Green

 Hannah and I drove to LA today to go to Cookie-Con. It was so green, and as beautiful as I have ever seen So CA (not by the beach) be.  Really stunning.  It's been raining so much and things look SO.MUCH.BETTER.  I love green.  Driving home it was gorgeous too, even more so because it was quite cloudy but the tops of the clouds were pinkish and the bottoms more blueish so they looked like Aurora's gown when she danced with the prince.  I thought about taking a picture but knew it would never do it justice.  Loving the green though.

Anyway, cookie con.  I saw it was coming up and we decided to go and it was tons of fun.  Lots of vendors and samples and cool gadgets were displayed.  They had how-to demos and celebrity guests and cool cakes and cookies and food trucks and cute aprons and spicy salsas and lots of food stuff.

We listened to Burt Ward (the original Batman's sidekick Robin) who is a dog rescuer extraordinaire. He was fun in a crazy I-have-50-dogs kind of way.  

Then we saw Duff, who we LOVE and who was really funny.  He baked chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cookies and told stories about being a chef, or random stories and he laughed a lot .  

After we went to Roscoe's for dinner.  Hannah loves it there and has been wanting to go back since she went the first time.  It is in the ghetto.  The one we went to is on Pico Blvd.  We got there around 3, which we though would not be crowded since it is not a meal time.  We were wrong.  It was packed.  The folks who live in LA are a very diverse group.  As we sat outside the hole in the wall restaurant waiting our turn we were with at least 30 other people also waiting.  And one bouncer guarding the door.  Our skin tone definitely made us the in the minority.  Also our "normal" attire and hair color/style did too.  

Waiting right across from us was a lesbian couple who were very affectionate with each other.  (it was hard to know where to look) They may have been celebrating a special occasion as they were very dressed up...or maybe it was a regular day, who knows?  Also while we were waiting a transvestite man with super high heels and a very big louis vittan bag, and some splashy make-up on,  came with his old but super glam mom came to wait too. They joined the gang members, bright orange hair couple, super super fat Mexican family, several tourists, some college students and us waiting on the street to get in.

The wait was worth it.  (okay who am I kidding the wait was super entertaining to the people watcher in me) The restaurant was PACKED and colorful and loud and the food was really really good.  Even President Obama ate there once, (we saw his picture on the wall).

So it was a good day.