Post-trip Updates

Oh geez. I neglected the LA blog. Sorry. Here is what happened:

Friday Evening
Amanda got home from work, and we got ready to go over to Devin and Swartz's apartment in Hollywood (Amanda lives in Van Nuys.) The boys apartment is very nice. We spend a little time there, then headed over to Whitney, Joe, and Brett's new apartment, which was also very nice. Apparently there is a homeless woman who lives in a storage bin in front of their house. We did not see her. Soon after that, three cabs came and picked everyone up. In our cab, Lisa joked around with the driver, and I laughed pretty hard.

We got to Key Club, and were told to tell the doorman that we were there with "Kim's Party." I'm still not really sure if Kim exists, but we got in for free. I'm so Hollywood. There was a 90's party going on at the club downstairs, and some band that was featured on an MTV show upstairs. We opted for the downstairs option. The DJ knew just hot to satisfy my 90's tooth--he played "Be With You" by Mr. Big, "No Rain" by Blind Melon, "MMMBop" by Hanson, and "Sure Shot" by the Beastie Boys, as well as a wide variety of other songs that I liked in middle school. I wish it was 1996. Bars still kind of freak me out, especially when I am not in the setting of a college town in Ohio. Also, it was very expensive. By the end of the night, my feet were so sore from wearing heels for about 14 hours straight that I could barely walk. Amy and I slept on the boys' couches.

Saturday
I woke up way too early (still on Ohio time) and read magazines while everyone else got a full night's sleep. After everyone woke up, we sat around reminiscing about someone's 3 mile jog home, and a nasty email he had received. Amanda took us back to Van Nuys, and we took showers, then headed back down to West Hollywood for lunch. We ate at Bosa Nova's, a really great Brazilian place. Our waiter was super nice, and the food was very good. I ate a banana and cheese sandwich. Also with my meal, I got fried plantains. I was in banana heaven. It's a nice change to just sit outside and have a meal...I wish it was Spring.

Amy had a coffee meeting with an OU alumni on Melrose, so I walked around while she chatted. I wandered in and out of expensive stores like Fred Segal and a paper goods shop that had greeting cards that cost $10, but I wanted to buy really badly. I also walked past Bobby Trendy Designs, as seen on The Anna Nicole Show. I wanted to go in pretty badly, but I figured it would be too obvious that I was just there to see how ridiculous Bobby Trendy is in real life.

After Amy's meeting, we went over to Jordan and Rachel's new apartment. We sat and gossiped for a while, and eventually Rachel and Jordan's puppy, Gizma came over. HE IS SO CUTE. (I don't get to play with enough puppies.) Amy and I walked to get some dinner at a sandwich place called Roman's, then headed back to Lisa and Adrienn's apartment. We were being loud, and for yelled at by a security guard...so we went to a place called St. Nicks. It was a lot more like the bars I am used to. There were lots of young people there, and it was dark and there was lots of wood. That bar was also expensive. Some drunk people claimed to know me, and I talked to them for a little bit, and turns out we were Cincinnati and Cleveland. I didn't know them, though. On our way out, I saw Nick Kroll at a table. He's on Best Week Ever, and recently Meg and I were talking about how funny we think he is. Otherwise, I wouldn't have noticed him. Amy and I slept on air mattresses at Lisa and Adrienn's.

Sunday
Amy and I woke up and headed back to Amanda's apartment. We put on our swim suits and packed beach bags and headed to Zuma Beach in Malibu with Mark and Devin. The boys played in the water, and Amy, Amanda, and I sat on the beach reading celebrity gossip magazines. I don't really like the beach that much, but it was nice to sit in the sun.

photos by amanda lenker

Sunday night we met up with ALLEN! We had not seen him since Christmas break 2004, and have missed him very much. We went to Santa Monica Pier for some Mexican food and walked around expensive stores. I'm sure Allen remembers now why he hasn't seen us in so long, and I'm sure is weary of us coming back into his territory...we are so obnoxious.

Monday
Amy and I had more interviews. Mine were with two bigger companies than the first two. I was offered an internship with one on the spot, and the other company would like me to do some script coverage and send that to them, just to make sure that I'm not a total flake, I'm assuming. We went to Neighborhoodies and got matching shirts made with our names on them, and stood in the store laughing for a very long time.

Amy and I went back to the Melrose area to get some Pinkberry frozen yogurt. If Lindsay Lohan eats there, it must be good. Amy had a dinner meeting in Burbank, so Amanda and I got some dinner at a diner that is supposed to look like one of those 50's diners. We watched the pilot for "The Riches," and I think that's going to be a pretty good show.

Tuesday
Our final day in LA. We packed up our mess in Amanda's room, I said goodbye to the devil cat, and locked up. We went back to the Urth Cafe and had some iced coffee while we tried to figure out what to do with the rest of the day. We ended up going to a mall off of Melrose to kill some time and get some lunch. We dangerously ended up at H&M. I was somehow able to control myself, and only bought a sweatshirt, jacket, and gigantic hair clips. We got some lunch in the food court, and Amy got a call from Lifetime Television, and they wanted her to come in for an interview. We scrambled and got back to Beverly Hills just in time. I drove around for the first time during the rush hour traffic while Amy interviewed. I think I'm going to have to be sedated all summer to handle the traffic there.

I got in contact with a niece of my great-great aunt (yeah, we aren't actually related) who works on Boston Legal. She made arrangements for us to come on set, and we watched part of a scene with James Spader being shot. Everyone on set was very nice to us, and asked us all sorts of questions about what we wanted to do, and how our trip was. Very soon after getting on set, we had to hurry and get back to LAX to catch our flight. That airport makes me want to cry. After finally getting checked into our flight, we were shoved around like cattle to check out bags, but eventually got to our gate with no major problems. I fell asleep on the redeye, and arrived back in Columbus at 6:30AM.

The end. Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me about going to LA.