My thanksgiving weekend started on Thanksgiving morning with a heaping helping of Beverly’s veal Parmesan. I had to leave in a hurry though to go home and prepare for the imminent of arrival of some special guests.

I picked up my parents at 6:30 from Bob Hope airport. They wanted to eat dinner, but our options were quite slim since it was thanksgiving evening. We ended up stopping at Mel’s Diner. Dad’s burger looked really good, but my salad was pretty bad. I wasn’t hungry after all the food Beverly had made earlier – but the waiter still took the salad off (mom’s) bill when I complained.

On Friday morning we were off to Will Rogers state park. After finding the proper trail we hiked to Inspiration point. It was a very foggy morning – but you could still see to westwood in the east and the ocean to the west.

We ate lunch at Monsoon Cafe(remember that place?). Everything was delicious – I managed to burn my tongue by chewing on a hot pepper in my orange glazed chicken.

After lunch we strolled a few blocks down to the beach. Mom didn’t take her shoes off and get wet this time.

We drove back to my place where dad watched Full Metal Jacket while mom cooked after we all made a grocery run to prepare for the feast to come on the morrow. Mom and Dad decided that they wanted to have pizza and beer for dinner. This gave me an excellent excuse to check out Valentino’s Pizza which was literally down the block. It turned out to be great pizza and within walking distance… and cheap too! I managed to turn my father on to the joys of Ranch sauce on pizza.