Ships, Toast and Stars

I think when i was in 1st or 2nd grade i went on a fieldtrip to Long Beach to see the Spruce Goose and the Queen Mary. Pete thought it would be a good, fun adventure to relive that tour, so on Saturday we ventured over to Long Beach to give the ol' Queen another go. First of all, forgot how it was a hotel. BARF. Have any of you stayed there? Its the weirdest creepiest hotel and it smells like the Pirates of the Carribean ride. No thanks. We went on the ghosts tour which was mildly entertaining thanks to the eager-beaver tour guide and lots of asian tourists. But the real fun came after the tour when we made our way to the top(?) deck. We stopped along the way at a little shake shack that claimed to be famous, but it was more sketchy than anything.
here we find a young latin girl organizing all of the plastic spoons. She took them off the counter and handled each one with her little child fingers. Im sure, very sanitary. (i didnt have a shake. Obviously. I was too busy snapping this beauty with my phone.)

When we made it to the top, we all got up on this ledge to look over into the beautiful, trash-infested waters (sad), and i thought it would be funny to push ashlee as we were discussing how its REALLY far down and any small child could fall overboard easily. So i thought if i nudged her it would freak her out. Well i forgot we were standing on a ledge and took a step back to get some leverage for my shove and fell backwards. In slow motion...for every asian to snap pictures of and laugh at. I probably should have been more embarrased, or embarrased at all...but it was HILARIOUS and provided many laughs throughout the rest of the day.this was post fall, photo by pete.

Since i have never been to LA (atleast not that i can remember), my lovely friends thought it would be fun to show me around. First we stopped by Jills apartment where we met her roommate while she installed a STRIPPER POLE in her bedroom. TRUE STORY. After that adventure, we went to Toast. Ok that place is darling, and so delicious. I could eat the pesto penne pasta with asparagus EVERYDAY of my life.The rest of the tour was me having to pee so bad, and stopping to take pictures next to stars (me and ashlee...pete and jill circled the block) and then instead of peeing at a fast food place Pete had the bright idea to use the bathroom at the Beverly Hills Hilton, where the Golden Globes were hosted previously in the week. We crashed a bar mitzvah and then headed home in Ashlees Rolls.