Back

I just got back from my first vacation in 3 1/2 years.  I’ve travelled a lot in that time, but it was always for work or weddings.  This was my first trip to just relax and hang out.  And of all places, I went to New York.  It is a different experience to just hang out and walk around and enjoy the city in the summer.  It was great.  I had a really nice reunion with old friends downtown, but for the most part I just kept it pretty mellow.  I also got to go out to the Hamptons for the first time. That place is pretty nuts - it is a very strange intersection of beauty and serenity with immense wealth and materialism.  Again, true to my nature, I kept it mellow and just did a lot of bike riding and swimming and hanging out and eating.  It was absolutely lovely.

Unbeknownst to most, I was eating vegan for the last six weeks. But to the delight of some, my veganism was brought to its knees in New York, although I did get to eat at the delicious Candle 79, which I highly recommend.  Now I am a vegetarian who eats fish if you are looking for labels I guess I am officially a pescatarian, but again we’ll see how long this one lasts.

Good to be back in Los Angeles.  Though it was only a week I feel very refreshed and ready to get down to business. I strongly recommend vacations.  I need to take more of them more often.