on our way to CA (both LA & SF) to visit friends and family

MJ passes away and i watch a million MJ documentaries on the airplane. thank you for the music!

with mom out to korean lunch

cruising around LA

hollywood forever cemetery with greg, leah, andrea and laura to see James Dean's East of Eden

andrea has her secret tricks for avoiding the line and getting a good spot. i'll never tell.

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

leah knows how to bring it

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

maybe i smoked pot on johnny ramone's grave

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

the DJ played Michael Jackson and it created a mini tribute dance party

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

hollywood forever cemetery movie screening

post ice cream treats

in Chinatown trying to catch steve's art show but it was closed

LA's Chinatown

sorry steve no can do

our friend steve's (in new york) art show in LA's Chinatown

LA's Chinatown

out to dinner with my high school pals

dinner with laura, mike and glen

glen and adam work on a short cut to rickdate. nerds!

dinner with laura, mike and glen

bowling night

bowling night

bowling night

bowling night

bowling night

bowling night

i love you guys :-)

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

the happiest fish on the planet. "hey guys, let's have some fun!"

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

long beach aquarium with mom

ahhh the gigantic korean grocery store! i love it!

mom looks for just the right melon

downtown disney with mom. her favorite!

dinner with the girls i grew up with and got into trouble with: trisha, sheila, and vanessa

we had so much fun together. will always love these gals.

dinner with the girls on my block

lunch with brosch

dinner with mom overlooking her beautiful garden

dad in his pjs

my korean family get together. matthew back from iraq :-)

francis and claire

family get together

my uncles

with dad saying goodbye as we head to the bay area

dad driving us to the airport

first stop in the bay area: sarah's pretty penny

hanging with scott at work

went to see Whatever Works with justin, leanne, scott and julie. we all loved it!

splurged on a room overlooking the bay

woodfin hotel

brunch with justin and leanne

brunch with justin and leanne

out on the town with dave

lovemakers show at rickshaw...so much fun! we miss you guys...

garreth, jamal and dave

lovemakers show

lisa and her mom visiting

lovemakers taking some photos

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

with autumn

nothing like a lovemakers show. much fun!

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

lovemakers show

hi there alex

lovemakers show

jay and julie and dave

lovemakers show

lovemakers party hard with the water

4th of july get together at adrienne's with the gang (and their babes)

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

4th of july get together

we took advantage of the pool and the hot tub at our hotel

hotel pool

hotel pool

hotel hang out

this building hid the fireworks from us

hotel hang out

brunch with andy (visiting from denver), aaron, justin, leanne

brunch with aaron, andy, leanne, and justin

brunch with aaron, andy, leanne, and justin

brunch with aaron, andy, leanne, and justin

brunch with aaron, andy, leanne, and justin

cruising the mall

back in the hotel pool. adam jumps.

hotel pool men

hotel pool

post hotel pool

went to the UC botanical gardens with scott to get eric's plant tour

scott applies SPF because we're getting old

eric's psychedelic plant tour. thanks eric!

visitng mike in his crazy beautiful dream house he built himself

indian dinner night with marc :-)

now staying at the lovely home of eric and chris and logan

dinner night with eric and chris

eric and logan

logan

julie and their extra long cat

movie night

ian and alicia very close to baby time

lunch with adrienne at a delicious pizza place

at karen and ross's for dinner in the mission

kona club drinks

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

la med dinner night

another night at the kona club

kona club night

kona club night

kona club night

a visit with shaye and sonya

a visit with shaye and sonya: shaye's portrait of me and sonya

my lovely chronicle books team!

visiting my publisher in san francisco

lunch in the city with sonya

thunderstorms above the clouds on the plane home. we love and miss our LA & Bay Area pals. so good to see you!

back in brooklyn with some of our favorite new yorkers after seeing Bruno