in one part and had to climb rocks - but worth it.

We even saw this crazy bird on the way back.

hawk? falcon? don't know, not a Ornithologist.

Since we were already there in Malibu we stopped by the beach.

It was cold!

All that exercise was making us hungry, so we grabbed some Japanese food and came back to the apartment to play Loaded Questions before turning in for the night.

It was a great way to spend the last day of Earth, something to keep in mind for next time the world is supposed to end.

***well, not ALWAY, but almost always

with so much trouble in the LBC

For some reason you build up a real desire to leave LA, or at least I do.  To scratch this itch we went on down to good ol' Long Beach.

Aided by the interweb we found quite a few fun things to check out in addition to what we already knew about (shopping, Yogurtland, and of course cupcakes).

First up on our new things to do list - drive through a wormhole to arrive in Chicago to check out FERRIS BUELLER'S HOUSE!!!!!

skip to 20 seconds for the first glimpse of the house

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is possibly the greatest movie ever made, so when I found out that his house is not but a short drive away I knew we'd have to stop by.

Next up, the skinniest house in America.

this is regrettably a terrible picture that doesn't show the house very well

Then, to Belmont Shores where we HAD to get Yogurtland!

One of the reasons for coming to Long Beach was the 2nd Saturday Art Walk.  It was quite a bit of fun (free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream!!!!!) and if we were granola we would be in heaven because maybe half of the vendors we very hippy-dippy.

this guy's stuff was my favorite, I think I'm going to find him again and get some of his stuff when I actually have some cash

We were a little early to festivities so we went on a little walk and checked out a little bit of downtown

and ShoreLine Aquatic Park - home to a very cool and educational fountain and a ship's wheel (or helm if you're down) on the beach...

Why on the sand? Why not?!

Sadly when we found Snoop Dogg's favorite eatery we had already eaten :(  Maybe next time Snoop.

Last, but certainly not least, Andrea got some new babies!

Oh Long Beach, you're so wonderful!

Traffic Light

Another show has come and gone to soon.

At first I wasn't really into Traffic Light, it seemed funny but I just wasn't excited about it.

Of course the very next episode after I heard it was cancelled was HILARIOUS.

It was slowly growing on me, but that episode made me sad that it wasn't going to last much longer.

Almost as if they knew it was coming the second to last episode ended in such a way that I thought it WAS the last episode (a few shows have done that this season: The Office when Dwight was put in charge of the branch and Modern Family with the graduation episode "See You Next Fall" to name two).

But alas, Andrea and I have just finished watching the last and final episode of this humorous little show while the airwaves runs rampant with awful shows not worth the energy to make the keystrokes required to have them appear before your very eyes.

You are gone my friend, but not forgotten... until something really funny comes out and replaces you.

Traffic Light
2011 - 2011