5/2 Arriving at Jane's Birthday Bash

 Liz and I decided to get to Pasadena and have lunch before checking into our “boutique hotel”. We left West L.A. at 1pm to beat the traffic. It still took us an hour to get here.  We wandered into Old Town and chose a Chinese Hot Pot.  We had a chicken broth and a medium hot broth.  My mouth is still recovering.

We had the meatball combo (beef tendons, beef and cilantro, and squid) the tofu combo (some slices, some cubed with skins, and some which looked like really wide noodles) and the veggie combo, (lettuce, bok choy, Napa cabbage). We cooked and ate and then walked back to the hotel. 

The Hotel Dena was the Sheraton the last time I was here.  The only change I see is some really bad artwork which looks like some one spray painted graffiti on it.

We read for awhile before going to a cocktail party across the street. 

No one was in regency wear yet.  We had wine and nibbles and are now back in our room relaxing and reading until bedtime.