Silly String

I saw this amazing sign on Sunset just west of Vine. There were a few of them around this area notifying citizens of the illegality of silly string. I just can’t believe the city of Los Angeles actually had to print and post signs about silly string.

Halloween was fairly uneventful, just as I predicted. We went to a movie at the Arclight and had dinner at the best Thai place in LA, Jitlada. My food was so spicy I could barely eat it (it actually made me a little dizzy) but I still love the place.

While we were out I was reminded of another one of the sad facts of life when you live in a large city. The kids can’t really trick or treat! I completely forgot about this until I saw a swarm of children dressed up trick or treating to the local markets and restaurants. How sad is that…you take your children walking up and down the sketchiest part of Sunset Boulevard to collect candy from Janice’s Mini Mart and El Pollo Loco. They did this in New York too but for some reason it wasn’t as sad to me…seeing as the entire downstairs portion of the city is made up of businesses. This is just yet another reason to not raise children in the middle of the city. Or, if you’re going to do it, at least have the sense to drive them to a local rich neighborhood with houses! Come on people.

The aftermath of Halloween was very evident on Sunday morning as these same kids obviously ate candy and dropped the wrappers as they walked down the street. Wrappers everywhere and Clem tried to lick every single one of them.