One of the knocks on LA is that people are disconnected and it's not really one city. If you believe the latter, you should see this place when the Lakers or Dodgers are winning. As for the former, it's complete bullshit.
Friday night, the HB had a friend over from the neighborhood in the afternoon to hang. He's a great kid from Indian Guides, so let's call him IG. The HB invited to spend the night so they could have a 8/9 y.o. porno fest (read Pokemon Gameboy). I had to have IG home the next morning by 10 since my wife was off to the Indian Casino with her mom and sisters. So, we pack up and head over there. Turns out that an older (13) kid near them was coming over to give IG some skateboarding lessons. Well, this dude shows up with two other friends, so IG's younger brother and the HB get lessons too. We give the older kids $10 each for their time and the HB appears, for the time being, to have an interest in a physical activity. I'm thinking we'll get him a board today.
After the shred-a-thon, we were off to the annual summer block party that's put on by the families on the cul-de-sac. We haven't seen our neighbors as much as I would like this summer, partially because we're so out and about, so it was cool to hang with them, drink home brews, let all of the kids play, etc. It was scheduled from 2:30 to 6:30, but someone brought out a portable fire pit and it was still going strong when the HB and I left at 9:30. All very neighborly and enjoyable.
My wife had a great idea for today--head to Santa Barbara. While we were getting ready, we heard from my nephew's mom and he's going to join us. Should be very fun.
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