Labor Day Weekend ’09
posted in Friends, Family, Et Al., Life in LA, Running |We had such a lovely Labor Day weekend. Although we’d originally planned to visit my family in San Jose over the three day weekend – seriously, every phone call home starts with “When are you coming to visit?” nowadays – T had to work on Monday so we decided to stay in LA.
The weekend started off with a good (albeit hot) 8 mile run with the Leggers on Saturday. I’m really enjoying the challenge of running with a faster pace group. Then T and I headed downtown to grab lunch at Kendall’s (we made the mistake of getting their french onion soup – ick) before seeing a matinee showing of the musical Spamalot. I had been wanting to see it for ages and really enjoyed it, especially since we got $20 tickets the day of the showing instead of purchasing $90 tickets beforehand. T, however, was a little disappointed because he remembered the source material much better than I did and felt the musical was too repetitive.
On Sunday, we went to a beach party in Long Beach. The weather was perfect, sunny but not too hot. The party was on the peninsula, in a protected enclave facing the bay. The water was warm(ish) and peaceful. We brought our canopy and beach chairs and enoyed the day with good food and friends. It was relaxing.
Sunday night we met up with some other friends at a houseparty, where we continued to stuff ourselves silly. Fortunately, on Monday, T and I headed to the gym after work and ran off some of the food we’d eaten!
And on a totally random note, I started using body butter daily years ago, after my littlest sis L pointed out that my skin resembled that of an alligator’s, and have recently discovered a new body butter which I love. It’s cheaper than the body butter I usually get from The Body Shop, it’s thick and creamy, doesn’t feel greasy and smells great.
