Breathing in the city of Lost Angels....

“I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.”
---- Andy Warhol

Normally, I'm not a weekend travel kind of girl. Work takes me away most Sundays-Thursdays, but because of a weekend event, I set up shop at my Holiday Inn Express and spent the past couple of days in Los Angeles. It's funny that to "normal" people, a weekend in LA would be fun, a getaway. To me, it was just an extra few days away from my beloved apartment.

However, as I've decided to take on a whole new love for work travel, I decided that after my Saturday event, explore LA and experience some things, try a new restaurant and enjoy the sunny day.

Well, ultimately, it was cold and I was tired. I ended up going back to the hotel, watched a couple of Grey's episodes and slept a bit. During my event, I did have the chance to try some of LA's loved Food Trucks, so I at least had that...

I did however grab a late night showing of the new Jane Eyre movie. It had a super limited release this weekend, but it was worth the extra drive in LA traffic. Not being a fan of the classics, I honestly had no idea what the book was about, but this movie totally made me want to go out and read it.

Today has been my redeeming day. Regardless of a loss of an hour, I decided to get up early and hike around Runyon Canyon. The day was absolutely gorgeous. I stopped off at a nearby Borders (I don't even want to mention how incredibly sad I am that they are closing most of their West Coast Stores) grabbed some un-needed Christmas CDs and Movies (hey, they were 75% off). Ordered my almost daily Starbucks, tried their new Cakepops (one word: yum) and was on my merry way.

Now I had heard about Runyon Canyon, but this was my first time hiking it. I have to admit, it's not very wildernessy, in fact, it's pretty darn urban, but I can see why the LAites hang out here on the weekends. It was a pretty steep hike, but had gorgeous views. My favorite view: John Krasinski and his dog. Both were adorable.

Now, I'm grabbing at late Brunch at one of my favorite restaurants: Larchmont Bungalow. I try and grab a meal here whenever I'm in town, it's so delicious.