Sunday - Cashless and in the Park

Kris had to work today and Gretchen had intentions of a grand day with Leif...but it didn't exactly go as planned.

You see, Gretchen recently suffered from a bout of identity theft whereupon a thief attempted to pay for thousands of dollars of traffic citations and a new T-mobile account with her debit card number. Thankfully the thief only got away with $850, of which Gretchen's bank "finally" returned to her bank account (it took 9 days).  The bank issued a new debit card to Gretchen....

but-low-and- behold, after a 2.5 mile hike to the Beverly Hills farmer market and an attempt to get cash from an ATM, Gretchen learned that her PIN number was no good, and therefore could not get cash on a Sunday.  So we stopped at PinkBerry for some nerve-soothing frozen yogurt - at least they accept credit cards!  

Gretchen and Leif then strolled to the Bastille Day celebration in West Hollywood (tack on another mile) to partake in French food and music.  Unfortunately, the French don't accept checks for the $5 entrance fee from Vikings or Scandinavians.  So what's a mom to do when cashless and in the park?  Introduce Leif to the wonderful world of grass and dirt!  Needless to say, Leif doesn't need much to be entertained and he thoroughly enjoyed himself.  

On the way home we ran into Linda, Rodrigo, and Valentina which got a big smile from Leif.