Sunday, August 12, 2007

August in LA

We went to LA for Stephanie & Brian's wedding and tacked on a couple extra days for some star gazing and baby-meeting.

Above, we are back at Rose Cafe in Venice (not as good indoors) and Elliot is chomping away on the best teething tool we have found for her: corn-wheels. One garnished her chicken vegetable soup and she nearly sucked the cobb dry so we asked our waitress to fish out a few more and boy did Elliot & her chompers love it! Poor girl is teething up a storm and still only has 2 bottom teeth and 1/2 of a top snaggle tooth!


Elliot was less enthralled with her first wheat grass shot on Montana outside Wild Oats. Ben and I thought it would be detoxifying and good to revv up our California trip. The shot made me gag, Elliot make a face, and Ben had to finish them for the lot of us.

Happiness reigns supreme again as we give Elliot her first Diddy Reise cookie in Westwood near the famous movie theater with all the premieres (she didn't care about that so much as the cookie).

Bellies full (I'll spare you the photos from Titos Tacos, Pinkberry x3, In-N-Out, Cafe Montana, Koo Koo Roo (don't ask), Loteria, French Crepe Company, Farmers Market...) - It's time to meet up with our peeps!

Elliot and the bride the day before the ceremony - on the ground to better be whapped in the face by the friendly happy dog's tail!


Elliot and Nikki dancing at the Grove.


Elliot and Amy, our gracious hostess, get cute at Blooms Cafe over salads and elixirs.


Little handsome Luke putting the moves on Elliot. She was not as receptive to his friendly attempt at a hug - which was met with a two handed push from Elliot! No harm done to either.


Soliel is always camera-ready and cute - but Davy the 4th and Elliot are not so sure why Elliot is hovering around this sweet ride...no room for 3!


Check out these handsome dudes! Gaaary and Teddy, Ben and Elliot, and Dave and Sam. Recovering from Toyland shopping - and all grumpy about being empty-handed!


Once the crowds cleared, Elliot was left to entertain us at Amy's house with how many ways she could climb and scale the stairs - even with our pathetic attempts to barricade her. It was all fun and games until she saw the attention she could get when she tried to stick her head through the railings.


Elliot & I ham it up inside a cool wooden sculpture on the Santa Monica waterfront. Oh yeah, and its 6:30 in the morning b/c she is still waking up at 5AM!

Rewind to Boston: Before the LA trip, we took a vacation at home and cruised around the new ICA museum, Franklin Zoo and Elliot's first Carousel ride, and the misty boulders outside the science building in Harvard Square.




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