In Kingdoms of the Cool

Day 1... (We Have Arrived)

Well. We finally got into L.A. airspace around 9 am (11 am Chicago time) and I can honestly say when we first got there, I was blown away by the view from 30,000 ft. An almost never-ending array of humanity and construction interrupted only by the stern presence of the mountains which seemed to almost wave a finger in progress' way as if to say 'No further, understand?' The only thing marring this awesome display was what I saw as we came closer to the City of Angels. I thought I saw massive fog clouds rolling over the city from the ocean, but to my dismay, it was just the thick blanket of pollution putting it's overcoat on the city.

We touched down much sooner than expected so we were stepping onto L.A. soil in an environment not much different than the one we had left. It was 53˚ and beautiful. Once under the covering layer of smog, the sky looks gorgeous, but the air I breathe tells me otherwise. Still, it feels like summer to my body and I'm not sure I was ready for that jolt to my system, especially after landing in such comfortable (to a native Chicagoan) conditions.


Kamelya's cousin, Helga greeted us a couple hours later with a funny story and a car far too small for our luggage. She had been pulled over twice by the LAPD on her way here. Not gonna lie... That was pretty telling of what type of person this girl is. Anyway, we tried to pile our stuff into her tiny BMW and the stuff was having none of that so we put the two largest bags in the car with us. Welcome to the city of UNCOMFORTABLE.

We went out for pizza (Boston style, I'm told) and then proceeded to our hotel at the Ramada Burbank. The sun is bright and the colors are vibrant. The sky is blue and the temperature is rising. The City of Angels has taken us under it's wing and here we are, mostly asleep after a long first HALF of day one, ready to take on the rest of the trip.



Now Playing: Illyah Kuryahkin - "Foam"

posted by MikeStan @ 2:56 PM