Good bye Arizona

Good bye Arizona

The day finally came, DevilGirl and I left Arizona yesterday never to return... or at least not for 365 days. We made it into LAX quickly and took a super shuttle to our hotel, “Stay”. It is a darling Hostel/Boutique Hotel hybrid in a part of LA that is undergoing a renaissance.
We are in a private room which is pretty basic but still very nice other than this fact. The only “bad” thing (which I do not mind) is we have to share the bathrooms with the rest of the floors (it is dormitory style). So far Id recommend Stay! For dinner we walked down the road a bit and found a nice Shish Kabob place on the corner of  Main and 3rd Street in Downtown LA. The owner was very nice and made us falafel that was the size of our palms, he said he made them extra big because he respects teachers. On the way we just had to stop   at “BIGMANbakes” a delightful cupcake cafe. Much better than Sprinkles, which is what I am used to in Arizona.
Today I could not sleep, I work up at like 5 am local time and just laid in bed and listened to some loud drunks in the alley. After awhile I got DevilGirl up and we got to the subway. Took it to the KoreaTown and has yummy steel cut oatmeal at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.  While we waited for the Consulate to open we discussed how we were and how excited we are to go to Korea. When the Consulate finally opened we quickly took care of our business and came back to the hotel. We were done before 10! Tomorrow we have to pick up our visas at 10 so DevilGirl says she is going to force me to stay up late. Don't know if it will work, the TV in our room has this bright light on it that glows. I think it looks like the Eye of Sauron. Yeah I am a nerd. Later we went to the La Brea Tar Pits, which was really sweet.  Saw “Pit 91” an actual “pit” of tar with the bones of Dire Wolves and Saber Tooth tigers Sticking out of it. Pretty sweet.  After that we went to a museum that had an exhibit on the history of Tarot cards and a other exhibit on textiles from central asia – you know the “stans”; Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, ect. They had a video that i found especially interesting on yurts; which are like teepees on steroids. Cool stuff.  Tomorrow we get our passport with visas and head to Korea!