it came time that i have been living this small town life for a little too long....so my room-mate amanda and i decided to get the hell outta town for a while....
Monday night after work we just packed our stuff...picking up a last minute addition to the trip in the form of an ozzie...and left mammoth for two blessed days..
a 6 hour trip later and we arrive in LA to stay with Amanda parents in Rendondo...
the entire trip pretty much revolved around eating...the time in between was merely activities before the next meal/snack...
our first stop of the morning was "the mall"...where i scoured every...and i mean EVERY shoe shop in the place..i am soo fucken picky!...i finally found a sweet pair of circa's for a measley $45...i love how cheap everything is here!
after other assorted purchases of equally cheaply priced wares we moved on to 'target' or "targaae" (this was a fancy one)...it is kind of like Kmart....here totally rediculously priced wares was oggled over...i mean a sandwich grill for $10!! and the george foreman for only 15!! what the hell is going on here!
we had lunch at one of the most amazing little hole-in-the-wall mexican cafes...'Los Muchacos' in Hermosa beach...ohh yeah and the weather was a balmy mid-winter 26 DEGREES!!!!!....how good was it to wear jandals and a t-shirt outside and actually feel the warmth of the sun!...
we went for a wander down the pier and it was totally disorienting watching people playing beach volleyball in bikinis *it could have been summer*
We then made the trip down to 'Mountain High' LA's closest ski resort...as if we dont get enough of the snow at home:)....for some night riding...it has made me appreciate the conditions at mammoth a whole lot more...it was icy as fuck...a solid layer of ice with a bit of powder on top!....5hours later and the car trip home we had worked up and appetite for the famous in southern california 'In and Out burger'...a double cheese burger "animal-style"...this is pretty much half a cow with everything.....and fries...i most definitely was carrying a food baby after that!...but suprisingly sooooo good...the vegan diet is impossible to stick too...the fatty takeaway delights are too good to resist...
Wednesday dawned a 'cold' 22 degrees....and we thought it the perfect opportunity to visit the 'international house of pancakes'...all you can eat pancakes and a cooked brekkie for $6!!...i was soo full *i saw all-you-can-eat- and it was all over*