Nathan, my son (@thegeo on ‘the Twitter’), flew in last night. Today, we drove all over the valley shopping – he was looking for some specific comic books and figures, and he ended up finding almost everything he was looking for.

And of course tomorrow is Aviva’s birthday so we went out tonight for her dinner to Angelini Osteria on Beverly.  Definitely not the most expensive Italian restaurant in LA but one that we feel has a flavor very much like eateries in Italy. Pictures of the dishes we had follow…

Aviva had the seafood ristotto

Aviva, the birthday girl!

Dolci for Aviva and I – Panna Cotta

I didn’t thnk there were any cherries left in LA

I had tortellini stuffed with veal shank in a Parmesiano sauce

Nathan finds gold, er, GI Joe figures

Nathan had the duck – It was nicely cooked and tasted wonderful

Nathan’s desert – Glass of marscapone, actually tiramiso w/ special cookie