Ridin' around in a car again

Sunday, April 30 2006

Again, I've been quiet on the blog for far too long, but I having just returned from cross-country travels, it seemed like a good time to check in. Last week I headed out to Arizona for my grandmother's wedding. Yes, my grandma got married and it was totally cool -- so cool that the event was catered by KFC. And man those people have good biscuits. After a couple of days in gorgeous Sedona (where I fondly recalled my days of western living), I jumped in a car and headed out to LA to join the GRL crew who where just getting into town from a successful Maker Faire.

Of course, LA has been a bitter-sweet kinda town for me in the past, but this trip was just fantastic and really, really made LA feel wonderful. It's probably the distance (in both miles and minutes) from that city that allows me to feel that way, but I really loved being there and (almost) everything about it. I can still deal without the traffic (and that's not an insignificant element of one's life in LA) but the city and the goings on within it were nothing but super-cool. In large part it's just due to having good pals out in that part of the world and the ability to get to see them all in a short amount of time (not to mention hangin' with the super-cool GRLers). It was like concentrated fun.

At the same time, LA made NYC seem new again when I got back. The season's changing probably had a little to do with it as well, but it's just nice to see the city again after being away from it for the longest period of time since I moved here last year. Nice to be back, but I still need to catch up on the lost sleep I missed while I was away.