like peas in a pod...

I thought I would write a quick post while Michelle is drying her hair. We're getting ready to go an aquarium in Long Beach called the Aquarium of the Pacific. You get to pet sharks and stuff, so it sounds pretty cool. It's going to be about an hour drive in traffic though. We're already a little pink from our last day driving.

We had a blast yesterday. I took her to the Santa Monica pier to listen to the street acts and stuff. There was a farmer's market right next to the 3rd Street Promenade. We walked through all these rows of fruits and veggies and hari krishnas and fat jamaican guys in overalls selling [and I quote] "Lavender lotion... the love potion." Michelle wouldn't take any of the free samples, so I stole her a cherry.

Earlier in the day, we were walking on a really smooth brick sidewalk and someone had spilled a shake on it. A TV crew was filming this homeless guy with a sign that said "A smile will be fine." I walked right in between them and slipped on the shake in my sandals. If I hadn't been holding Michelle's hand, I'd have taken a dive. Of course, she dies laughing at me, and apparently the homeless guy was in tears. And the TV crew has it all on tape of course. [lucky me. They'll be watching that outtake for years]

After that we went to Citywalk (a mall at Universal Studios), just to look at the stores and get some lunch. A lady mentioned they were shooting something for American Idol and we saw where the set-up had been, so Michelle said we should go look for celebrities. So we walk where we can't see any people, between two building, and none other than Simon Cowell strolls right next to us, going the other direction, bodyguards in tow. Michelle actually didn't recognize him, so for those of you that don't know, he's the judge from American Idol. [I'm only kidding, everyone knows that.] She recognized him after he walked in front of a poster of himself, to chat with some Japanese tourists. He actually was pretty nice to them.

After that we took a drive to Pasadena to see the movie Touching the Void, which was incredible. It's a documentary [basically] about these two climbers going up this impossible mountain. It's really really good, so go see it, if it's showing anywhere near you. Pasadena was gorgeous. They had all this architecture and mountains. The drive home with all the lights all up and down the sides of the mountains was breathtaking. I wish everyone hadn't been going 70mph, or we might have had a longer time to see it.

Everywhere that we went yesterday, Michelle knew how to get there and I didn't. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she'd lived here before. She'd been to Santa Monica once, and remembered it. I've been there three times and I didn't even know what highway to start from. She has quite the sense of direction, and boy did I hear about it.

That was pretty much the whole day. The best part of this week is that we seem to be using each day to it's full potential. I didn't even really have the time to write yesterday. It's going to stink when she leaves Friday, but she'll be back next week, and we've got even more stuff planned. Plus I'll actually have some money this time. I'm thinking Universal Studios, probably.

Well, she's done with her beautifying, so we're outta here. Time to brave the 101 and get some breakfast. Later days!