On Monday night I went to see Kings of Leon (!!) with 3 gal pals and we had a blast. We walked from my house to the Hollywood Bowl, which was exciting for me because I’d never been there before despite living so close by. The evening sky was perfect!
Check it out…
The music was awesome, the crowd was energetic, yet chill and we were a fun little crowd of 4, if I do say so myself. I did not get a photo of all of us together, but here’s one of my friends Jenny, Kristi and Chelsi walking back home after the concert. This photo is the result of my saying “Show me how good Kings of Leon were tonight. Go!”
I think they summed it up beautifully…
I think this LA Weekly review also does the show justice, check it out.
And here I am with Kristi. We were very excited about our concert t-shirts…
Hooray for my first live concert in 10 years. Here’s to more!
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My Dad is a Psychiatrist, aka: a shrink. And he is of the mind (and I share his mind on this one) that there is a terrible drug problem that nobody talks about. And I mean prescription drugs. And by prescription drugs I don’t mean the kind that you can purchase via your email spam, but I mean the kind that often get prescribed by doctors. Without going into too much detail over the issues that my Dad witnesses and works with everyday (shocking sometimes!), here is a fabulous interview with a psychiatrist who shares my Dad’s and my view on the subject of drug companies and the field of Psychiatry. Please click here and give the interview a listen (longer) or a read the highlights (shorter), because this topic is very important to me and so under-discussed…
Thank you NPR for the interview and thank you, Dr Carlat, for your book, Unhinged: The Trouble With Psychology, which I can’t wait to read.
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My hub has a scooter that we ride around town to avoid having to deal with LA parking.
It also happens to be fun! He recently bought me a new helmet to keep my noggin safe since the other one was too big and probably wouldn’t have saved me. I feel like a bad-ass in my helmet…
I returned home from Chicago yesterday after 2 weeks of work. I had a great time!
I got one day off in Chi-town which I spent getting a much needed haircut and exploring the Taste of Chicago, followed by a Segway Tour with two of the gals, Sally & Michael-Ann, who were participating in the workshop I was leading. They had come from NY and PA for the immersion program, so we had a great time being touristy together!
My hair hadn’t been tended to in quite some time and grown unruly and layer-free. I also hadn’t washed it in several days. Ew.
But after my haircut, it looked healthier and happier! Hooray for Yelp help in finding a good salon…
Later I met up with the gals and we wandered the Taste of Chicago, which is the world’s largest food festival, held annually during the 10 days leading up to July 4th. You buy little food tickets and then go around and use them in exchange for food treats from restaurants all over the city. I enjoyed a piping hot chicken pita, a slice of cheese pizza and a rainbow ice cream treat. Yum!
Here we are at the entrance…
And this is Sally at the Rainbow Cone place…
And then, off on our Segways for a tour of the lake front! Here I am getting ready to ZOOM fiercely…
My Segway’s name was “Big Wes”. Please don’t mind my embarrassing need for a pedicure or my red, puffy feet. It was so hot and humid!
During our tour we got a proper photo of ourselves in front of the Taste of Chicago sign…
Pretty city view while one of these gals is doin’ her own thing…
Look how pretty the lake is…almost as good as the ocean. Almost.
At the end of our tour, I did some improvised modern dance!
While at first we thought we might be embarrassed to do such a touristy attraction, we ended up having so much fun!
During my second week in Chicago I found some horses chillin’ in an empty lot near my apartment. I visited them a few times. I usually arrived during their dinner hour, so they did not pay me much attention, but I loved talking to them.
It was such an odd sight to see the horses hanging out in the middle of the city near the elevated train…
On Friday evening, the workshop I was leading came to a close. One of the women made us t-shirts to commemorate our time together, which was so special! Here we are showing off our shirts…
