once s1 and i were ready to head out for the day, we went to the getty villa. again, a place i'd never been to before. it is so beautiful! we enjoyed walking around and checking out the view and the beautiful gardens and water fountains. we accosted several other 'tourists' and made them take our picture. we were pretty sure that people were telling others to stay away from us unless they wanted to play the role of photographer!! but in any case, i don't care and i thank those people b/c i think we got some excellent pictures! we had to pose with one of the statues, with several different points of the views behind us, and of course with the umbrellas that they hand out all over the getty to keep its patrons in the shade. yes, they actually hand out umbrellas. we literally picked up the umbrellas for 2 minutes while we got a guy to take our picture and then we put them back and decided to head for a bite to eat. we split a fruit and cheese plate as well as some bread. it's a very nice little cafe on the premises and it has a great view and again we were able to sit outside. i couldn't get enough of being outside!!
we left the getty villa and headed down pch towards santa monica when i decided i had to step foot on the beach. and so, s1 found a parking lot and we parked ever so briefly so we didn't have to pay for parking - just long enough to take a picture and then we jumped back in the car and found one more parking lot along the way to do the same thing. after our 30 second beach photo shoots were over, we continued to santa monica and parked by sarah's house. since we had a couple of hours until s2 got off work, we walked down to main street and roamed around the shops. while they were practically giving everything away, neither of us bought anything. after a quick pit stop to starbucks, we went to s2's manicure place and got mani/pedis. we s1 did. i just got a pedi. it felt pretty great. and then, we stopped by a store and picked up some wine for miss s2. by then it was time to head up to s2's b/c she was going to be home shortly.
we got to s2's and hung out for a bit. we had originally thought about going to dinner, but decided we would all be happier ordering in. so we ordered chinese food. it was getting later and the dave was do back in town (after being gone all week at duke) a little later that evening. s1 had planned to get some work done and beat the dave home, but he got home sooner than expected and so s1 left before dinner came. so s2 and i had a hearty meal meant for 3! more food for us!! i still don't have any clue why miss s1 would want to leave us, the most wonderful scrippsies ever, to go see her husband, but eh, whatever!! :) just kidding. i promise, we completely understood how excited you were to see your hubby. before s1 got to leave, s2 and i decided to make the dave a birthday card (his bday had been earlier that week) and so we very skillfully and artfully made dave a bday card. i think it was pretty fantastic. if i were dave, i'd totally hang that up on the wall somewhere for sure. you all know yhow creative s2 and i are!! so, after we stuffed our faces, we got ready to head out.
s2 and i went to a new wine bar (name of which i have since forgotten). we met chadford and chloe there as well. we had never met chloe and chad didn't really explain and we didn't ask. so mystery girl was nice enough. after we'd hung out for awhile, we were all duly tired and decided to call it a night. i must point out here that s2 was wearing a coat. yes, a coat. she found it freezing, i found it delightful in a tank top! the wine bar was on main st so it was an easy walk back to her house.
so the day was both fun and sad in that i had a great time, but i was sad to say goodbye to s1. i can't believe how fast the week went. but not to worry, i still have sat and sun with s2 to tell you guys about!
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