Last weekend I surprised R and his friend, Dan, by taking them on a little excursion to the Griffith Observatory for a star-gazing event. There were knowledgeable telescope owners all over the front lawn who allowed people to gaze at the planets and stars. It was very cool and quite a fun free evening! We saw Saturn and her rings, Mars in her red glory, neat-o Venus and a “Double double”. Not to be confused with the double-double cheeseburger from In-n-Out, a double double star is where you can see 2 double stars in the same area. I didn’t even know that double stars existed. It was fantastic! Venus was my favorite planet to see because I know so little about it compared to Saturn and Mars.

Here we all are outside, looking up, at the observatory…

And gazing into the telescopes…

After enjoying our sky, we went to House of Pies. We had never been there before and were surprised to learn they serve much more than pie. It is a diner with a retro/modern feel inside (yes, that is contradictory)…

I had chocolate cream pie! Mmm delicious…

Click here for the small set of photos. Hooray for new adventures.
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