Happy 22nd Birthday in LA!!

Apparently I have a lot to learn and get used to-I had only been working full time for 10 months and needed a break. No vacation time presented a problem but my boss agreed to give me one day off for my birthday. What could be better than a short trip to LA? Well, I could probably think of a lot of things but anway. . . I found a plane ticket to Las Vegas on Thursday the 26th and met up with my best friend Holli. We got up early the next morning, did the usualy shopping (H&M mostly) that is necessary in Vegas, and began our drive to LA.

The drive went quick until we were about 5 miles away from Marina Del Ray where our hotel was. Then we hit the expected LA traffic and it took us about an hour to go the rest of the way (did I mention it was only 5 miles!). Our hotel was on the marina so it had pretty decent views.

We dropped our bags and headed to Santa Monica to find something to eat and do-it was a Friday night afterall. We found the Santa Monica pier, hard to miss really, and ate at this great Mexican restaurant that was at the end of the pier. We checked out the local Elvis impersonator, wandered around a while then headed back to the hotel. We're super exciting, we know already.

The real reason we went was to go see the musical Wicked. Holli got us tickets for Saturday night so we hung out in Venice and Marina del Ray (Pinkberry Frozen Yogurtis amazing http://www.pinkberry.com/) that morning and early afternoon then headed to Hollywood for the night. The musical was awesome! I really didn't know anything about it before we went, didn't know the story line at all, and wasn't a die hard fan of the soundtrack. I think I prefer it that way, better to not know anything before hand so there are no let downs. But it was so good! The music was great-way better when I knew the story behind it, and great acting. I forget how much I love musicals!

It was a short trip but tons of fun!