Henry* was back in town. You may recall him as being my old friend who I met when I was 12 in Asia and have since seen every 5 years in different countries. Its always a random connection. I woke up early to go and meet him down at the beach by his hotel and grab a bite to eat. We went to a great coffee shop called Cora's. I used to frequent it, but haven't been for nearly a year. It was great to see all the staff. Particularly one guy, Scottie*, who always makes me smile and is so full of happiness, it makes your heart burst. I ate a burrata caprese omelet and shared a berry banana power smoothie with Henry. He had been for a run before our meeting! Obviously he is more of a proper person than me. I was struggling to make the 7.30am wake up. Henry had been up to Napa and San Francisco the weekend before and seemed to have had the most wonderful time. He was on his way back to Tokyo, where he lived, and about to embark on a new job. I was still in LA where I lived and about to embark on the journey of 'how to get a job'. AGAIN. I'm lucky that I have such great friends who take me out for breakfast. I asked Scottie if he was still working at the more upmarket version of Cora's and he said he was.
"Is it full of celebrities?" I asked him.
"Oh, yes" he said. "All the time... But you are a celebrity! We've seen your films." "Hmm, not really", I said.
At the end of breakfast, Scottie and some of the other staff wanted to take pictures with me. Henry* was running late so we had to be quick. I thought all of this was pretty funny. They probably wanted to commemorate the fact that it was a year since my last visit. Maybe I was a proper person after all, or at least able to pull the wool over some people's eyes. I've always liked Abraham Lincoln's quote; "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."

Yesterday, after eating lunch with them, I took my Aunt and her boyfriend around the fabulous Getty Villa museum in Malibu. What an amazing building. We spent a few hours looking at artifacts. Jewellery and pottery and even dead bodies. It is funny what we decide to put behind glass and admire. I love thinking about the person who made the object and the fact that this item has survived them. The civility the Roman and Greek cultures had, astounds me. Their workmanship is of the highest quality and they had such an appreciation for beauty. I'm not sure if that same appreciation is cultivated here. There are too many plastic things and not enough 'one off' items.

I finished off my day at miracle class. Pretty lovely day really.