Stop #2 on the "Our Lives, Pre-Dallas" express

Hellllllllooooo, City of Angels!  Thank you for welcoming me to your traffic-infested highways

405 - busiest in the U.S.

 

your delicious restaurants

 your celebrity-filled streets

and waters...

your garlicky ice cream

your fine educational institutions (Eric's alma mater.)

Recognize this library from a hit movie? Hint: 80's.  Who ya gonna call?

I found a magnolia tree in all this southern California west coast-ness!

 

I also found a felon...

and a cowboy

I enjoyed your diverse neighborhoods

Dim sum with friends

Skid row

and your lively suburbs

Old Town Pasadena

Venice Beach

Riding along the beach in Santa Monica

But most of all, I loved being with Eric and experiencing everything that made this town "home" for the first few years of his life in the U.S.

Until next time, L.A.!