What traffic?!

Disneyland and California Adventure were both very fun! There was almost zero time spent waiting in line because it was a Wednesday and all of the kiddies are back in school. They made Henry wear a huge button that said "I'm Henry! Its my birthday!"...priceless! We had dinner at the Stinking Rose where Henry was made to wear a hat that resembled a giant clove of garlic! It was classic and the food was great, including the garlic ice cream!

We sprung for the toll road to San Diego (apparently no one else in CA is willing to do this) so we are the only car on the road bound for LEGOLAND!

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Happy Birthday to Henry! I'm 28 and my boyfriend is 30! He is a cradle robber!

Halo Halo (after)

Halo Halo (before)

Fiesta Hermosa!

Labor Day at Hermosa Beach! Mmmm I was in for a treat...multiple treats! Fiesta Hermosa claims to be the biggest arts & crafts fair in southern California. Aside from the arts, crafts, and people watching, I treated myself to Hawaiian shaved ice, corn on the cob, AND pistachio ice cream! We had burgers (with killer garlic aioli) at The Counter in el segundo for dinner! What a great food day! I think I've put on a stone!

Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall!

This actual piece of the Berlin wall was presented to Reagan on April 12, 1990 (my half birthday). They must have given him the best section of the whole thing because its actually really pretty!

Ronald Reagan and Fabio

It was another wonderful day in southern CA. We started out at Palms for lunch (a Thai place famous for its singing Elvis entertainers) before heading to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
Besides being beautiful, the place is a little slice of heaven for a PolySci History major! I felt right at home when I was strolling around Air Force one (7 presidents used it before I finally made it aboard). Whatever your political affiliations are, it would be hard not to be amazed by this impressive museum. We finished the day at a wonderful italian restaurant owned by the cutest top chef contestant ever, FABIO! Cafe Firenze left nothing to be desired! Everything was delicious, even better than the food I ate when I was really in Firenze!

L.A.D.

Just in case you thought I was kidding this is the free shirt I got for Mexican night! $50 = entrance, t-shirt, all you can drink (soft drinks), all you can eat dodger dogs-nachos-popcorn-peanuts-Mexican food! MUY BIEN! L.A.Davies likes the L.A.Dodgers!

Third Street Promenade & Tar

It has been a busy day in L.A.! Started out with breakfast at Jinky's, then we took a stroll down the third street promenade where I sampled sweet limes (refreshing!) and "hot onion-garlic" pistachio nuts (bought a bag!). We checked out the Santa Monica pier, then we took a lovely drive down Sunset through too many famous neighborhoods to list.

We landed at the La Brea Tar Pits which were actually really interesting! They have pulled over a million fossilized remains out of the area, but only one human, a woman that they believe was murdered! That was weird, but so were all of the camel fossils...I mean camels?! Really?

We popped into the Grove to check out the shops/food. (Now when I read about celebrity sightings there in US Weekly I will be able to put it into context ;) Next stop- Mexican night at the Dodger game! Ole!