Omi & Opa Visit LA!

This weekend - Omi and Opa came to visit! They arrived on Saturday morning and we relaxed on our patio and got to catch-up. It was the first time that they had seen any of our apartments or homes in LA so we showed them around and introduced them to Riley.

We decided to drive up to Venice to show them the Venice canals and go for a walk. We ended up getting gorgeous weather (after several days of rain) as we walked through all of the canals and showed Omi and Opa the houses.

After a long walk around the Venice canals, we drove to Playa Vista and had a light lunch at Piknic restaurant. We spent the early afternoon looking at wedding photos and hearing all about their recent travels from Germany to Philadelphia and of course how the family is doing back in Rochester and Syracuse.

Paul had always wanted to go to the Warehouse - which you may recognize from Meet the Fockers (the sequel to Meet the Parents). We had a great table outside to wind down the day, although the steaks were the biggest we had ever seen!

Whale Watching - Danielle's Birthday

Last weekend, we celebrated our friend Danielle's birthday by going Whale Watching in Redondo Beach, CA about 30 minutes south of our house. LA is extremely spread out, similar to San Francisco or even Boston, in that areas that are over 20 miles away from Downtown or Central Los Angeles, are still a part of Los Angeles County.

We have been whale watching before a few times and had gone in Dana Point with my parents a few years go. We have never seen whales! But we always see tons of dolphins, sea lions and spend the day out on the ocean which is always nice.

The boat took us out off the coast of Redondo Beach and then south towards Palos Verdes, where we saw lots of beautiful houses set into the cliffs. The afternoon was spent eating fish and drinking beer with our wonderful friends. Another beautiful weekend in Southern California!