LA

Doug left Tuesday morning for a board meeting in Los Angeles.  He had never been to California before and was interested in what West Hollywood and Beverly Hills would be like.  He was happy with the places that they chose to eat at, but didn't like the traffic.  He said that it took fifteen minutes to drive a mile.  Thankfully, they didn't have to travel too much.  The first night he and the sales manager walked to a craft brewery and really enjoyed it.  Yesterday after their daylong board meeting they had short drive to dinner at Wolf Gang Puck's original restaurant, Spago.  He had the salmon and thought it was delicious.

Doug did take a little ribbing from the board.  He had decided that he needed to leave three hours early for his 7 a.m. flight this morning even though the hotel was only fifteen miles away.  They didn't actually call him a country bumpkin, but I was pretty sure that they thought it.  The biggest difference that Doug noticed between our life and that in LA besides the congestion was the size of the homes.  Most were extremely small, around twelve hundred square feet.  Although well maintained, the price tag was ridiculous at a million dollars.  He said that it was strange to see a Rolls Royce parked outside of such a small home.

It was nice to have Doug back this evening.  I appreciated catching up after three days without him.  I was very glad to hear that the board meeting went well.  That was the most important part.  He doesn't have to travel again until May when they will meet in Arizona.  He has definitely gotten to travel to some nice places since he started at Champion.  Maybe one day I'll go with him.