I flew out of RIC on Monday, August 6, 2012.  Into Dallas fort worth and finally to LAX.  Howard had arrived shortly before me, from  Chicago, and was able to get the rental car.  The hook up at lax was flawless. I  think that airport was just so easy to navigate.  Even when I had to drive back to the airport and pick up his so, I did it with relative ease.

The ABA antitrust section had their post annual meeting. Conference at the Terreana
 resort in Palos Verdes.  What a beautiful location. The weather was perfect.  The dinners were amazing. The Fox sports cast team were there, as well which included Jimmy Johnson,  howie long, Troy Aiken, terry bradshaw, Erin Andrews mike something ... Anyway, a lot of sports enthusiasts lawyers were in seventh heaven all week long.  Including Howard and Andy. They were hysterical.  Men and their sports.  I met some wonderful people along the way.  Howard begins his term as vice chair for the anti trust section of the ABA. Then in 2013, he is chair elect , then in 2014 he will be the chair.

The big dinner was held in the port of LA on the Queen Mary.  Totally unbelievable. They pulled out all the stops for this one.  

I climbed the bluffs, kayaked, whale watched. Then we drove to Santa Monica and spent a couple days there before flying home.  We biked 20miles from Santa Monica to the beach below LAX.  Venice beach...  Strange people.  I was surprised at all the sidewalk preachers, indigents and generally laissez fIre attitudes. Also the pot doctors on every corner and the smell of pot was disgusting.  Maybe if I were in my 20's I'd have been impressed but today it just seems really sad.