Rachelcon 2022

I have sholio and scioscribe here with me!

They arrived at LAX and we went to an AirBnB in a very pretty LA neighborhood near LAX. It had all these marvelous little space-saving cabinets, a luxurious lovesac in a glassed-in porch, very comfy deck furniture, and a truly glorious shower. The jacarandas were in full purple bloom, so excellent timing on that.

Needless to say, we focused on the important things in life: food and dinosaurs.

Before sholio arrived, scioscribe and I had lunch at Metro Cafe, a Serbian restaurant in my old neighborhood, and got chevapchichi sandwiches. We then headed to the nearby comic store before picking up sholio .

We rambled around Sawtelle, had delicious ramen and bread pudding, and visited several Japanese plant nurseries, one of which I will visit again after dropping them off at the airport to pick up some plants. We also went to one of my favorite places in LA, The La Brea Tar Pits, where we saw a giant wall of dire wolf skulls and many jacarandas.

After a mad search for a bottle opener ending in a visit to BevMo, we settled in and scioscribe and I got sholio to watch Malignant. I can't say that it is a good movie, but I have now seen it twice with great enjoyment. It is best watched once unspoiled, and once again with an unspoiled friend.

And then we drove to Crestline, stopping at a giant mall in Arcadia containing Din Tai Fung and a ton of hobby shops, game shops, miniature shops, figurine shops, and a Sees candy. I went a little berserk in the miniature shop. Dollhouse pics to follow.

At Din Tai Fung, we had soup dumplings, cod dumplings, a giant wad of spinach, garlic green beans, pork buns, and strangely disappointing kimchi dumplings. I ended up feeding the latter to my chickens, who were unenthusiastic.

I was gratified to note that sholio and scioscribe were impressed by the terrifyingness of the drive up the mountain to my house. It is very beautiful right now with sunflowers and some unidentified yellow flower.

We are now at my house, which hopefully they will praise in comments. The cats rotated among us all night, which was very sweet of them.

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