Delayed Celebration

Our mini figures celebrated our anniversary by getting helmets, bicycles, and a trailer.

The human celebration was saved for a day when the air was cooler and clearer. We decided to take a day trip to Riverside.

We visited 

The Cheech

which is a Chicano Art and Culture museum in the old library.

We also visited the new library,

including the Friends of the Library bookstore.

Sticking with the book theme, we were happy to support the local independent bookstore. 

I am sorry you can't read the little poems, which were entertaining.

I was so glad our friend recommended Tio's Tacos for lunch because unique is hardly a way to describe it. Here is what Atlas Obscura says.

Martin Sanchez, the owner and artist, has been expanding and maintaining the property for a decade. The courtyard features old appliances re-purposed as decorations, bicycles cemented straight into the ground, and fountains constructed from scrap metal and glass. The perimeters are adorned with spectacular statues fabricated from chicken wire and stuffed with bottle caps, children’s dolls, utensils, and just about everything else you can think of.

We also learned that there is a school for the deaf in town and the city was hosting the 25th Deaf Festival.

It was like other festivals with the emergency response people there and people from different organizations. The difference was that everyone was signing. 

We saw a mural with sign language.

And plenty of books 

We did not come across a good ice cream place so we stopped closer to home.

Here's to many more anniversary celebrations.🥰

Half-Day Outing

 

The morning started at one of the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles, according to this article.

From there it was a short drive to Griffith Park and I wanted to go up the Fern Dell Stairs just because they were on the map.

The Leif Erickson statue is on the map, too.

The three-mile hike to the observatory and back was a bit steeper than I expected, but the views were fantastic.

Not a natural stream but still nice to be by the water.

Imagine you can see the Hollywood sign

And then back home to avoid the Friday rush hour traffic. It was a good to go and good to get back.

Vacation, Part Four

 

We walked over to the Norton Simon Museum

and enjoyed some classics.

And The Chestnut Gatherers.

It was nice to be there before the clocks changed so
we could enjoy the afternoon light in the sculpture garden.

We wandered along Colorado Blvd. in Old Pasadena
and decided to have dessert before dinner. I enjoyed a
vegan pumpkin and gingersnap scoop and D. had
salted, malted, chocolate chip cookie dough. Mmmm.

We peeked in one store but did not buy anything.

For dinner we tried a friend's recommendation and
ordered food we would not have had at
home (e.g., edamame dumplings and farro risotto).

As we walked back to Millionaire's Row and our car we agreed it was nice to have a full day's vacation without a full day's drive and I was looking forward to sleeping in our own bed.