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Big party at Ol’ Martel! Renee, Terry and I got there around 3:30 to decorate, then Renee and I carved pumpkins, we watched a little ‘Scream’, had a few trick-or-treaters, then we all got into costume for the party.
Maria, Megan, Elaine and I drove up to Big Bear for the Oktoberfest celebration and had a fantastic time! We met some nice guys out in the beer garden and had a good time drinking our mini-kegs, riding the mechanical bull, and dancing to really cheesy music.
Jula, Elaine and I went to Disneyland for the day! It was a lot hotter than last time, but the rides (the ones that weren’t shut down) had short lines and we had an excellent lunch at Café Orleans – gumbo, delicious salads, Mickey-shaped beignets!
Terry, Jula, Tiffani, Alex and I hit the LA County Fair and had a good time – except for the 100 degree heat. Spent a lot of time in the exhibition halls looking at ‘as seen on tv’ products, and stumbled across an animatronic dinosaur exhibit.
see alex’s video of fair highlights.
At Warwick, right around the corner from Jula’s house. After this we hit Barrigan’s for the $2.50 margaritas and giant tamales.
built 1919–1921
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
i was going back and looking through my favorite’d photos on flickr, and found this photo from olivia leigh:
it is the third photo i ever marked as a favorite on flickr, back when i joined in summer 2005. i loved the symmetry, the texture of the ceiling, and the different light temperatures. i was surprised to see this in my favorites – it was so long ago i didn’t remember marking it, and i took some similar photos of the DC metro myself (it’s a big draw for photographers, i think!):
when lindsay was in town, i admired her little otsu planner and lamented an unexpected side-effect of having an iphone – i hardly ever write with my hand and a pen anymore. i went online and bought the mini version of the planner, this cute travel diary that i plan to use on my trip to australia/new zealand in january, and a dateless calendar i’ve been wanting for awhile (just themed illustrations of gordon the fox throughout the year).
i was excited to get my new fun stuffs, but got even more excited when i saw the cute packaging – very simple, but it’s the little touches that make unboxing an order more like unwrapping a present.
brown, textured, cushy packing paper
largest to smallest, paper between to protect cover art, stiff chipboard under the calendar to protect everything else from the wire comb
handwritten packing slip!