Grace needed a cut and color, which calls as always for a road-trip down to LA. For Memorial Day weekend, this meant literally road-tripping. We embarked on Friday afternoon. It didn’t take long to encounter some mayhem on the highway. Thankfully, there were no injuries, but it only takes a dropped motorcycle to snarl traffic for miles. We cruised along after dinner and only encountered more trouble just north of the Grapevine, where traffic on I-5 was down to one lane in two stretches. The next time a sign is flashing instructions for an alternate route, I will heed them. After 8 hours, we arrived at the W in Westwood sometime after midnight. The rest of the weekend was fun and included:
- Having lunch with Mallika, Sumant, Candice, Gotham and the kids at Century City and then hanging out at their home for the afternoon. The kids all seemed to have a great time together.
- Dinner with Ann, Jeremy, Emme and the Park family at Bandera
- Brunch in Manhattan Beach at Uncle Bill’s Pancake House. It was worth the wait.
- Visiting Jinny, Eric, Coral and Kirra at their house, which is just a block from the beach
- Dinner with the Park clan at Chosun Galbi
- Visiting Gina, Tommy, Madeline and baby Oliver at their home
- Going to bed at 10pm with the kids two nights in a row
- Breakfast at Mom and Dad’s with Dave on Monday before departing for home
- Only 9.5 hours to drive home – the kids were great in the car both ways
I’m sure there is a post in the archives where we drove down to LA and then vowed to never drive again. I might need to make it sticky on the top of the blog. Good times in LA!
