Forgive me.
If I have even a moment to spare I will try and put up some entertaining doodles.
But otherwise, just assume business will resume January 3rd.

On the last day, Dad and I ended up at the Grove (looking to enjoy it's famous Farmer's Market and it's many delectable food carts.)

We wandered the mall a bit and found ourselves in a Crate and Barrel.

Where we may have broken this chair.

Allegedly.

The next day was spent at Hollywood and Highland.  There you can see the Chinese Theater and the myriad of hand prints laid down by stars over the years.

My favorite was that of one Humphrey Bogart.

A fabulous, fabulous man.
(And if you're young and have no idea who I'm talking about, as some of my surrounding peers that day clearly made evident, FORESHAME.  
Go avail yourself with some cinema history.)

I believe you were promised pictures of afore mentioned trip.

And so, here you are.

The first day of my Thanksgiving ventures was spent at Universal Studios.

Jurassic Park is only one ride I will not do, and am permanently glued to the sidelines for at Universal Studios:

 

You can see my father demonstrating why: 

 

But it's also nice to get these pictures just before everyone's disembarked:

 

(Bring's a smile to your face just lookin' at it, don't it?)

Of course, they all did the log ride with the expectation that they could dry up in the fires of the Backdraft Tour.  Which, as we found out only minutes later, is being renovated with a new attraction.  And I would be remiss if I didn't say somewhere here that that new attraction is TRANSFORMERS.
(My little nerdy heart just burst.)

A little late, this one is.
But the message is as true now as it was when I typed it.

And the reason it's late is because I spent the day playing at Universal Studios Hollywood.
I'll have some pictures for y'all next week.

Until then, have a most excellent weekend!

Amazingness!

I know for a fact that I am not the only one to have completely blanked their own name.

It's just particularly funny to me though, not only because hesitating makes me look like I'm making stuff up, but also because I do on occasion give a false name. 
(It's a mercy thing, cashiers have a really hard time with 'Meredith'.)