LA, CA

I spent the past week vacationing in Southern California with Kris! That was my first visit to Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. We had a great time exploring downtown, hanging out with some good friends from the Bay area, and meeting up with Kris' old high school buddy in Camarillo/Ventura for the 4th of July. 

We also made the trip a multi-day celebration of our 4th anniversary. :) It was a wonderful week of museums and art displays, swanky bars and good drinks, beaches, hiking, new places, friends, and SoCal sunshine.

Ventura, CA for the 4th of July

Dirty feet at mile 2.5 of our 9-mile hike near Camarillo.
As you can imagine, my feet only got dirtier. :)

The beautiful people of Santa Monica

Santa Monica Pier

At the Griffith Observatory. See the tiny Hollywood sign in the background?

I got to meet up with my old friend Roomie K! We had fun wandering
 around the observatory and catching up over coffee. So good to see her!

At the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown LA

Angels Flight Railway

"It's a big ol' rock, mate." LA County Museum of Art

Sneaking into the outdoor art pieces

La Brea Tar Pits: fake woolly mammoths, real tar.

The biggest elevator ever and awesome stringy spaghetti tube outdoor art.

Every five-year old's matchbox car racetrack fantasy.

Hanging out with a chunk of the Berlin Wall

City Hall, and a trip to the observation deck on the 27th floor.

Downtown LA from the City Hall observation deck.

The street art downtown was awesome.

There were so many awesome old-school theaters.

And on our last day, we soaked up the sun with the beautiful people of LA

at the rooftop bar at The Standard.