A Day With A College Friend

I haven't seen the girl I drove across the Country with, for 2 years. Well, we finally decided to rectify that situation, by having lunch together.

My Husband and I met her in Hollywood and off we went to Langer's. The very place where former President Clinton visited about 2 weeks ago.

We tried to catch up with each other, but there is just too much that has happened. She spent the past year and something in Central America and well, you all know what is new in my life. In spite of all we had to speak of, we enjoyed the food and the company. After lunch, we decided to cross the street and walk around MacArthur Park's lake. It's not the best neighborhood, but between the 3 of us, we felt pretty safe.

I wasn't sure what was going to happen next, but my friend wanted to walk around Downtown Los Angeles...and so we did. We parked at Macy's and spent 2 hours exploring the 7th Street to 5th Street area. One of the best things we did was visit Los Angeles Central Library. A very beautiful place and the location where this photo was taken. We hadn't been here since the library opened after the arson fire in the early 90's. It was wonderful to see it again.

I remembered that the tallest building in L.A. is right out front and so we made sure we went out that door and took a look at Bank of the West (formally First Interstate Bank and later the Library Tower) Building.

We then walked over to Pershing Square and visited the Millennium Biltmore Hotel (which had a High Tea thing going on). It reminded me of the time I actually had high tea in Greenport. Maybe my Husband and I will return some time to partake. :-)

We ended up back on 7th and picked up our car, after making a purchase at Macy's.

A lovely day with a friend, who shares so much of my college and early adult life.