Too Fond of Books

These past two days, livyanne, another friend (E.), and I visited the Huntington Gardens and Library, attended Dar Williams' L.A. concert, and trekked around Disneyland!

And, lo, it was awesome. Awesome-possible!

( First, there was the Huntington, site of many boring visits as a child, but highly palatable as an adult, and very beautiful. Plus, TEA! )

( Then, the Dar concert! )

( Finally, Disneyland! Where celebrity-spotting and general hilarity occurred! )

For anyone who's interested, the photos are here.

This trip made up for the root canal and all its related unpleasantness and did much good for my soul in general. :)

I spent the last two days in Pasadena with the ultra-cool friend of my Mom's, C., who has known me since I was knee-high to a palm tree. Highlights of the trip included:

( Poking Around in Neat-o Shops in Pasadena )

( Making Friends with Cats & Dogs )

( The Murakami Exhibit at MOCA in Little Tokyo )

tl;dr version: As weird as it was, I am glad I went and saw it. You've not been creeped out by cute until you've seen armies of smiling flowers in a painting about the size of a small swimming pool, so that each happy flower was about the size of your head. The old riot grrl adage about Hello Kitty's mouth being full of fangs and therefore, unshowable, is out in full force here. I wish Sanrio would let Murakami have free reign with Hello Kitty. What he would produce would be unspeakably weird, but completely wonderful.

Then I caught the train back, and now I am home again.