on the way back to the airport, manni had to spend some time in l.a. teeeny tiny downtown area. . .manni does not care too much for suburban sprawl, and l.a. is 99.8% sprawl. . .it was getting to manni, so he had to spend a little time in the nice urbanesque mini-downtown of the city of angels to calm his nerves before catching the red-eye (and i do mean red) to dc. . .
