November 5, 2005

• HE SAYS:

  
  

  November 3rd was our 2nd Monthiversary, and I forgot. Already I’m forgetting Monthiversaries.  Well, to tell the truth I thought it was this weekend, (Which is two days off.) when I am wishing Liz Happy 2nd Monthiversary. In fact , “this weekend” begins in about 2-1/2 hours. I should have noted the monthiversary on the blog, however, but it’s been incredibly busy at work, and I’ve been so tired when I get home. It’s been so busy I have to work this Sunday, opening up the shop and running a crew to try to get some projects up to date. So the few hours I spend with Liz today will be heavenly. I have to get up at 4am on Sunday, so each hour today is my only “weekend”.

  
  

  Last week ( our Seventh Weekiversary) we went to see “How the West Was Won” in Cinerama. I was going to post a blog entry here, which was a repeat post of this one, so I have at least posted a link to when I blogged about the experience of seeing Cinerama before. Liz suggested that we take surface streets instead of the freeway, which was packed. Driving from East L.A. to Hollywood on Cesar Chavez, which turns into Sunset Boulevard, brought back a lot of old memories for me. I didn’t even know about the surface route, since I go everywhere on freeways. But when driving by the hillside homes in Echo Park and Silverlake, which are neighborhoods in which I lived when a small child, memory overwhelmed me. I almost maneuvered myself into a few fender benders (I hope Liz didn’t notice) because I was staring at all the scenery. After the movie, which is almost four hours long including an intermission, Liz chose the restaurant, (La Padilla? If I got that right after a week, congratulate me. I’ll remember after the second time I eat there.) It was an authentic Mexican restaurant on Cesar Chavez Blvd. in East L.A.. The food was excellent, and capped a long but fantastic day. Liz could explain exactly what we got but I’ll try. It was a dinner for two which included a three legged clay pot filled with shrimp, chicken, and beef, smothered in melted cheese, surrounded by nopales (cactus)  and covered with a mole sauce. They served little “Coronitas” beers in an icebucket, and fresh corn tortillas (made about four feet from where we were sitting.) Guitarists serenaded the patrons at the restaurant, and the atmosphere was romantic and colorful. The place was busy, but not packed, and it was very cozy in a small space.

  
  

  Today I plan on taking my favorite drive around the peninsula. As I write, the sun is out and it looks to be a beautiful day. I told my roommate Joel yesterday that Liz takes me on “locals only” drives in her part of town, which just happens to include downtown L.A. I like to show her “my part of town” where “everybody has an ocean”. So after rounding the peninsula, and perhaps stopping a few times for overlooks, with a trip to Wayfarer’s Chapel and Abalone Cove, if it’s open, the last stop is the South Coast Botanical Gardens. The link is to my webshots gallery folder of the Gardens.

  
  

  Then a late lunch and back to my place for whatever happens next.   I’m sure it willl be a Happy 2 Monthiversary (2 days late) for both of us.

  
  

   

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