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Ya'll, I am back from the best trip to L.A. ever. EVER. Seriously, it went way beyond mere awesomeness. For starters, I got to see mikijean, tlbelle, bgirlla, ja_is_my_muse, and kelbelle and had a fabulous time hanging out with all of them and some of their friends.

On Friday night we went to The Office panel at the Paley Festival, which was awesome. And then after the panel, I GOT TO GO ON THE BONES SET. For real, ya'll. Someone we were with is friends with someone who works on the show and he invited her to bring two friends to the set and she was sweet enough to include me. I promise to post more details later for the Bones fans on my flist, but we got to see the whole set and watched them film a scene with Angela, Zack and Cam and we were introduced to Hart Hanson and Tony Wharmby and Michaela Conlin who were all incredibly sweet and friendly. My heart still skips a beat whenever I think about it.

Okay, that's all I have time for now. Must get kid ready for school.

Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind, on the road to Shambala

Here follows my recap of the Best Trip to L.A. Ever. Featuring famous knitting stores, cake, dead bodies, and Brian Baumgartner (times two!).

austin360 and I arrived at LAX Thursday afternoon, found mikijean and checked into our hotel. Then we spent a delightful evening with tlbelle, bgirlla, and ja_is_my_muse, full of catching up, knitting and dinner at Versailles (mmmmCubanfood).

Friday morning we all met up for a late breakfast/lunch at an adorable little place near Beverly Hills. While we were there, Rachel Nichols walked in and we spent a few minutes trying to remember what shows we'd all seen her on. Then, a few minutes later, Brian Baumgartner arrived and sat down at a table near us, which was a weird coincidence because we were going to be seeing him at the Paley Festival later that night. We also spotted Janine Turner walking by with bright red hair, so already we were off to a terrific start at celebrity bingo.

( Yarn! )

After that we chilled and knit for a while until it was time to head out for dinner. We decided to eat at the Farmer's Market at The Grove, and on the way to meet up with the others we're pretty sure we walked by Ashlee Simpson and her new nose. And then when we did meet up with the others they said we'd just missed Eric Millegan, which was another totally weird coincidence because some of us were going to be seeing him again later on the Bones set that night. It's like fate! Also, I had some truly fantastic crepes for dinner. Seriously, I haven't had crepes this good since I was in Paris.

( The Office! )

( Bones! )

( Other fun stuff )