You know I can't come to LA and not see my Long Beach people!

My Long Beach family invited me out to Buca di Beppo, which was only a couple blocks away from me. Of course, with my eye, I totally missed it, but after a phone call, Rick guided me to the right path.

Dinner was great, there was tons of food to eat. Dinner conversation was fun, although Rick and Ray kept on hinting that I was paying for dinner. Hmph! Not funny, guys!

Afterwards, we hung out at Al and Liz's, who only lived a couple miles away, and sat around their firepit. I was fine just sitting back and listening to everyone's stories, stories that I knew that they told a thousand times before, but, like how it always is with good friends, they never got sick of hearing them. I laughed so hard at times, they all just crack me up.

I find myself so lucky to have been adopted, in a way, by these awesome people. Makes me a little homesick for my extended family - it's been a while since we've all been together. I loved watching the interaction between everyone, how at ease they were, and how, at times, they even finished each other's sentences. I'm glad to find such a friendly, inviting bunch of people to hang out with.

So thanks to Rod, Rick, Lanie, Wyndell, Janet, Ray, Rene, Rocena, Stan, Liz, Al and JD for showing an out of town gal a good time, even though it was something as simple as sitting around a fire talking about killing the local wildlife with plungers. (sorry if I forgot anyone)

As much as my job sucks during the day (this is NOT an easy client to be at, by any means), I'm glad that I've got cool people to hang with at night!

Posted by Yano at August 20, 2004 02:34 AM

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