summer holidays, part one

summer holidays should always start with a big city - later on you just don't have the energy to cope with all the hustle, and los angeles is of course a great starting point 






 
best of all have a friend whose house in silver lake oversees the entire city and who also knows the most interesting new (and old) restaurants in town

















 




and who happens to be such a lovely person as barry that everything else simply falls into place, the museums, downtown, the beach, beverly, bel air, yes, and even hollywood boulevard (hi katrin!), where there was still a vigil for michael held by some little girl (not katrin!) 

and as you can see the whole party is happy because there was something for everybody, from ice cream to neutra (and a treat for alli)

and palms, of course, endlessly! (check the picasa pics on the left for more)