Touring

Having decided that I would brave the Red Line Subway system, I enlisted Christian, my dearest, to come with me. (Yes, he's only been out a few days. Too bad, he needs some time outside.) We boarded the Orange Line to NoHo at about one pm, then proceeded to the Red Line Station, where I tapped my TAP, and he flashed a Day Pass. We first journeyed to Universal City Station, and boarded he tram to CityWalk.

CityWalk itself was quite lovely, we toasted each other with wax bottles from It's Sugar, then ate delicious, non-greasy fish and chips at Bubba Gump's. The tram operator, however, upon our attempt to exit the park, dropped off a load of passengers heading into the park and sped off, without taking us down the hill. Finding this rude, and loathing the order-barking female directing us to NOT sit on the ropes, though it was warm and we were tired, and the rope was cheap nylon, we trekked down the hill on foot, no easy task in sandals, fighting against gravity.

We then sojourned on to the theatre district stop, right in front of the Pantages. We walked over to admire a lovely gothic-ish Presbyterian church, helped some earnest young people carry heavy kitchen carts back down to the basement and departed. The church was lovely, I'm very glad we were able to help. Presbyterians, a word: Though your cornerstone will forever stay strong, I pray the rest of the architecture remains stable too.

This was followed by a quick jaunt to Koreatown to admire the gothic architecture of another Presbyterian church, a Christian unspecified church, a glorious Jewish temple, and St. Basil's Catholic slightly modernist church. We also gawked at the old Sears tower, which was lovely in it's green patina hue. Photos were taken, a tube of Neo-Sporin burst under the weight of a dropped purse, and pigeons were chatted with.

We returned home for some much-needed snuggle and smoochie time, and watched Chicago, one of the most epic of recent musical movies. It was a thoroughly charming day, just the right amount of travel, bustle, and fun. The only question now is, what to do next weekend?