We must be getting old and boring because instead of finding something new, we went right back down to Figueroa Street to eat at the Pantry again. Instead of showing you yet another photo of the interior or exterior of that, here’s a building inside a building, so to speak.

Now the real reason we came to Los Angeles this weekend. We are here to see a movie, a 40-year-old movie. A restored 70mm print of Lawrence of Arabia is being shown here in the Cinerama Dome theater in honor of its anniversary. When Caroline and I met back in 1989, we quickly learned that we had similar tastes in movies, with both of us in love with films such as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Blade Runner, Dune, Polyester, Eraserhead, and, of course, Lawrence of Arabia. Looking back I have to wonder how much of an impact all of these movies made on us due to the amazing soundtracks.

Our screening wasn’t for a while, so we walked across the street towards Hollywood Blvd to visit the Hollywood Farmers Market. We picked up a couple of things and dropped them in the ice chest in our car on our way back to the theater. Notice the two signs on top of buildings in the background. The first for Scientology sits on the roof of the old Guaranty Bank building where Rudolph Valentino used to have an office; the church bought it four years ago. The other sign is a historic one for the Broadway department store in Hollywood, that building has been empty since 1987. By the way, Lawrence of Arabia is 3 hours 40 minutes long plus intermission so guess where we’ll be the rest of the afternoon.

The movie is over, and we are on our way back to Arizona. Our first stop was at Ten Ren’s Tea Time to try the Passion Fruit Mango Teazer; it is one of the most flavorful iced drinks we have ever tried.

Shakey’s Pizza because, as far as the West Coast goes, this is one of the best pizzas ever. What another great weekend living in the extraordinary instead of being boring.