Out and About in LA

When we awoke today, Betty was still feeling a little under the weather, so after breakfast Gary went off to work and Dawn and I set out to do some shopping. We first headed down to Santa Monica in quest of a Barnes and Noble to get some canasta cards - meant to bring them from Canada. We succeeded with that task and went for a walk on the 3rd St. promenade. There was a Db Shoe store enroute which we did not escape unscathed.

We had discussed a course of action for the day with Betty before we left and so the next stop was Le Petit Four on Sunset Blvd for lunch. We anticipated some celebrities here, but alas, none showed up. It was a great lunch however - beef tenderloin sandwich and fries for each of us.

From there we drove up Sunset into West Hollywood and The Grove shopping area and farmer's market. There is not much of a farmer's here - at least not today or not in this epoch. But there are lots of high-end shops and tons of people milling about.

By the end of our walk through the Grove, it was time to pick up some groceries at Gelson's for dinner tonight. I've already commented on the Tesla electric car that we've discovered while in California. Gelson's had 5 parking spots reserved for Teslas, where they could charge their cars. Nice!

Finally we headed back to Betty and Gary's. We made one final stop at BevMo for some more chardonnay. Tonight's dinner was salmon and we introduced canasta as our card game for the evening. We actually plyed a whole game before dinner and the boys beat the girls. C'est la vie!