Snow cupcakes!

It was a cold, rainy weekend in Southern California, so naturally all shut down and nobody wanted to do anything. We channeled that lack of activity into the movies and just relaxing for once, so not much to report. However, I did get some holiday baking in on Sunday!

Hopefully everyone at the office likes them!

And hopefully they enjoy my sign

California Science Museum

It was time for another trip to beautiful Los Angeles this weekend...although it's colder there then it is in New Jersey right now. 

As usual, we start our journey off with food. A random Yelp search led us to the "best burger in LA"

Yes, it was very sketchy. Yes, it was in Compton which is not the best part of Los Angeles for two girls in a blue beetle to be. Yes, the burgers were absolutely delicious and worth it.

After filling up on what had to be over a pound of burger and fries and southern sweet tea, it was time to head over the California Science Center. Though we have been to LA numerous times, we have yet to explore any of its free museums 

There were many cool things to see. Sometimes we were as excited as the little kids, but what do you expect from a scientist and an engineer? 

The highlights included:

A tiny, self efficient house

Since its in LA it's probably $3000 a month to live in this box. 

There were lots of animals 

(I touched these!)

Lots of things to play with...

And the reason we went, the space shuttle Endeavor

It's hard to tell from this picture, but it was huge! It's one of 4 space shuttles on display. My friend Agata has now seen (and touched) 3 of the 4. It was a really cool sight to see.

After a long day of science, we needed to refuel. Luckily we found the greatest donut shop ever 

Don't worry I only ate one. The second is for breakfast tomorrow. 

The drive home was long and stressful. There was this off phenomenon called rain the whole way home

The fog through the mountains was really bad. Not an enjoyable way to end the day but we made it! And just in time too, about half an hour after we passed it there were some mudslides in the middle of the mountain pass. But by then we were safe at home! 

Topanga State Park

I am not going to post about thanksgiving because I'm lazy and most of the people who read this were with me.

Instead I'll get back to my California adventures. This weekends road trip we headed to the warm and sunny coast to Malibu, and Topanga State Park

The goal of the day was to find and hike to the top of Eagle rock 

Luckily it was a mere 2.5 miles hike there. The weather was a perfect 70 degrees and the sky was blue. The top of the rock was very windy but very cool

It was 2000 feet above the valley and there was plenty of cool stuff to look at. I liked all the graffiti on it

We hung out for a while on the rock, taking goofy pictures and getting a little relaxation in.

But we weren't satisfied with just that, so we hiked back the 2.5 miles...and then hiked 3 more miles to an overlook that looked over all of Los Angeles

Luckily it was a beautiful day and we could see all the way to long beach and out to Catalina island. We had someone who had just moved to California, so it was a good way to show him the overview of LA. 

After that was another 3 miles hike back to the car. Our legs were burning by the end. But it was worth it!

After some well deserved dinner, we went to downtown Santa Monica to check out the swanky stores 

And of course hang out the pier 

And rest our tired feet!!