at my boss, kris', memorial day last sunday, i met karen, who worked my job for him about 15 years ago. she and her husband, attila (yes, he was actually born in hungary, so he is sort of attila the hun) were really sweet people, and we ended up talking all afternoon. before we left, we found out that attila has his pilot's license, a 1939 luscomb prop plane, and loves an excuse to take people for a flight around la...so of course, in keeping with my plan to conquer as many exciting la experiences as possible, i jumped on the chance to take him up on his offer. so, holland and i met up with him today at the santa monica airport to each go on a flight!
let me tell you, it was amazing! we had so much fun, wow. the weather was perfect for flying, clear and sunny. we flew over the ocean, malibu, bel air, downtown la, hollywood, and a few other places. he took each of us up for about an hour; i was amazed at how smooth the flight was, too, in such a tiny plane. one of the highlights for me was seeing multi-million dollar mansions (literally some there were some that looked like versailles, or other european castles-it was crazy!) from the sky. i mean, i've seen some ritzy houses driving around in malibu and the hollywood hills, but none of them compared to these compounds that were all gated and could only seen from the sky. we also flew really low, since it was such a small plane, sometimes even as close as 45 feet above the water...
the plane, "lusky," he's just a little guy
lauren on a plane
the santa monica pier, with new ferris wheel!
a view of the coast
a modern malibu mansion. britney spears perhaps?
the getty museum of art
another mansion...craziness
dodger stadium and downtown
oh the glorious los angeles freeways
downtown again
a smooth landing...
