Wedding Redux

A while back, we thought it was really funny to take pictures of all our friends with too much food in their mouths...

At the wedding on Saturday, we thought it would be fun to take pictures of people trying to drink too much at once.

Surprisingly, only half of these pictures were staged.

Dina and Jason's Wedding

We went to an awesome wedding last Saturday at the Hollywood-Roosevelt Hotel. Our friends Dina and Jason are a great couple, and their wedding was a blast. The cermony was held in a great room with a huge window overlooking Hollywood Blvd. (Seems like we've been there every weekend!) The ceremony flew by, and in no time, we were in the hotel lobby enjoying appetizers and drinks.


The ice luge was a great hit.

...except with Brian, who apparently hates ice luges.


After cocktail hour, we were ushered into the reception hall for dinner.


Then it was time for dancing.

When she was twirling, you could see just how skinny our friend Lisa has gotten.

Having lived through it myself, I know how exhausting your wedding night can be. Jason barely made it off the dance floor.

Like the Reverend said during the ceremony. "Mazel Tov. It's a Jewish word meaning 'good luck' or 'congratulations' or... whatever."

Bombing For Peace

Only a few days after Gina's Hollywood adventure, the same exact streets were transformed for an anti-war rally. Or maybe it was a peace rally. I forget.

Thousands of people marched from Hollywood and Vine to Hollywood and Highland, where they listened to speakers, and watched some musical acts. A handful of really confused-looking tourists were mixed in amongst the crowd. Lucky for them, a lot of the costumed characters were still out in force, posing for pictures.

Stormtroopers...

Batmen...

Jackson Brownes...

...and Spidermen.

Bush, are you listening? Even Spiderman hates you!

People in the crowd were genuinely moved. Some of them were also excited about St. Patrick's Day, and made their children wear ties and vests.

A lot of artists seized the opportunity to make a visual statement.

I think each casket symbolizes a US citizen who suffered through Wild Hogs at El Capitan.

"Let's Start the War on Hippies!" I found this genius in front of a bar a few blocks away from the rally. He was telling a security guard how "these stupid anti-war people are the first ones who will punch you in the face for no reason."

This guy's "invisible sign" is a lot cooler:

And I really, really prefer this girl's sign:

More pictures from the rally can be seen here:

Hollywoooooood. Hollywood Swinging!

Ever wonder aboout those cheesy Hollywood tour buses you see driving around the city? Probably not, but I'm going to tell you about them anyway. Last week Monica and I decided to pose as tourists and as we spent some quality time being chauffeured around the city in a bright red double decker bus. Yes, it's true.

Here are some of the "highlights":

The bus picked us up in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater.

Here's a picture of the lovely bus.

Here we are on the bus.

Here's our friendly tour guide, Mr. err, uh... I forget his name.

A REALLY poor picture of the Hollywood sign.

My favorite dive bar in Hollywood. Not Wicked, silly. The Frolic Room.

A picture of Borat and a cracked out Marylin Monroe. Just because.


Here's what I learned from the tour:
1) Brad Pitt's first job in LA was at El Pollo Loco.

2) People on the street like to point and laugh at you while the bus drives by.

3) It was a total blast hanging out with Monica, pretending to be a goofy tourist.

For ten bucks and 1.5 hours, it's a great way to take a chauffeured drive around Hollywood.

To quote Borat Sagdiyev from the great nation of Kazakhstan, "I liiiiiiiike".

Our First Anniversary in Ojai

For our first anniversary, we drove up to Ojai for a few days. We stayed at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. When we got there, our room wasn't ready, so they upgraded us to a much larger room. Here is the view from our balcony...

We spent a lot of time looking at the view, and drinking champagne.

...and eating salami.

The hotel welcomed us with this lovely plate of chocolate-covered strawberries, which we immediately devoured.

In between eating, drinking, and getting massages, we decided to rent some bikes.

Who says helmets don't look cool?

We discovered a beautiful bike path that took us right into town.

On our last night, we watched the sunset from our balcony.

All in all, it was an amazing, extremely-relaxing couple of days. We played cards, laid out by the pool, and ate great food. It's amazing that this little getaway is barely an hour and a half drive from LA!