Promised photographs...

Right, so here are a few pictures that were taken when Julie and I last caught up ... which was in August 2003. Gee, long time now! Can't wait! I was on my way to NZ to start work and it seemed like a great opportunity to drop in, as it hardly matters which way around you fly. But you can take more luggage and spend an awesome time with one of your bestest friends!

So, I don't know if they are funny or truly embarrassing; fact is that I only have the ones where we both look like goddesses ... but I have a faint memory of one of us sitting in a cauldron, I got to dig that one out sometimes. Maybe...


One of the adventures during my stay was flying to Santa Barbara for lunch (jet-setting us!) with Fred and Ryan (?), and I positively enjoyed myself once we were far off the ground.
I am sorry for all those OhMyGods, but couldn't help it. It's not your flying, love, it's me!


The cute Julie picture was taken on a beach near Zuma - I don't even know if that's north or south of the main blob that's called LA - ignorance! The focus of the evening was watching the sunset and staring into at least the right direction towards my future home.

So, we watched the sun go down and waited for the main attraction of the area to open: Zuma Beach Sushi! I had first been here in 2000 and dwelled on nothing but fantastic memories of this place, so Julie made it an item on our T0-Do list and made it happen!




Mmh, food. You shall never see me any happier! If I remember correctly, this is abalone with a somewhat special sauce. Also on the menu that night were fried shrimp heads, me thinks ...




So, here is a photo from earlier on the same day of our beach mission. Finally found someone to take a photo of the two of us!





And here is the (maybe famously) dubbed photo ... Thinking World Formula. Beer certainly helps!

I can't remember the name of the bar, but maybe someone can enlighten me?


Funnily enough, I did came across the in a novel the other day - the main character was drinking there, too - but it has since escaped again.

We had a 'public transport only' day that day and met up with my old boss near Melrose who could absolutely NOT believe we didn't have a car anywhere... remember that, Julie? Well, that's at least the reason for the Metro Rail plan in the photo!