August and Everything After

Been a busy couple of weeks. JM was in Seattle on business and Jona's busy back at school enjoying the new academic year. We saw "Funny People" last week (very good, a drama about stand-up comedians) and "(500) Days of Summer" on Friday. The latter has some beautiful shots of Downtown Los Angeles, especially of our neighborhood, which appears in many films and most commercials nowadays. The area that it focuses on is different from other films though, so it was a nice, surreal surprise. The local video shop (Old Bank DVD) is featured and the Bradbury Building (of "Blade Runner" fame) has a beautiful cameo at the very end. Very sweet film and one which will always remind us of this area and the years we have spent here. We've signed a new lease, so we're here in the same apartment for another year. While the building needs some TLC, the views of the Hollywood Hills, Griffith Observatory, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall are priceless, so we're happy to call it home for a little while longer. The beach and the sea are starting to look tempting though...