Thursday, March 5, 2020

Los Angeles this winter


As I mentioned in my last post, I spent time in Los Angeles in January and in February.


 I enjoyed the hotel that we stayed at in January so much that I returned to the same in February.


I liked this sweet vignette on the mantle of the outdoor fireplace.


A cool hotel in a great location and a short walk from our son's apartment.


Neat plants every where I looked 


and a lovely wall of flowers by the pool.


We took a great walk/hike at Runyon Canyon


Although it we weren't able to do the entire path and back.


Love the prickly pear cactus!


I spent time on both trips at the historic Farmers Market


So many great vendors


Of course, I love the healthy ones lol.


A few visits and I still have lots more that I  want to try.


On my second trip, I visited one of my favorite restaurants
Coco Curry Ichibanya for some yummy comfort food  -  Japanese Curry
(I recommend the Pork Cutlet)
This popular international chain can only be found in the
Los Angeles area and Honolulu, Hawaii within the United States.


This great view is what my son sees whenever he parks his car at school. 
I could get used to that ;)


The Bird of Paradise flowers always catch my eye.


And they obviously caught the eye of this little fellow.


Hopefully you can see him better here. 


Such lovely flowers in the dead of winter.


We also walked over to The Grove a few times to stroll and window shop.


Good bye Los Angeles, 
I hope to be back to visit soon, but not too soon...


 Hello sweet home Chicago!

I did visit one magical shop in Los Angeles that deserves a post of its own,
that will follow soon.

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth
~1 John 3:18

Blessings, Patti

4 comments:

marly said...

Enjoyed the photos of your visit, waiting for the shop post!

Marilyn said...

The visit looked wonderful.
Thanks for sharing the pics.
Marilyn

Rugs and Pugs said...

Great pics...especially of the Bird of Paradise and hummingbird. There are some amazing plants/flowers to be seen there.
Hoping your son is better and back to his normal life.

TheCrankyCrow said...

Such beautiful photos Patti! Although we have had some mild temps the past few days (well, other than snow and gale-force winds on Thursday), we still have a ground full of snow so the photos of flowers and green plants cheered my disposition considerably. I've been to San Fransisco twice for business and to Napa once, but never LA. Looks like it has some fun things to offer! Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin