In the end, I think I realized that being a vegetarian for 30 days (give or take) was not bad at all, but actually pretty great.

• I felt better.
• I cooked more.
• I thought about what I ate.
• I explored LA from a different angle.

I think those statements are helped by being in Los Angeles, a place where a number of restaurants provide you with vegetarian alternatives and plenty of places where it’s also their specialty.

Most of all, I have also accumulated a ton of photographic evidence that a vegetarian diet can be a beautiful and delicious experience!  See slideshow below or click here for my Flickr set.

For any interested parties (who don’t follow me on Twitter), my first non-veggie meal after this adventure was a rib eye steak from Morton’s (I had to keep up with the superb level of my vegetarian diet).

But seriously, I kind of like this veggie diet, so I think I’ll keep it (for the most part).

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Pictured: Beet Salad.  The Farm of Beverly Hills – Downtown LA.

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I highly recommend the movie for any video game geek and/or nerd – which is obvious – but ultimately it’s just a great, funny story that I might recommend to just anyone.

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So here it is – “Magic”.  Let me know if you think I should put it up on my MySpace or if you think this should be on my upcoming Guitar EP.  For now, you can stream it here:

Subway Terminal in Washington DC (They all look the same)

Have you ever had one of those days that ended the way it began – at least it feels like it? I totally had one of those days today, except I began on one coast (taking the subway and the bus) and ended up on the other coast in a similar way (taking the bus then the subway).

Per my LAX Flyaway post this morning, I began my day with the Red Line and a Flyaway bus to the airport (subway, bus). I ended my trip with a bus (5A) from Dulles Airport. There are other vehicles from the airport, but this was the one I was told to take and it’s pretty handy. I was supposed to meet my sister at Rosslyn Station, but got really confused (the driver switched the name over only when we arrived) so I ended up at L’Enfant Plaza. But this wasn’t all bad.

I crossed over the Potomac River, which totally made up for being lost, because honestly – as dorky as it sounds – I was pretty excited.  It’s a place/phrase, I grew up learning about without a true sense of place/space.  It was even better than the time I saw out into the Mississippi – ok, maybe about even.

And I ended up having to take the subway on my own.  Well I didn’t have to because apparently I could have met up with my sister at L’Enfant, but her message didn’t get to me.  So I learned all by myself that I could get to the Smithsonian and to the National Mall.

I have to say I totally approve of the subway system in Washington DC…so far.  I mean, I’ve only used it twice.  The system is fairly intuitive.  What I was really confused about, however, was the purchasing of the fares.  But where there is direction and money – there is always complication.  I think I’m in the perfect place for that stated revelation.

Tomorrow: Monuments and Museums of DC.  Weather?  Cloudy with a slight chance of rain. :-/