I took a little trip down to LA last weekend to take care of some personal business and also pay a good friend a long overdue visit. B and I booked our flights on Virgin America and we had no idea what we were in store for, at least I didn't. Let's just say the experience was interesting. And by experience, I'm speaking of the ambiance and not the service. The service was great (despite the delay on our outbound flight due to the poor design of the SFO runways (any hint of fog or rain will delay almost every flight). So we're on the jetway waiting to board and we see some odd lighting. Once we get into the plane, we encounter pink and purple lights illuminating the cabin.

I described it as Austin Powers and B described it as Miami Vice. Either way, this wasn't your every day plane. Each seat comes with it's own tv, equipped with satellite tv, movies, premier tv shows, music and music videos (only artists representing the Virgin label, of course). This was a great way to catch up on a lot of things I don't have time for during the week.

Music videos

Politics

Gossip: Did you know that Mary J spells her name differently now?
I don't think she's aware of that either!

You're also able to play games and text from seat to seat, given that your friend may be sitting far away from you. It was kind of pointless for B and I to text since we were right next to each other.

And did you notice, the back of the seats aren't that plain, boring old, matte plastic like all the other airplanes. It's shiny white plastic! AND, the one cool thing I liked, there's a cup holder on the OUTSIDE of your tray table, so you don't have to always have it down in order to enjoy a drink. The downside, it doesn't fit the mini water bottles they give you during the flight. Boo!

Needless to say, this is a pretty hip airline. But you still haven't seen nothing yet. Peep the Emergency procedure card.

Click through to see it in its full glory

Now I don't know about you, but those are some of the hippest people I've ever seen demonstrate, er, illustrate how to conduct yourself during an emergency on the plane. Maybe I should invest in more tank tops and hip slung pants and buy B that trucker cap he's never wanted, because, heck, I'll be darned if an illustration looks cooler than me!

Anyways, despite me feeling uncool after riding on the Virgin, I was still able to take care of everything I needed to and also have lunch with these two ladies.

Mari, Lori, and I (oh, and B also), met up for lunch in Costa Mesa. We had the BEST ramen ever from Santouka in the Mitsuwa food court.

If the only ramen you know comes in a package, you have no idea what you're missing.

We ate, chatted and had a blast! And if it weren't for B, we wouldn't have had an proof of the meet up. Does that happen to any of the rest of you? You're so into taking photos of anything crafty but the moment you find yourself in a crafty meet-up it's like, "What? Camera? Photos? Huh? What's that?" I guess I just get so engrossed in the actual meet-up itself and talking and getting to know people, it just slips my mind!

Oh, and if you're in need of pest control products while you're at Mitsuwa, remember, it's in Aisle 5A.

And the best part about my trip was being able to spend time with my friend and her family. We haven't seen them in close to a year and a half. A year and a half is decades in kids years! This was the first time I would have interacted with her first born since he barely started uttering words and now he's speaking in full on sentences and knows how to play pretend! And this was the first time I got to meet her second born, all cute with his chubby cheeks, sausage thighs and firm belly. The bonus from this visit, I got to see a quilt in action.

Remember me?

I think I love babies as much as I love making quilts for babies. So proceed with your baby making. Just be aware that if your quilt is late, it's not due to lack of love. I just don't want to be naked in Brazil.