CicLAvia

For one glorious day each year, LA closes nearly eight miles of downtown streets for pedestrians, cyclestrians, and the like. What a neat experience to enjoy LA without cars! If only it was always like this...

Quarter of a Century

A couple weeks ago I turned the big 2-5! I was thoroughly spoiled and loved every moment. Paul woke up early with Parker, made crepes, and set out the flowers he'd been hiding since the previous night all before I woke up. That evening we went out to dinner and got a pizza and a pizookie! Yuuuuuummmmmm!


Paul insisted that I have a birthday cake too, so the next day he made an almond cake with raspberry sauce and whipped cream per my request.

4th Anniversary

Our anniversary was on August 25th, but we celebrated it a couple weeks later by going to Catalina Island. Trudy came down and watched Parker for the day so we could explore the island baby-free. We were able to sit in a private cabin on the ferry ride over where they brought us drinks and snacks and provided blankets and magazines. We felt very posh. We brought our bikes on the ferry, which made seeing all we wanted of the island possible. Most of the locals get around via golf carts. Once we docked it was non-stop excitement! We took a bike ride towards the center of the island to the botanical gardens. The bike ride back into town was so fun and soooo fast- we got up to almost 25 mph! Then we rented kayaks and made our way over to Frog Rock. The water was so clear we could see to the bottom and saw lots of fish swimming about. Then it was on to snorkeling at Lover's Cove- how perfect for celebrating our anniversary! Lover's Cove is a protected research area where the fish are well fed and not afraid of humans- they'll come right up to your face and say hello. It was such a fun day! Many thanks to Trudy for watching the lil' Parkster and my dad for buying our ferry tickets.