a silly muse

Happy Monday! I’m feeling ridiculously giddy today because my school semester is finally over and this time next week I shall be in sunny Los Angeles! I had a nice relaxing weekend filled with some of my favorite things: parents, puppies, Emily, tea, yummy food, and presents. It was nice for that since I’ll be in California for a whole month.

Emily and I went on a date to Michael’s and I found these travel related stickers, so I created my own little adventure on one of my notebooks. Above is what travel means to me, adventure is necessary to live a happy life (in my opinion).

Even though my LA trip was for a symposium, I couldn’t refuse having some fun around the city and exploring. No trip to LA is complete without going to the ArcLight, so I saw Captain America with a friend, which also means we walked down the block to eat fish n’ chips (with a glass of Strongbow) at The Cat & Fiddle.

On Sunday, I finally visited LACMA, and viewed the Tim Burton exhibit. I was happy, because I had missed it when it came to MoMA. It was amazing. I can’t even describe how fantastic it was, pretty overwhelming at times. There’s just SO much to see! There were a lot of items from his films, too. Some Batman suits, a whole room dedicated to Nightmare Before Christmas, and so many of his own personal drawings and things that he drew inspiration from. Burton is definitely a talented man, no one can deny that. The exhibit runs until October 31, 2011, so if you’re in the LA area, I’d definitely go check it out. I also finally saw Urban Light (photo below) up close and personal, too. After going by it countless times when I lived there, it was wonderful to walk amongst all the lampposts. It took a lot of willpower to restrain myself from pulling a Don Lockwood and swinging around one of them (insert wink).

Monday was filled with a nice, relaxing picnic and stroll in Griffith Park. It’s fantastic when you know people, no adventure completed alone! Then I stubbornly made my way to good ol’ LAX to fly back home (insert many pouts). Until next time, Los Angeles (& Santa Monica), I miss you already.

I’m positively swooning over this Kate Spade bike, sold by Adeline Adeline in New York. It’s the perfect shade of cheery green. I’m feeling a bit green with envy as I type this. Oh, bike be mine!