This week's special guest...
So begins the onslaught of guests at our house...First up, Albie, my best friend from high school. He arrived in town yesterday and is staying in L.A. for the next week and half.
Last night, Albie, Drew, and I headed to the Chili's in Westwood to see if I could conquer the "Chicken Crispers Challenge." This has been a long-standing challenge Albie has had with me...ever since grade school. Basically, I've never finished a plate of chicken crispers at Chili's. Albie has time after time challenged me to finish a plate...If I finished it, he'd pay for the meal. Now, these chicken crispers are BIG. Not only are they big, but they're GREASY. So after much taunting from Drew and Albie, I managed to finish off the chicken crispers along with the apples and friends I ordered. FREE DINNER! Woo-hoo!
After dinner, we then met up with Drew's friends, Missy and Ray, and we headed over to the Abbey in West Hollywood. A 'twee bit on the crowded side for my tastes, but it was fun nevertheless...
Today, Drew, Albie, and I headed to Disneyland and California Adventure. Surprsingly, the crowds were not terrible. We started with California Adventure and checked out "Millionaire." Albie and Drew had not seen it before. I was four places away from getting into the first Hot Seat. Grrrr....
Space Mountain was closed and will be until 2005...Double-grrr....However, the Matterhorn was open. That ride freaks me out. I don't know what it is but I never feel entirely safe on that ride. It's so rickety. Not only that, but the tunnels are so narrow that every time we go in or around one, I fear moving even the tiniest bit for fear that my head or arm will be lopped off. And on top of that, the bobsleds have that piggyback seating system which contributed to Albie sandwiching my right arm between his knee and the side of the car when we went around a sharp turn. Owwwwww.....
We also tried out the Pooh ride which was pooh-tastic in the worst way. Not my favorite new ride for sure...And despite a line which got as long as 150 minutes (this probably was the worst one all day), we managed to get onto Splash Mountain. Our little trick...we decided to split up and go as "single riders" and take the single rider line. We managed to get in and out of there in a half hour.
We didn't leave the park until about 9-ish when we encountered some heavy traffic going up north on the 5. We took a little detour and grabbed some dinner while hoping the traffic would die down when we were done. And sure enough it did and we were able to get back to the valley in the midst of 40 minutes or so.
Ahh....quite a fun weekend. Needless to say, I'm very happy Albie's in town. The greatest thing is that he hasn't changed a single bit since the last time I saw him over a couple of years ago. He's already started teaming up with Drew and Ted with the usual barrage of jokes at my expense. I may turn into a quivering mess by the week's end...YAYYY! :-)
And I leave you know with a new pic of me and my patron saint of driving:
So begins the onslaught of guests at our house...First up, Albie, my best friend from high school. He arrived in town yesterday and is staying in L.A. for the next week and half.
Last night, Albie, Drew, and I headed to the Chili's in Westwood to see if I could conquer the "Chicken Crispers Challenge." This has been a long-standing challenge Albie has had with me...ever since grade school. Basically, I've never finished a plate of chicken crispers at Chili's. Albie has time after time challenged me to finish a plate...If I finished it, he'd pay for the meal. Now, these chicken crispers are BIG. Not only are they big, but they're GREASY. So after much taunting from Drew and Albie, I managed to finish off the chicken crispers along with the apples and friends I ordered. FREE DINNER! Woo-hoo!
After dinner, we then met up with Drew's friends, Missy and Ray, and we headed over to the Abbey in West Hollywood. A 'twee bit on the crowded side for my tastes, but it was fun nevertheless...
Today, Drew, Albie, and I headed to Disneyland and California Adventure. Surprsingly, the crowds were not terrible. We started with California Adventure and checked out "Millionaire." Albie and Drew had not seen it before. I was four places away from getting into the first Hot Seat. Grrrr....
Space Mountain was closed and will be until 2005...Double-grrr....However, the Matterhorn was open. That ride freaks me out. I don't know what it is but I never feel entirely safe on that ride. It's so rickety. Not only that, but the tunnels are so narrow that every time we go in or around one, I fear moving even the tiniest bit for fear that my head or arm will be lopped off. And on top of that, the bobsleds have that piggyback seating system which contributed to Albie sandwiching my right arm between his knee and the side of the car when we went around a sharp turn. Owwwwww.....
We also tried out the Pooh ride which was pooh-tastic in the worst way. Not my favorite new ride for sure...And despite a line which got as long as 150 minutes (this probably was the worst one all day), we managed to get onto Splash Mountain. Our little trick...we decided to split up and go as "single riders" and take the single rider line. We managed to get in and out of there in a half hour.
We didn't leave the park until about 9-ish when we encountered some heavy traffic going up north on the 5. We took a little detour and grabbed some dinner while hoping the traffic would die down when we were done. And sure enough it did and we were able to get back to the valley in the midst of 40 minutes or so.
Ahh....quite a fun weekend. Needless to say, I'm very happy Albie's in town. The greatest thing is that he hasn't changed a single bit since the last time I saw him over a couple of years ago. He's already started teaming up with Drew and Ted with the usual barrage of jokes at my expense. I may turn into a quivering mess by the week's end...YAYYY! :-)
And I leave you know with a new pic of me and my patron saint of driving:
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