back from the island

Monday November 13th 2006 11:47 AM PST

Jen and I got back yesterday from a good little holiday on Catalina. We headed out Thursday and were over on the island by about 3:30. We grabbed our golf cart at Hamilton and promptly did our run to the store and to grab some food. We ended up at the Pizza place next to Armstrong's cause the Sand Trap was already closed for the day. We really took it easy and got to bed early. Friday we both woke up at about 6AM ready to go. I fought the urge to get up and slept a little longer. When we finally did roll out of bed around 8 we headed to the casino dock cafe for breakfast. We spent the rest of the day screwing around and taking a hike up to the Wrigley Memorial. We headed to VP for dinner and then headed back to Hamilton to play dominoes and watch BSG. Saturday we woke up and headed to the busy bee for breakfast and then again did nothing most of the day. We ended up going to Armstrong's for dinner early and then went to see the Prestige at the Casino Theater.

One small thing about the Casino Theater. They ALWAYS play the organ before the movie. And they always play patriotic music. With Veterans day, this patriotic music turned into a incredible patriotic medley of music. The theater is one of the most beautiful old theaters in Southern California. If you're on the island, it doesn't matter what movie is playing... just go see something. (or take the tour and see them play the organ)

It just happened that I wanted to see the Prestige so everything worked out great. I wont go into any huge details of the movie other than it was just as good as i had hoped. Christoper Nolan does a great job again with Christian Bale, and even Huge Jackman pulls out a decent performance. David Bowie's bit part as Tesla pretty much seals the deal.

Sunday morning i got up right after sunrise and started taking pictures. I got a bunch of great ones of the sun over the ocean that i'll post later. We headed back to Dockside for breakfast and then back to the condo to check out. We were on the 11:45 boat and back in LB at about 1. So between LB and Montrose we've gotta get off the 710 freeway and drive through Alhambra and South Pasadena. So on the way we stopped at Twohey's for lunch. After lunch we headed back home and relaxed for the rest of the day.