Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Thanksgiving in LA
After our hello – you’d think we hadn’t seen each other in several weeks instead of just one – we went to dinner with a few more friends, plus Jan’s amazing brother, Lloyd, and his lovely wife, Janet, who had just turned 70, but appears to have boundless energy. I stayed at their place the first night there.
Thursday and Saturday Thanksgiving dinners – the first at her Mom’s place, where I stayed the next two nights, and the second at Lloyd’s - sandwiched another visit to a restaurant. We were treated by Jan’s 91 year old mother, who is feisty and funny and like no other person of her age I’ve ever met. Except perhaps for her 92 year old boyfriend who takes stairs better than most 70 year olds, drives like an old fashioned New York Cabbie (the modern variety just aren’t the same) and has a whip smart mind.
Between running and relaxing, Jan and I were inseperable and had a magical time together. The trip to LA was almost an incidental part of the entire journey.
My 3 and a bit days, unsurprisingly, went way too fast. We are already talking about our next visit there. I feel I have new family. And anyone wondering about Jan and I based upon things I have written should know that we are every bit as serious as you were probably suspecting. I don’t say this lightly, but this is the real deal, folks!