Dawn's Visit...Coming soon :)

Catalina Island...

So, most people I've talked to in LA haven't even been to Catalina Island! I'm appalled by this - yes that's right, I'm appalled! :) It's only 1 hour away by Express Fairy and definitely worth one trip. Apparently there are two destinations and one of them sucks (Two Harbors), but we ended up going to Avalon which was quite lovely. There are no cars allowed on the island - although there are a few exceptions for workers and such, so everyone drives around in Golf Carts! :) I laughed as some people had pretty pimped out golf carts on the road. We enjoyed a lovely tour around the island (on a rented golf cart - how many times can I say golf cart??), ate dinner at a steakhouse overlooking the ocean, sang karaoake - got kicked out by 11p because there weren't enough people in the bar...then went to another bar where a woman hit me in the face and (accidentally) shoved a straw up my nose. Ah yes Catalina...'twas lovely!

Go Sharks!

I have decided that I am good luck for the San Jose Sharks. Both times I have seen them play now - once in San Jose at the "Shark Tank" and once at the Staples Center - they have won. Not by one or two goals, but by 4 or 5! So, this was my second hockey game ever. My first one was when I was 12 and I saw the Minnesota North Stars play against the Chicago something or other - well I felt bad that no one was cheering for Chicago so I started...not knowing that it was a huge rivalry. I was 12, I didn't speak much english but I certainly understood when a very drunk man hit me in the back of the head with a beer. That's right - BEER! Well, this excursion was much more pleasant. I could actually see and there was no beer tossing...just lovely food and cheering. :) Go Sharks baby!

This is definitely the longest...

...I've ever taken to update this blog. Sorry! Things have been so busy here and I've done so much that the whole thing seemed a bit overwhelming. So, I'm doing it in small steps...a couple tonight, perhaps a couple more updates tomorrow with one enormous one of the last week! :) Let us begin...