Day 24: Los Angeles, CA

We got to sleep in little, and Arielle cooked French toast for breakfast for everyone before heading out with her mom for the afternoon to run a few errands at the mall. They went into See’s Candies for a free sample and walked along the entire counter before accepting the samples. When they turned around to leave, they saw a shiny 2017 penny sitting on the counter, and could not have been more certain that it wasn’t there seconds earlier. Arielle and Brenda believed that this was just another sign that Arielle’s grandmother, who passed away in 2017, was looking out for them.

They returned to join the boys for a late lunch of kosher BLT sandwiches, made with beef fry instead of bacon. We left around 3:50pm to drive to Beverly Hills to attend an advance press screening of Operation Finale at the Rodeo Screening Room. Thanks to 42West for allowing us all to attend! The film, which stars Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann and Oscar Isaac as the Israeli operative sent to retrieve him from Argentina and bring him to Israel to stand trial, was great, and you can find a full review over at MoviesWithAbe.com.

We finished off the night with dinner at Lamonica’s NY Pizza, Arielle’s top pick for pizza on both coasts which is made spectacular by their shipping in of dough made with New York water (they also make the dough for Costco pizza everywhere). We returned home to pack once again, this time bringing with us just a suitcase and a backpack apiece for our next big adventure.

Approximate number of miles covered: 13