Itchy

We are getting itchy. As the weather gets better and better, we both have wanderlust. We are ready to pack the car and take off but it is just not that easy. When preparing for the last big trip, it took months of planning, pre-paying bills, ordering enough medications and shutting down the house.

Okay, so maybe just a small trip. Quickly.

We are planning a three-day get away to LA after Mary’s visit in May. We won’t tell any of the relatives and stay at our favorite hotel for two nights at the foot of the new Getty Museum.

We haven’t visited the old Getty in Malibu since it re-opened a few years ago. It is on our list of things to do along with a visit to Pink’s. It is a very famous old hot dog stand and worth your stop in LA. Michael is also dreaming about Roscoe’s for fried chicken and waffles. Shame, shame on him!

We also want to go to Pasadena to see the new many-years-in-the-making Chinese garden at the Huntington Library and Norton Simon Museum, which is very rich with Degas and Rodin pieces.

We’ll stroll down Rodeo Drive and sit at the Century Center Shopping Center – outside mall – to watch all the beautiful people walk by. We love to have breakfast in Westwood with all the kids from UCLA, drive down Sunset Boulevard then drive back up Wilshire. We dream of owning a condo in the area so we could visit more often.

It is just a dream.