Wicked in LA - Sept. 20th

What a trip! I took off with this guy I barley knew and his two sisters and a friend of theirs. I ended up driving out late Friday night all they way to Buckeye to meet him at his sister's where I got to meet the whole family. In the course of that night, I went also to his house, to his parent's, and then finally to his other sister's house where I stayed the night. Wow, talk about overwhelming! We left Saturday morning and after getting lost in the city, fighting LA traffic, and stopping to get food and gas, we arrived to our hotel in Beverly Hills about 5pm. Unfortunately, that didn't give us much time to relax before having to get ready. Once again, we had to fight traffic and find something super quick to eat before getting to the show. With just seconds to spare, we literally barely made it on time before they closed the doors. Phew! This was my second time seeing this show and it definitely didn't lose its savor. When Alphaba sings Defying Gravity and is hoisted up into the air, I get goosebumps! After the show we were all still pretty hungry, so we headed to the Cheesecake Factory. I had this super yummy pasta dish and strawberry lemon cheesecake. Usually I find when a restaurant offers a wide range of cuisines, and The Cheesecake Factory has the most extensive menu I have yet to see, the quality of the food diminishes. However, I have yet to be disappointed with anything I've gotten there. So Sunday morning we all slept in and didn't leave our hotel till noon. We decided to go check out the mall across the street to see what it was like to shop in Beverly Hills. After a couple of hours, we headed over to the Wax Museum by the theater. I've never been to one before, can't say I was overly impressed but it was fun and made for some good pics. We didn't head out of town till early that evening. On the way back, we stopped at a shady convenient store and found one of the few DeLorians from Back to the Future II. It had the flux capacitor and even the Mr. Fusion! So of course we all had to take pictures of it. The man who owns it is doing a cross country trek and logging his journey on his MySpace (I believe his online alias is punchcard). This particular car wasn't actually used in the movie, because they only used pieces of it for filming purposes. I ended up not getting home till midnight and was pretty exhausted at work the next day, but I had a great time and it was so worth it!