Los Angeles: Pinkberry, Mid-Century Modernism and Buffalo

Sorry for the delay in postings...we've been busy! We arrived in LA on Wednesday and were picked up by Perry and Julie. They whisked us off to Pinkberry. It's a yogurt place with only 2 flavors (plain and green tea) and topping , but has a huge following out here. Evan had the plain with chocolate chips, Cap'n Crunch and blueberries. Michelle chose plain with raspberries and chocolate chips. The flavor is a little strange...a little like lemon, but we can't quite place it.

Thursday, we toured downtown LA. Here's a picture of the Walt Disney Concert Hall:

We also went to the Getty museum. It's the best free museum we have ever been to. It's located on a hill overlooking the city and has a beautiful garden and many famous works of art.

On Friday, we went to Hollywood, Beverly Hills and saw Bill Maher (HBO). Didn't have any sightings of famous people though. On Saturday, Stu took us for a trip up the coast. We drove along the Pacific Coast Highway and saw surfers and beautiful houses and views. We stopped in Pepperdine and told the guard we were prospective students so we could tour campus. How can anyone study there? We ate lunch at a surfers/bikers stop called Neptune's Net and also made it down to Venice Beach and Santa Monica.

On Sunday, we watched the Colts game (ugh) and then took the ferry to Catalina Island. We stayed at the Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel and were the only guests on Sunday night. Here's a view from our room!!


We took a 6 mile hike on Monday and we're still sore! Halfway through our hike, Evan decided to take a detour to try to see LA. It was a very long detour and we kept walking away from the city of Avalon where we were staying. We kept thinking we might see it around the next turn, or the next turn, or the next. But, finally (and luckily for Evan's sake) we made the final turn and could see downtown. About 30 seconds later we looked to our left and saw two buffalo about 30 feet from us. Story goes that they filmed a western movie on the island and brought buffalo over for the shoot, but never brought them back. So, there are wild buffalo on the island. We were a little nervous walking past them, but got some good photos and video (Evan even videotaped the one taking a leak).





Now we're back in LA deciding on whether to go get more Pinkberry or get a cupcake at Sprinkles (we'll probably do both). Our flight to Fiji leaves tonight at 10:30pm. Hopefully we can sleep on the plane because we arrive in Fiji at 5:15am on Thursday!!

You can check out more of our photos online here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/evanandmichelle/