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slycatI started the day rather concerned that I had nothing planned for the day. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blizl who so kindly played the role of tour guide bfore the con had been struck down by bad con-crud and so didn't feel well enough to take me out today. I made a desperate post to the SoCalFurs community asking for some help in preventing me from spending a boring day in Hunter's apartment.
Fortunately,yaochi came to the rescue and offered to pick me up once he had finished some work at around noonish. When he turned up, we walked down to the Metro station which I had et to use during my time in the area, and we took a trip to Chinatown. We took a look through all the unusual shops there with surprisingly a lot available by foot. Didn't pick up anything other than a soda but got some good photos of the area. After Chinatown, we checked out Old Pasadena which unlike the name suggests seemed pretty modern with lots of well known brand shops, again all easily accessed by foot which I didn't think happened in the LA area. Grabbed a Subway before heading back to the Metro to get back to Hunter's. As we still had an hour to burn, I decided to ask if we could go to Sears as I was in the market for a new electric razor to replace my old Philips/Norelco razor I bought back in 1997 when I first visited the USA. Found the one I was after, which was the Philips/Norelco Arcitec 1050. It cost a lot for a razor, but I like gadgets and felt like spoiling myself. It worked out as roughly £95 which was a decent saving on the UK equivalent. Razors are one of the few electrical items other than portable consoles you can buy abroad without any concern about getting them to work in the UK as they are made for travel.
Anyway, got back to Hunter's, gave my thanks and said goodbye to Yaochi before setting off to meet up withstego_s_aurus, Kat and Grant at an Indian fast food restaurant in Claremont, roughly half way between Hunter's and Stego's. The fast food aspect effectively meant it was buffet style, with the food already prepared and you just select what you want. I went for the chicken tikka masala as I didn't really fancy much of the other options, combined with some potato cauliflower thing and also some pappodoms and a nan. The tikka wasn't hugely different to what you get in the UK, if a bit milder than normal. The mango chutney was much darker than what I'm used to and didn't seem to have any mango chunks in it but pretty much tasted the same as I'm used to. On the whole, it was good for what it was, which was a fast food restaurant but I expect a proper restaurant could have been better. Anyway, the evening wasn't really about the food, it was about meeting up with Stego and Grant again after meeting them at FC, and also meeting Kat who was supposed to be at FC but couldn't make it. Kat told me of the amusing story about how se ended up driving off a ravine in bizarre circumstances and lived to tell the tale. Sadly vircoo couldn't make it as well, but as he commented on my previous LJ post, he had work commitments.
I'm now back at Hunter's place for my last night here in California as tomorrow I shall be making sure I've got everything charged and packed ready for my trip back to boring England where things are no longer half price thanks to the exchange rate, and I'll also have masses of laundry to do as well as prepare myself for an ass kicking at work due to whatever mess it's been left in during my absence. I'm hoping it's not too bad but I just know there'll be a mound of stuff to do when I get back. Oh well, this is the penultimate post to my 11 day Californian trip. I've had a great time here and am very sad to be going home tomorrow. I won't be touching down on UK soil until midday on the 1st so unless I make a sneaky post tomorrow morning, I'll be away until then!
PS. Out of the $1200 I took out with me, I'm down to $24 remaining which I expect to spend on food tomorrow. Biggest dent was the razor I bought today, but I think I budgeted quite well for the con, food, attractions and other stuff :)
blizl who so kindly played the role of tour guide bfore the con had been struck down by bad con-crud and so didn't feel well enough to take me out today. I made a desperate post to the SoCalFurs community asking for some help in preventing me from spending a boring day in Hunter's apartment.Fortunately,
yaochi came to the rescue and offered to pick me up once he had finished some work at around noonish. When he turned up, we walked down to the Metro station which I had et to use during my time in the area, and we took a trip to Chinatown. We took a look through all the unusual shops there with surprisingly a lot available by foot. Didn't pick up anything other than a soda but got some good photos of the area. After Chinatown, we checked out Old Pasadena which unlike the name suggests seemed pretty modern with lots of well known brand shops, again all easily accessed by foot which I didn't think happened in the LA area. Grabbed a Subway before heading back to the Metro to get back to Hunter's. As we still had an hour to burn, I decided to ask if we could go to Sears as I was in the market for a new electric razor to replace my old Philips/Norelco razor I bought back in 1997 when I first visited the USA. Found the one I was after, which was the Philips/Norelco Arcitec 1050. It cost a lot for a razor, but I like gadgets and felt like spoiling myself. It worked out as roughly £95 which was a decent saving on the UK equivalent. Razors are one of the few electrical items other than portable consoles you can buy abroad without any concern about getting them to work in the UK as they are made for travel.Anyway, got back to Hunter's, gave my thanks and said goodbye to Yaochi before setting off to meet up with
stego_s_aurus, Kat and Grant at an Indian fast food restaurant in Claremont, roughly half way between Hunter's and Stego's. The fast food aspect effectively meant it was buffet style, with the food already prepared and you just select what you want. I went for the chicken tikka masala as I didn't really fancy much of the other options, combined with some potato cauliflower thing and also some pappodoms and a nan. The tikka wasn't hugely different to what you get in the UK, if a bit milder than normal. The mango chutney was much darker than what I'm used to and didn't seem to have any mango chunks in it but pretty much tasted the same as I'm used to. On the whole, it was good for what it was, which was a fast food restaurant but I expect a proper restaurant could have been better. Anyway, the evening wasn't really about the food, it was about meeting up with Stego and Grant again after meeting them at FC, and also meeting Kat who was supposed to be at FC but couldn't make it. Kat told me of the amusing story about how se ended up driving off a ravine in bizarre circumstances and lived to tell the tale. Sadly vircoo couldn't make it as well, but as he commented on my previous LJ post, he had work commitments.I'm now back at Hunter's place for my last night here in California as tomorrow I shall be making sure I've got everything charged and packed ready for my trip back to boring England where things are no longer half price thanks to the exchange rate, and I'll also have masses of laundry to do as well as prepare myself for an ass kicking at work due to whatever mess it's been left in during my absence. I'm hoping it's not too bad but I just know there'll be a mound of stuff to do when I get back. Oh well, this is the penultimate post to my 11 day Californian trip. I've had a great time here and am very sad to be going home tomorrow. I won't be touching down on UK soil until midday on the 1st so unless I make a sneaky post tomorrow morning, I'll be away until then!
PS. Out of the $1200 I took out with me, I'm down to $24 remaining which I expect to spend on food tomorrow. Biggest dent was the razor I bought today, but I think I budgeted quite well for the con, food, attractions and other stuff :)
