For Halloween, the city shuts down a stretch of Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood for a huge block party type thing.

Much like SF used to do in the Castro.

It was happening only a few blocks from my place so I felt like I should walk over and check it out.

John took us out to Meltdown, a comic book (and nerd paraphernalia) shop on Sunset Blvd.

There was some kind of event for the magazine, Girls and Corpses going on at the place.

Awkward.

Drove out to Santa Monica for a few hours.

I always feel like I need to rush to the beach on warm days.

I'm still getting used to the fact that it is ALWAYS warm here.

We stumbled upon the premiere for Role Models after eating dinner in Westwood.

It was definitely C-list.

Seann William Scott is very attractive in person.

D claims he was wearing make-up.

We met another couple, Nate and Sarah, at Maureen's wedding.

We got some free tickets to Nate's band's show at the House of Blues.

I wasn't allowed to take pictures inside but I snapped this one on the iphone before the band came on.

Roses on Her Grave...check em.

My friend Maureen got married today.

It was beautiful and fun and touching and all of the other things that weddings are supposed to be.

I bought her a frying pan.

City Walk is a mall outside of Universal Studios.

I remember going there as a kid and thinking it was fantastic.

There are a couple interesting stores but mainly it is just over crowded and over priced.

If only the joy of watching this Rock Band competition had made up for the fact that I paid ten dollars just to park at this monstrosity.

We went to D's friend John's house so that D could act in a film John's roommate was making.

I spent the evening admiring John's amazing turn of the century Craftsman home.

I am so old.

We decided to be tourists and walk down Hollywood Blvd.

I think D was embarrassed to stop at the Chinese Theater but I made him stand there long enough to snap this picture of me with Marilyn's prints.

Grayson took D and I out for some delicious Polish food followed by drinks at a pub in Santa Monica.

You can see in his face that he is not yet accustomed to my constant (and annoying?) candid picture taking.

We went to the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood to see a one man show about Beethoven.

Free wine provided: good.

Couple in front of me falling asleep during performance and snoring loudly, probably after consuming free wine: not good.

It has been horribly hot here, and it's always about 10 degrees warmer in my apartment than it is outside.

Because I am currently unemployed and my apartment is an inferno, I take a lot of walks.

I hope to get a job soon so that I can afford something marvelous from Johnathon Arndt's Gallery of Jewels.

We've been checking out some of the popular spots in our area of the city.

I'm trying to get acquainted with everything.

We went to the Grove tonight.

It's essentially an outdoor mall, which isn't very exciting of course but there is a permanent farmers market area that is sort of unique. If I ever went there again, it would be for that.