Days 323/365

Home sweet home! Dropped into Firestones to see Klu and John. Made an A-MA-ZING curry for dinner. It's good to be home.

Days 322/365

Flew home today. No picture. Just imagine Steve and I all spread out in the exit row we had to ourselves. We were living large.

Days 321/365

Our last full day in LA. We were going to see our friend Amy, but she was sick. Boo! We ended up going back to the Golden Mean so I could have one more of their amazing veggie burgers before we left. Soooo gooood. We drove thru Beverly Hills and down Rodeo Dr. I swear, that place looks nothing like the rest of LA. We saw cars I'd never even heard of. And in a one and a half block stretch, we drove by 3 Lamberghinis. That place is made of $$$. Then we drove down Sunset Strip and we dug it. We headed over to Burbank and hung out there. Love that place! Love LA!

Oh yeah, and while we were in Burbank, I found the perfect gift for Sarah Palin, if one were to think she deserves a gift for something.

Days 320/365

We took a drive with Chris and Andrea thru the Tujunga Canyon where the Station Fire occurred last August. I was struck by the magnitude of it all. On TV, you just see a very small portion of the devastation. Mountain after mountain, mile after mile, burned. Looking at these pictures, it is hard to imagine this area used to be dense tree forests. It looks like Mars now. Although, I was pleasantly surprised at how fast some green has appeared. We also saw houses burned to the ground. The only evidence they'd ever existed was the brick fireplaces left behind. So sad.

Days 319/365

Finally got a long night's rest and felt great this morning. Had a nice, quiet morning at the Stark-Tickners. Then headed to Malibu in the afternoon to go to a place I found online called Paradise Cove. Had a amazing meal with my toes in the sand. Love California. I really, really do.

This place was so cool. They have fun beds you can just relax on, with built in coolers and cup holders. A dude owns the whole cove and this is his restaurant. I could spend a day here...

Days 318/365

Said goodbye to Lizze and headed to Tujunga to stay with Chris and Andrea. Had a lovely day in Pasadena, followed by a great night hanging at their house. Chris made an amazing dinner and we sat around and talked and laughed and ate a strange brownie-like dessert in which Andrea tried to substitute egg with banana. It wasn't right, but it was oh so good.

Days 317/365

LA has a all you can eat vegan brunch. That's what I said. As any vegan will tell you, breakfast is the HARDEST meal to eat out when you don't eat eggs or drink the milk out of a cow. So this was a true joy. And really fantastic. After that, we picked up Eva and headed to Temecula to meet Chris and Andrea in wine country. Had a fantastical time, as Eva would say! For dinner, we stopped at the Counter, for amazing veggie burgers and fries. Just what the doctor ordered after all that wine.