California Trip 2011, Day 5: Chinatown in the Rain, Staples Center, and Bouchon

Monday, November 14th, 2011

On our fifth day in California, it rained. And rained. And rained. Downtown LA isn’t the most fun or convenient place to be in the pouring rain; I think it’s fair to make that claim of any large downtown. But I had a mission that hadn’t been fulfilled yet, and this was our last day [...]

Christmas in LA 2009 — Travelogue

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

It’d been a good long time since I made it home to Los Angeles for Christmas. Most of the extended Gomez family lives in the area, including my sister, aunts, uncles, cousins, and those removed by a degree or two or five whom I’ll just refer to as whatever relation suits me.  I’d heard good [...]