"Worlds collided" today as I met up with some San Diego friends and family in Los Angeles. We ate at Fu Rai Bo on Sawtelle and then met up with some Diamond Bar/UCLA homies at Al Gelato on Robertson. I was sitting in the middle of the table, happy as a lark, and it reminded me of my birthday in 1999, after the Chinese culture show, when my UCLA and Diamond Bar friends were all with me at New Japan. I just love those extraordinary circumstances when you can have your cake and eat it, too -- when I can have friends from different crowds all around me. However, it does lend to awkwardness when those people don't know quite what to make of each other. Nothing critical, just the improbability of being miraculously bridged together by the mutual friend. Anyway, I love my friends and family, individually and as a group.
Fu Rai Bo was a nice surprise. Many Japanese favorites a la carte, at prices reasonable enough for you to have a small smorgasbord. I had cappuccino and pineapple flavored gelato, respectively, at Al Gelato. I haven't been that upbeat for awhile and it was completely because I was excited to be in LA again. It almost felt like I never left.
There were 3 Mikes in our party. "Karen, this is Mike, Mike, and Mike."
Skippy is quite the unsung character on "Family Ties." He's a lot funnier than people give him credit for.
posted by Lucy Sloan @ 2:04 AM
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