fun in LA

Somehow my blogging has seemed to slow down but certainly not intentionally. i guess sometimes life gets the best of ya and it's tough to simply find the time. and of course sometimes i have nothing all that interesting to say :)

i did want to write about having my best guy friend in LA to visit...vance and his wife rosa along with their 2 friends came to LA for a week. i missed the weekend time with them b/c i was in CO but we made up for it that week. i took monday off to show them around malibu and introduce them to some real fish tacos at Neptune's Net and then we hung at Zuma beach and finished our day at my favorite restaurant, Blue Platte Oysterette. It was a great day indeed. Then I got to catch up with them briefly on the promenade after work on tuesday and on wed we hit hollywood. Dinner at katsuya and drinks and nightlife at all the cool places at the Roosevelt...including my fav, drinks by Matthew at the Library Bar. So that was a lot of fun as you can see from the pics :)

since then it's just been catching back up on life and seeing friends. last weekend i spent the day with my two phila co-workers who also transplanted here to LA, mackenzie and jenna. jenna and i drove down to Laguna to see mack's new house which is lovely and then hit laguna beach...such a cute town. and such a different vibe than here in santa monica. it sure is tempting. and i also got to see my 2 buddies from my last job, aaron and brian last weekend. that was long overdue and it's always good to catch up with them about life, love, careers, and good beer. we had fun. this weekend i'm celebrating a friends birthday with brunch, massages and champagne at my place and then finally getting up to see the krogmann's for dinner and to hang and visit w/ them (long overdue). so i'm thoroughly enjoying my summer back in LA and off of airplanes!

beyond catching up with friends, etc, i've definitely been doing a bit of soul searching. so as i work that out some more i'm sure you'll hear about it. the long and the short of it is i feel like i came to LA to define a new journey for myself and 4 months in i got run off the road by the tragic death of my mom. and while i've climbed my way back, i still feel i've yet to fully realize what there could be for me here in LA. so i'm considering all options of what i feel would make me most happy and what i want out of my future. the staying in LA part is for sure, i absolutely love it here in southern CA but the rest is all up for grabs....so we'll see...