Next on the agenda for quite possibly the busiest (and most fun) couple of months was a road trip down to LA.  Unlike the previous few trips where it was just me or me with another friend, this one consisted of six people!  We were to drive down in a fun filled caravan, but people’s work schedules and so forth derailed those plans last minute.  Regardless, we all made it down safe and sound, and other than the 1 hour traffic delay in the middle of nowhere, the drive wasn’t too bad.

We dropped our stuff off at Aaron’s as soon as we arrived and headed straight to our go-to Ktown bar, Gaam.  The place was packed as expected, but we surprisingly got a table for 10 in a matter of minutes.  We ordered enough drinks for 10 people, but the other half didn’t arrive for another 30 minutes or so… hence, we drank everything and ordered more.  Towards the end of the night we were joined by some more friends and we all  headed to Maitreya.  At Maitreya, we ran into the ktown cowboys actors and I couldn’t resist but take a picture with them.  We chatted for just a few moments and I wished them good luck on their future episodes.

On Saturday we headed to Father’s Kitchen for some burgers, and I guided Grace & Will around Torrance, Redondo Beach and the Friendship Bell in San Pedro.  It was nice to stop by home and drive around my home town, but the driving was exhausting.  Note to future self: don’t drive so much next time.

I recently learned that Janet Cha (now Shin) lives in LA, and Esther Ahn was also in town so we got together for some good Korean food.  Now that I think about it… we didn’t take any pictures together, bummer  I’m sure I had my camera with me, but I was probably too embarrassed to start taking pictures of food in front of her parents.  Regardless, we enjoyed awesome galbi & galbi jjim, and afterwards headed over for a tour of their condo nearby.  After hanging out there for a short time, Esther, her friend Jason, and I headed out to Gaam (two days in a row for me!), and then to Orange to meet up with the rest of the group.  Again, no pictures, bummer.

Sunday’s lunch was galbi tang, completing the tri-fecta of galbi within a matter of hours for me.  Dson and Koun joined us this time!  After grabbing a quick dessert at ice kiss, we were headed back for SF.  Again, I think all the driving on Saturday took a toll and made the trip feel very… tiring.  To commemorate the trip, I made a quick video to recap the weekend.  Here it is: