My friend LaChe has been such a good exploring buddy. We find cool beaches and try to find new things to do in SoCal. We went to the Getty yesterday - it was my second time there. It is a gorgeous building made of Italian marble, set up on a hillside in West LA. There are four buildings with exhibits and another for art research. We took books to study, but never did use them, of course. I needed some culture to feed my soul - and I found it. Monet's painting of Sunrise. This one painting looked like Psalm 23 - with a shepherd by still water. This one room had incredible paintings of women - one of a Greek procession. Another painting showed a scene of a man in the moonlight that drew me in - almost like I was there. What gifts these artists left us.
Over lunch, a demon bee terrorized my friend. I was brave though. I wanted to kill it, but she had some weird Buddhist love for the demon bee. So...I took a plastic cup and trapped it. Clever, huh? We could eat in peace and could stop moving tables to get away from the persistent insect.
Left around 3 to find the nearest beach - which was Santa Monica pier. Watched the sunset, saw the lifeguards rescue someone, watched the ferris wheel lights on the pier. Oh, and the parking meter did not give me change for my $5 - but rather stole it. Quite the money making scheme for the city.
On the way home, my GPS froze up. Completely would not respond. Now, how am I supposed to explore without a GPS?
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Yes, we have dramatic times!!! OMG, I sent you the picture. I almost want to display the bee encased for everyone to see.
I still have no idea how you dared to imprison the bee. My stomach and self dignity thanks you for it.
And I think you give me much too much credit! I didn't want to kill it because I thought it would kill us first! But in any case, we MUST go back to the Getty and search out other museums. J'adore culture. And Wicked should def. be on our radar. Perhaps a nice reward for finishing all those papers. . . when that time comes!
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