Summer

Los Angeles Union Station

Summer is here. The weather in the past few days has been nice. Los Angeles usually gets hit with a heat wave during this time of year. When Summer arrived last month that's actually what we got.

I usually don't go into downtown that much and especially in the evening. My friend invited me to a free concert at Grand Performances (the venue is in the middle of a corporate plaza). Tonight's show was a tribute to Nina Simone. (It would have been her 80th birthday). Before we got there we took a detour to Union Station (the kids needed to use the restroom). I love Union Station. You feel like you're in a different time period. We then continued on our way to the venue. We got there half an hour before the show started so we ended up sitting at the top of the terrace. It was a nice casual atmosphere. Everyone brought food and drinks. Those who sat on the floor brought a blanket to sit on (the one thing we didn't think to bring. Not that it was necessary).

My friend brought her kids so we ended up leaving early--too many people and no room for them to run around. Still a great night. The weather was perfect, there was plenty of food, and the music was great, too.