Give Me Everything

For Britt's and my Friend-aversary this year we went out to eat at a California-Italian fusion restaurant called Cucina Urbana.  My favorite thing I tasted there was a grilled fig and melon salad, modeled by Brittany below.  Afterwards, we went to take in the view at a rooftop restaurant called Mr. A's, where we watched airplanes landing with a spectacular backdrop of downtown and the harbor.


Saturday night Preetam, Shawn, and Ian came over for a BBQ at Brittany's place before we went out in the Gaslamp.  We ate all-American food, sipped on strawberry-basil martinis, and caught up on our increasingly fabulous lives.



Sunday night we headed to LA, got Indian take-out, and watched TrueBlood altogether before crashing at Ian's house.  His adorable dog, half daschund and half cocker spaniel, spent the evening being cute, and in return we spent the evening oohing and awing.  We were in LA to visit some friends and also to go see Conan O'Brien's show at Warner Bros. studios, where Ian works.  We took a walk after breakfast to kill some time before the show and also swung by the Huntington Library, where Charlotte works.

We weren't allowed cameras, but here's a screenshot from our show!

That night we met up with Charlotte and Andrew for dinner in Hollywood.  It was so fun driving around that area with the Hollywood sign behind us and a thousand other recognizable things all around.  Dinner was such a treat for me.  I feel like I didn't even talk that much, just looked around the table taking in my friends and reveling in having so many of them gathered around me all at once.  I don't think any of us realized just how much we would get separated after college--half of my close friends from study abroad are still littered around the world (I, of course, being one of them).  This trip really made me realize just how much I want to be closer to everyone.