Marlen's Here!

My first real drive through the city of Los Angeles was to the airport. The GPS took me over the river, through the woods, and straight across Hollywood Boulevard. Marlen immediately spilled cashews in my car upon her arrival and as we were throwing the nuts out the open doors when we were informed by a nice airport security man that you should never open your doors for longer than you have to at LAX as some careless driver will drive right through them. In fact, he claimed, someone's door was taken clean off just yesterday!

We drove back the way I had come so Marlen could see the city...and Wonder Woman. We passed a man and a woman dressed as Superman and Wonder Woman, in seriously legitimate costumes. Marlen leaned out the window to snap a shot of them and commented on how normal they seemed to think they were.

We went back to my apartment, fixed my bed, then made an awesome dinner a la Mama Gross' syrup/soy sauce recipe. Not to mention, we made and devoured guacamole in true Gross fashion.

Caitlin came over later! We all talked and watched everything from Glee to Sarah Jessica Parker on Letterman then turned in for a long night of sleep in a bed that no longer lost it's slats thanks to mostly Marlen's ingenuity.

Marlen and I are looking up how to get to Venice Beach at the moment and are packing left overs for lunch once we get there. Still need to make it to the gluten-free Babycakes bakery sometime soon.

Interview on Friday.

Julia and Erin come up Friday too.