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August 12, 2015

LA Business Trip with Jeet

Gurj was in LA for a week on a business trip and invited Karen & I to come out and enjoy her suite at the Ritz Carlton. Oh, we fancy now.

Wednesday, August 12th

Taxi to the airport. See you soon, NYC
skyline ˆ window
Sky tubin.
airplane ˆ flying
Palm trees & highways.
driving ˆ los angeles
jeet, karen
Got to the hotel around 5. Been a while since I've had a hotel slumber party with these two!
hotel ˆ los angeles ˆ jeet ˆ karen
While Gurj did some business-lady stuff...
los angeles
karen
...Karen and I headed to K-town to meet up with Ollie for some delicious Korean food and soju drinks. Karen was excited because...
korean food ˆ los angeles ˆ karen
karen
...you know, SPORTS!
baseball ˆ excited ˆ sports ˆ tv ˆ karen
They had really neat fruit-juice infused soju pitches filled in the middle with ice.
korean food ˆ los angeles
karen, ollie
Waiting on the Uber.
karen ˆ ollie
karen, ollie
Karen and Ollie getting pumped for a little...
sign ˆ karen ˆ ollie
karen, ollie
...TOE BANG!
best ˆ girl on girl action ˆ los angeles ˆ sign ˆ karen ˆ ollie
ollie
Near our hotel in downtown LA was this huge, lit up square. Bright as Times Square, but with NO PEOPLE around. Very strange.
los angeles ˆ yoga ˆ ollie
ollie
Maybe it was the soju, but it seemed like a good place to practice headstands.
headstand ˆ yoga ˆ ollie
ollie
Elbow standing...
headstand ˆ yoga ˆ ollie
karen, ollie
...and she's UP!
headstand ˆ yoga ˆ karen ˆ ollie
ollie
Aaaaand she's down.
headstand ˆ yoga ˆ ollie
ollie
Yoga in heels.
ollie
karen, ollie
Night babes.
los angeles ˆ karen ˆ ollie

Thursday, August 13th

Woke up bright and early on Thursday and headed up to the roof to enjoy the excellent pool.
hotel ˆ pool
Grabbed me a lounge chair...
roof
...and caught up on some work emails.
laptop ˆ work
jeet, karen
Met up with these two in the afternoon, and we hit the town to eat and run some errands.
roof ˆ jeet ˆ karen
Intersections.
clouds
Swirly clouds...
clouds
...and swirly buildings.
los angeles
Marijuana is legal in California, but only if you live there and have a medical card. But after a quick browsing of Craigslist, I found someone willing to meet up with me and picked up some tasty nuggz.
weed
If you don't have a grinder, turns out ice tongs work nicely as a surrogate.
hotel ˆ joint ˆ weed
Went up to the roof to enjoy the view and try out the new bud I'd just purchased. Pomegranate tree!
fruit ˆ hotel ˆ roof ˆ tree
Do you know what hotel security at the Ritz Carlton says when they catch you hiding out smoking a joint in the corner right next to the NO SMOKING sign?
hotel ˆ los angeles
They say, "Oh, excuse me, sir. Sorry to bother you." LOL. Rich people shit is a whole 'nother ballgame.
hotel
Had a swim and hit the hotel gym.
gymnasium ˆ hotel
Later that evening, we went to Jim Henson Studios...
sign
...for an event for Gurj's work where we got to attend a private listening party for THE WEEKND's upcoming album that was about to be released in a few weeks.
band
Thanks, Jeet's work!
sign
jeet, me
Cool to wander around on the lot and see some of Jim Henson's creatures.
best ˆ jeet ˆ me
karen
Gimme some sugar.
kiss ˆ karen
Afterwards, he headed up to...
...the roof of the Ace Hotel.
Had a few drinks up there...
I'm gonna break my rusty chain and run.
crista, jeet
...and then headed over to pattern bar to meet up with Gurj's friend, Crista
crista ˆ jeet
karen
Got back to the hotel around 2am.
hotel ˆ karen
me
Waiting for my late-night room-service milkshake. Pretty solid, Thursday.
hotel ˆ me

Friday, August 14th

On Friday afternoon, I met up with my friend Happy in Chinatown and she took me to Chego for lunch. Korean / Mexican fusion food. So weird and delicious.
food ˆ korean food ˆ mexican
After lunch, we drove to Los Feliz and popped into our mutual friend, Mikie's vintage store.
shopping ˆ vintage
So much stuff!
shopping ˆ vintage
mikie
We walked around and pretended we were browsing waiting for her to notice us.
happy ˆ shopping ˆ vintage ˆ mikie
me, mikie
I met Mikie in Japan back in 2005 and she took us to her friend's beach house in Fujisawa!. After a few laps past the counter, she was finally like "Wait a minute, don't I know you?"
happy ˆ me ˆ mikie
Got a call from Ty and as luck would have it, I was a walkable distance to his house.
los angeles ˆ walking
tyson
Spent the afternoon catching up...
dog ˆ tyson
tyson
...and loving their adorable dog.
dog ˆ tyson
Rolled some party-favors back at the hotel...
joint ˆ weed
andrew b
...and then met up with Andrew...
bodega ˆ los angeles ˆ andrew b
...who took me to an excellent birthday house party
birthday ˆ cake ˆ house party
andrew b
Great to see you!
andrew b

Saturday, August 15th

michelle z
On Saturday afternoon, I met up with my high school classmate, Michelle! It had been nine years since we'd last scene each other!
roxbury high school ˆ michelle z

Sunday, August 16th

Up early on Sunday to catch my flight back home.
driving ˆ los angeles
Landed at 8:30 and took a cab from the airport...
nyc ˆ skyline
amanda, caiti, cynthia, ellen, hans, meredith
...directly to Brooklyn to a garden party celebrating Meredith & Dylan moving in together.
garden ˆ house party ˆ amanda ˆ caiti ˆ cynthia ˆ ellen ˆ hans ˆ meredith
amanda, maddy
Amanda putting a sleepy Maddy.
amanda ˆ maddy
Nice to be home!
garden ˆ house party