I LOVE L.A.! My Thanksgiving Thanks

This year there are so many things to be thankful for: My family. Great friends. Fun adventures. Funny moments. The amazing people I meet every day in LA.

Some of my favorite things this year: Watching President Obama's inauguration on TV and crying all over again, attending the final shows at World of Wonder Gallery with Santino Rice, catching fish in Dana Point for Someone Cares soup kitchen, seeing the Silversun Pickups at Kidrockers, learning about web TV at the Tubefilter meet ups, visiting the set of Community at Paramount, kayaking in Santa Barbara, playing Wii Fit Plus at E3, eating burgers at Golden State, having dinner at Fraiche with Fooddigger, seeing Dengue Fever and Grace Jones at the Hollywood Bowl, drinking cocktails at the Roger Room, seeing No Doubt at the Gibson with my daughter, hanging out with Lenora Claire and Kit Scarbo at opening night of Three Apples 35 Years of Hello Kitty at Royal/T, having lunch with Chef Celestino Drago and hearing stories about his childhood in Sicily, meeting Shag at the Corey Helford Gallery, hearing stories about Chef Stefan Richter's Taco Bell tree, taking my students at the Virginia Avenue Project to see Kooza, interviewing Oscar the Grouch, and covering stories with the amazing writers of LAist!