Go West, Young Man. You Look Like You Weally Need It.
Yes, Jank is right. Cali is a wonderful place — or at least it has some wonderful places. I am sitting in Souuthwestern Gate 2 at LAX awaiting my flight to OAK where I will rush out to get a $60 cab into the city to meet Becky’s coworkers for dinner downtown. I wish I had planned better since I could easily get there for $4 if I had more time, according to the new Take Transit Trip Planner at the Bay Area’s Transit Info page. If Austin had a transit system this organized and extensive, I could join the iPod crowd and spend more time expanding my musical experience. I spent most of my time in L.A. west of the Pacific Coast Highway. My new La-la Land philosohpy is “just say no to invitations that would take you east of the PCH”. The KMc can relate his sojourn into that evil place and bolster my support of this new slogan. While I would love to live on the West Coast, this philosophy means a drastic change in income (or lifestyle goals) would be neccesary for me to go west.
Bryan Thompson was ushered into the world of marriage this weekend (hence half the reason for my trip west.) The event was held in a lovely glass and brass church nestled on a green and floral nook overlooking the Pacific Ocean provided by the Swedenborgians. (look it up.) The wedding and every event surrounding it was wonderful and clearly demonstrated the beautiful life that B.T. has arrived at. His new wife and her family are generous, fun and caring — they should merge easily with his previous family. We (his friends) have known Tina for several years and we couldn’t be more impressed. As Mickey said, Bryan is continuing a tradition in our group of friends of “marrying up”. I wish him luck in this new endeavor, but I know he won’t need it.
p.s. We got to see Tetine’s precious new child, Lyndon, and as always the joy on her (and her husband, Craig’s) face was apparent.
4 Responses to “Go West, Young Man. You Look Like You Weally Need It.”
Comment from KellyMc
Time July 21, 2003 at 1:15 pm
I too had a lovely time out there.
Also, I can relate to those who wish the whole fucking place would fall into the ocean.
But that’s mostly because LA is still mostly generalizations and stereotypes for me, even though I chipped away at them somewhat this past weekend. It takes time to get to know what a place is really like. However, LA’s sprawl will likely prevent me from getting much further in that regard.
Comment from jank
Time July 21, 2003 at 2:35 pm
I found a potential reason to go east of the PCH. Page 2’s been running a series rating ballparks, and Dodger Stadium came out suprisingly high. I had no idea, having only seen the place on the tube and in The Naked Gun. Eric Neel makes it sound great, and I’m a sucker for baseball in general.
Though I wouldn’t cry too hard if it did fall into the ocean, I would be rushing to stake a claim on the new coastline…
Comment from KellyMc
Time July 21, 2003 at 5:38 pm
Maybe it would only fall in as far as South Central, leaving everybody in the hood sitting on beach-front property.
(As we all know, the San Andreas is a not a normal fault, but rather a strike-slip fault. There is little chance that LA would fall into the ocean. Instead, it will move northward towards San Francisco.)
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Comment from jank
Time July 20, 2003 at 10:58 pm
Best to Bryan and his bride. I think we can all agree on a pro-love policy here on the porch.
After spending time on both coasts, and in Chicago, I can’t understand why the deep seated resistance to light rail in Texas. It’s just so damn nice not to have to worry about driving absolutely everywhere…