Downtown LA Artwalk

I felt like I was back in NYC last night! I was meeting up with a meetup.com group to visit the Downtown LA Artwalk, and decided I had done enough driving for the day. So I took the bus instead. And can you believe it - public transportation in LA really does work! The bus stop was less than a mile from my apt, and took me straight into the heart of the artwalk - all in under an hour.

My dad happened to call just after I stepped onto the bus, and asked me what I was doing. Here's how the conversation went:

Dad: What are you up to right now?
Me: I'm on the bus - going to the artwalk downtown.
Dad: You're on the bus?
Me: Yeah.
Dad: It goes downtown from your apt?
Me: Yep.
Dad: {completely garbled thanks to AT&T in LA}
Me: WHAT??
Dad: Will it bring you home too?
Me: Uh, yeah, I'm kinda hoping it does. It's supposed to.
Dad: Oh, ok. {kind of chuckling to himself}

And it did, indeed, bring me home. So much easier than driving the hour, battling one-way streets in downtown, parking, fighting the crowds when I left and driving home. I'm going to look into public transportation way more often.

A Rainbow in Venice (CA)

Yesterday I pulled up to my sisters house and looked up to see this gorgeous rainbow right in front of me.

Fix-it Pics

On http://www.iheartfaces.com/ they have a "Fix-it Friday" every week. They give you a pic and then ask you to edit away, playing around with settings and options, just to get a feel for your editing program. I am using Picasa (fancy, I know) because I don't have anything else on my work computer! But here goes.

Original:

Fix #1:

Fix #2:

A Giveaway

My friend Shannon is having a giveaway on her blog today - visit her at ** Happiness Is...** to see some gorgeous jewelry, and maybe even win a necklace!

Some of the pieces I love in the store...

Back in LA!

Well I've been back in LA since mid-March, and it's been a fun few months hanging out with friends & family. Here's a quick recap of some of what I've been up to...

At Lee's birthday party :)

Catherine's baby shower. She's now got a gorgeous little girl - Jenna.

On the town for Cyndi's birthday - Happy Birthday Cyn!

Bowling with Little Heidi.

Mexican Wrestling in downtown LA.

Hollywood Bowl with Dad & Janne.

Out for Mexican food & flaming margaritas with Heather.

Reggae Night at the Hollywood Bowl with Cyndi.

It's been months!

I can't believe I haven't posted since October. Bad me! Well, here are some holiday pics from LA to warm you up.

Malike gave my mom a homemade window herb garden kit.

Malike & Jackson sharing some tunes at dinner.

Megan being silly after unwrapping gifts :)

Big smile when we went up to Byron to plant the Goss' Christmas tree.

Hauling said tree.

And the family effort to plant it.