Yesterday was an interesting adventure.  Before I get too far in this...I HAVE THE BEST SISTER EVER! LOL

The day started early for me....had room service breakfast and did my school work before we were off...to Los Angeles.  We told Grandma that we were going to check out our grandfather's grave...which was an adventure from hell...because we were told the wrong cemetery!  I sort of knew this in advance and told Laurie about this...but grandma was certain Mount of Olives was the correct cemetery.  It wasn't.  In the end it was Mount Carmel.  Which ironically enough was only like 2 miles from Mount of Olives!  So in between we had panicked my uncle and grandmother because it wasnt the right cemetery...having him hunt for her paperwork (since she has a plot next to him) and by the time we get there...the cemetery is CLOSED.  FUCK!  Park Lawn Cemetery, next door (or as my sister called it the Gentile Cemetery) was open til 6pm.  The Jewish Cemetery closed at 3!  But at least we confirmed that is where he is at.  So all is well.  By now it's about 4 pm....well after 4 and we were deciding to head back..either to do dinner with grandma or something...but my sister had the BEST IDEA ever!!!...since we were in LA we would see about trying to hunt for Goldstar Beer!!!!  Did I say she was the best sister ever...yes I did! LOL

So we spent the next 4 plus hours going through the Jewish communities in Los Angeles - getting lost in LA is always an interesting adventure...it just sucks when traffic makes a 20 min ride to a 1 hour drive.  We call Kearns Kosher Market near Wilshire and they confirm...they have Goldstar...so we are off to Beverly Hills/Wilshire and West Hollywood.  Takes us over an hour to get there.  And they fucking lied to us! They had Israeli Beer...but it wasn't goldstar!  FUCK  No it was a non-alocholic version called Maltstar! Geez...so a couple of people told us to try this Kosher Market in La Brea just off of Wilshire...and well parking was a bitch (luckly my sister drove the entire time).  We find the market and they have LOTS of wine...but no Goldstar.  By this time its about oh...6 pm and we were both beat.  And wanted to just get to the hotel.   It took almost 3 freaking hours to get from LA to San Bernardino!  Traffic was insane.  I am so glad I don't live in California anymore - well at least near LA!  Keep in mind LA to San Bernardino is 1 freeway (the 10) and only about 45 maybe 50 miles..so it normally would take under an hour...if one was going normal speed. 

So last night we get in to San Bernadino - stop off at Mimi's cafe....and then head back to the hotel.  I check on my classes and crash.

Oh my sister just kept freaking out because when we were in Pasadena we went to her FAVORITE restaurant - the Hat.  We both shared a french fry and we both got their famous pastrami cheese burger...she inhaled hers.but I never opened mine! LOL  She totally ripped into me for not even taking a bite out of it...it was just way too funny!!!!

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