Finally--the peeps I live with. I was gonna put in the group picture we took on Thanksgiving...but it's kinda crappy...so here is another.
My review of Fredrik Backman's novel, My Friends
4 months ago
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Memory-making
After this year I will have a lot of memories at Kenneth Hahn State park. It is right next to the oil fields (it used to be part of the oil fields), and is one of the largest parks in LA and (in my view) has the best views of LA. Among the memories thus far: exploring it for the first time with my roommate Bryce, attending a controversial press conference there, evening hike with a man who was campaigning for county supervisor (and who ended up winning the position in Nov election), taking pictures with dad and linda, and the latest hike with Sierra Club:
The Saturday after Thanksgiving I went on a hike with Sierra club through the park near the oil fields that I've been working with (I promise--Pictures coming soon). They had about forty people on the hike. Besides almost totally forgetting about it and arriving a little late--it was a really great time of talking with people.
I spoke a lot with a lawyer who had been really involved with our Alliance. I hadn't seen him lately and was surprised to see him and his wife on the hike. I had been really intimidated by the husband when I first started at CHC because he was a lawyer and was kind of powerful in the group. But--whaddya know--it turns out they are such lovely people!! :)
I met a man who lives in more central LA, but biked all the way to this southwestern part of LA for the hike. And, he informed me, he bikes and takes public transportation EVERYWHERE (very hard to do in LA).
I met a docent at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens. Made a note to self to go visit.
I had an extended conversation with a woman and resident near the oil fields that I had only had brief conversations with up to that point. I noticed her accent, but finally found out she was originally from Turkey. I also found out she has a son who did his Ph.D. in something like Environmental Science. He studied deforestation in Oaxaca Mexico. So cooL!
I think hiking with Sierra Club is my new favorite thing.
The Saturday after Thanksgiving I went on a hike with Sierra club through the park near the oil fields that I've been working with (I promise--Pictures coming soon). They had about forty people on the hike. Besides almost totally forgetting about it and arriving a little late--it was a really great time of talking with people.
I spoke a lot with a lawyer who had been really involved with our Alliance. I hadn't seen him lately and was surprised to see him and his wife on the hike. I had been really intimidated by the husband when I first started at CHC because he was a lawyer and was kind of powerful in the group. But--whaddya know--it turns out they are such lovely people!! :)
I met a man who lives in more central LA, but biked all the way to this southwestern part of LA for the hike. And, he informed me, he bikes and takes public transportation EVERYWHERE (very hard to do in LA).
I met a docent at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens. Made a note to self to go visit.
I had an extended conversation with a woman and resident near the oil fields that I had only had brief conversations with up to that point. I noticed her accent, but finally found out she was originally from Turkey. I also found out she has a son who did his Ph.D. in something like Environmental Science. He studied deforestation in Oaxaca Mexico. So cooL!
I think hiking with Sierra Club is my new favorite thing.
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