July 1 - July 7

Last week was an extremely busy and eventful week.

Early in the week I visited LA Live with Grandma Dorothy. We had a great lunch at Rockin' Fish then stopped by the Staples Center before doing a little walking tour of Downtown LA and stopping for a fika at the Marriott. We had such a good time!

Lunch spot

View across from the Staples Center

I also worked on cleaning up a couple of my surfboards. Since I'm going back to Sweden in two weeks I wanted to clean one up especially for Uncle Craig since he gave it to me several years ago and I'd like the surfboard to actually get used!

Before...

After...It's not in perfect shape, but much improved! Still needs a new coat of wax.

On the Fourth of July (aka Independence Day), Mom and I started the day with a hike at Fryman Canyon, followed by one of our favorite lunches at Poquito Mas. 

Later, as tradition requires, we bbq'd poolside at Dad's.

To get the best view of the fireworks, Mom and I walked up to Universal Studios. After watching Universal's fireworks, on the way down the hill we could see all the fireworks shows from North Hollywood and Burbank going off in the valley below. Happy birthday, America!

LA Angst: "Oh Andy...The hot tub overflowed and ruined my cell phone. Then the cappuccino maker exploded and the top on the convertible is stuck shut...AGAIN!"

On Saturday, Mom and I spontaneously decided to have a spa day. After meandering around Pasadena, we made our way over to the Burke Williams spa. It was aaaaaamazing. I think if we could all afford to go to the spa regularly, everyone would look a lot younger for a lot longer. 

On Sunday, Cody, Dad, and I drove over to Victoria's Tacos in Glendale for lunch. This place has a great reputation and serves super cheap but delicious Mexican food. You can even get some not so typical filling for your tacos. For those of you that don't speak Spanish, you can Google Translate what lengua and cabeza mean.

My little vegetarian sope

Dad's fish tacos

That night, Mom and I headed over to her good friend Jen's house. Good food, good conversation, good company, and really funny kids.

Me and crazy Blake, the little Monster...

After asking my mom, "Can I play with your daughter?" Jordan scooted next to me on the couch. Here we are seriously contemplating cake decoration on her iPad game...