southern california wrap-up

first of all. is los angeles heaven.

PROOF THAT LOS ANGELES MAY BE HEAVEN

• the very best milk
• spas open all night
• bakeries with nutella banana pastries
• shop owners getting maximum use out of display signs

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIP IN A SMALL NUTSHELL

• meeting nora
• meeting fox
• oldest best friends
• steve hely
• heavenly bakery cases
• sparkling rose with kathryn and ben
• tomato burrata salad (in a shallow gazpacho?) (weird but i’ll take it)
• starbucks mini frappucino challenge, part #1 (all grade F+/experience grade A+++++)
• the integratron!!!!
• korean spas
• wearing black socks with new balance sneakers
• catching up on silicon valley with courtney, fox, and oatmeal in the middle of the day
  
• getting all that free southwest credit just for changing flights
• icy cold 40oz draft bud light ross and i shared at the el paso airport
• my new fedora hat that makes me look 70% douchebag
• dancing to dancehall
• eating guacamole
• the target somewhere south of los angeles that had so many untried le croix flavors (mango?! cherry lime?!)
• pointing out the mysterious scratch on my rental car with great anxiety, and the palm springs rental car check-in guy — wearing a panama hat — saying, “don’t worry about it.”
• realizing it’s just not that easy, for anyone

special appearance by elephant trunk