1. Today was the last of my recent round of store visits, to the Little Tokyo store. Since I didn't need to go to any other stores in addition, and was just planning to work from home in the afternoon, I decided to take the train instead of driving. In good traffic (which I would have had based on the time of day), it would be about half an hour or so by car, and the train trip is 45 minutes, so it's not significantly longer (and during rush hour can be as much as half the time), and there's now a station right in the heart of Little Tokyo, so it's just a couple blocks' walk to the store. I got my mid day walk in that way, and was able to stop and get lunch while I was down there as well. The Korean corn dog place is still there, so that was lunch, and Carla had stopped at Beard Papa when she was out doing stuff and sent me a picture of their new sakura matcha cream puff, so I stopped at the Beard Papa in Little Tokyo to get one of those before heading back as well. And bonus, even though the train only cost me $1.75 each way, I'm submitting my mileage reimbursement for work as if I'd driven. :p
2. I have to wear insoles with my shoes or I get terrible foot pain, but for some reason the ones I have can be very squeaky. I tried some of the tips for making insoles stop squeaking, but it didn't work, so I ordered a different brand ones, which I found on some hiking website as like the best of the best, and they came today and do not squeak! The fit is honestly not quite as good as the ones I usually get, but I also just wore them for a little over a mile walk this evening, so I'm hoping that I can break them in a bit more before our trip.
3. Look at these calico beans of Chloe's!
