yesterday, i did the laundry

trio
staples of a farmers market: kettle corn + snow cone





look at the size of those artichokes?!







eli on sock match and roll duty

{this shot is for you megan}

so, yesterday morning i gathered up all our dirty clothes.  i needed a laundry-mat stat.  

i decided to drive back to our old stomping grounds:  south pasadena.  i knew exactly where i could get my clothes clean.  it probably sounds silly to make a drive to another city to do laundry, but it was the perfect opportunity to step back in time.  i got on the 10 heading east then merged onto the 110 and did the lazy back and forth drive up into pasadena.  

{as we have come back to los angeles several times since we moved, i have never been able to spend any real time where we lived in south pasadena.  getting to do the laundry at our old laundry-mat would be a real treat}

while c.j. and i lived in south pas we had no laundry facilities.  so, for 4 years we went to a laundry-mat.  interestingly enough, a lot of people don't have a washer/dryer of their own around here due to apartments, older homes, etc.  it was a pain at times, when the laundry was a 2 week old monster that would take several washers and dryers all running at the same time to finish up, lugging it all into your car, folding your ginch in front of the weird dude standing next to you folding his ginch.  it is a public place and for some reason, your dirty clothes seem like a private matter.  anyho............ 

back to yesterday....  i made it to my old laundry-mat, threw the clothes in and eli, ida and i started walking.  we walked up to busters {a little corner coffee/ice cream shop}, we walked past my old stationary shop where i worked part-time {it is now a cupcakery and yes i did buy some, i give them a B- the cupcakes were moist, the icing was lardy}.  i was amazed to see how many little boutiques and shops and tasty treat places had sprung up everywhere. south pasadena has changed over 7 years.  eli and i walked ALL DAY.  it was so therapeutic and wonderful.  

every thursday south pasadena has their farmers market {what a bonus to end our laundry day!}. when we lived here we would hit it every week, grab a tamale, some lemon-aide and a bag of kettle corn.  so delicious.  i think i called c.j. 3 different times during the day quickly telling him what we were doing and wishing he was enjoying it with us.  emily and the kids met up with us and we sat on the lawn, chowed down and enjoyed the atmosphere. 

we ended the day getting more cupcakes in burbank at a place called cupcake and company {i give them a C-, the cupcakes were dry, dry, dry and the icing was kind of whippy/foamy.  come on people how hard is it to make a cupcake???  i am on a quest to find the best cupcake in l.a., i am going to try yummy cupcake today, another burbank establishment}.

on tap for today:  universal studios with emily and family

on tap for tomorrow:  santa barbara with stacey and family

on tap for sunday:  family party with dave and family + stacey and family

on tap for monday:  house hunting with mason {our realtor}

on tap for tuesday:  hopping on a plane, going home

ok, got to go, enjoy ida and her fun smile!