June 20, 2006

• CONGRATS DITHMAR & VERONICA!

  

  made a trip to la this past weekend for a wedding... it was a nice, relaxing stay....

  friday we drove down early since pat had to work last
  saturday...although he was still busy getting phone calls and
  whatnot... i was totally out....i went to sleep late and i couldn't
  keep my head up!  anyway... made it to la and of course our first
  stop was ucla.... bought myself a new t-shirt (to replace one of the
  ones i have...it has a hole from ash campfire...although i still wear
  it) anyway... ucla's changed a lot... doesn't seem AS familiar...pat
  was sad to see that taco bell was no longer there...but i thought he
  had seen that it was gone last time... anyway... it's hard to believe
  that it's been four years!

  then we headed over to our hotel...at the last minute we decided to
  stay at a hotel...one of pat's friends said there was a deal on
  expedia... so we booked 2 nights at the mondrian on sunset in west
  hollywood... it was really nice... i think we got a handicapped room
  b/c it had the railings in the bathroom and the super high toilet....

  

  walked down sunset to have dinner at sushi dan's with some friends...
  we all ate outside...but didn't get our candle until later... so it was
  pretty dark once the sun went down.... anyway.. it was decent... walked
  back and checked out the site formerly known as dublin's is now going
  to be some sunset beach something or other...

  
  view from our hotel room...view of la... and billboards on sunset and sky bar below...

  saturday, we took it easy and had a nice brunch at jinky's and
  walked
  up sunset and back... headed over to the church b/c we thought we were
  late... but realized we were half an hour early... phew! (we had left
  our invitation with everything at HOME! DOH!)  the ceremony was
  held at our lady of the angel's church in downtown la... i can tell you
  that this church is IMPRESIVE...

  

  

  after the ceremony we walked across the plaza to where they have
  giftshops and conference rooms... and there was a cocktail hour before
  the reception... the room they had the reception in was HUGE... i think
  there were about 38 tables with about 10 people per table... it was
  pretty crazy... there was a mariachi band and then a filipino cultural
  dance.... it was definitely a fun wedding... dancing at the end... and
  i got to hear a maná  song...woohoo!  i maná... anyway
  it was a lot of fun... drove back, quickly changed and walked over to
  mel's for a late night dessert with pat's old roommate...

  woke up sunday morning, packed... and had lunch with pat's friends at
  sky bar... it was really nice... view of la..in the SHADE... with a
  nice breeze... was so nice... a nice leisurely lunch... and drove back
  home for father's day dinner!

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