to blog or not to blog ...

one may ask.. why do you blog?



entertainment

knowledge



.. reflection
when i am at my bloggin' best.. i think it gives me a good chance for reflection upon my current life, my goals, feelings.. put things into a good perspective.. sort out the next chapter, week, day... For me at least.. as a typical Aries ram... it is a handy tool. Moving forward whether through a beautiful clear smoth day or through major obsticals.. is what i do... and doesn't usually present much of a problem.. However am i moving forward to the right place?.. i'm often just moving.. so perhaps i will blog & reflect a bit more often. (note- i would say my bloggin' best does not represent my usual blog)

so... Why do u blog?

Painted canyon, ladder trail hike

Last weekend i hit up Palm Springs with the fam. My parents are visiting. My dad booked us a delux room at the Miracle Hot Springs resort in desert hot springs. Many relaxing hot springs pools :) . Saturday we headed to Indio for a little hike i found in my new book of hikes in the Palm springs area ( anyone up for hiking ;) )...

Painted Box Spring/ladder trail looked very interesting. I did read the description to my mom first, for prior approval, had another picked out just in case. but she seemed not to notice. "Let's do it!".. she said.

After a bit of a drive and some off roading on the dirt road up to the trail we finally made it. An older guy talked to my mom for a bit, info on the trail. I think he reassured her about the ladders though it was odd, since he turned back from doing the hike because his dog couldn't make it up the ladders.

A have to highly recommend this hike! Very interesting .. walking through small crevass on little mountains over the fault line. With the ladders and the snug areas at part.. not necessarily for the squeamish or claustraphobic though. 3-4 hours but not too demanding either, very little altitude gain.

Mom did a great job at the ladders and made it through! You could see the Salton Sea from the view from the top, my first glimpse of it.

One of the last ladders.... this one you took down... try to precariously place yourself on that!

indian food.. mmmm

an ole' college friend was in town and we did a little catch up last night. I haven't seen her since back at school.. how long was that.. hmm... let's see i graduated around.. '00 ;) ...

anyway, she hasn't seen much of LA and i've been wanting to check out different areas so we walked around Los Feliz. A couple of very cute clothes shops! plus... A huge bookstore, didn't go in but i will be back. And a very cute & good Indian Restaurant. We wound up eating there if you didn't guess. The Electric Lotus, added to the HotMap!

The food was very good. We ate outside, but the inside was super super cute decor. I want/need to go back! It happened to be Monday night we were there so not crowded at all. Though I noticed the reviews when i added it to the hotmap and they mentioned it does get quite busy.. so be prepared.

Best of all .. next time i take the subway!! Red line - Vermont and Sunset blvd, baby