Monster Jam part 6

We left the library and drove to the Staples center at 4:30, parked the car and I wondered what we would do til 6:00 when the entrance opened. Sometimes I do not give Mike enough credit for the thought he places into our adventures. After we walked around the L.A. Live area which was bustling with flashing big photograph billboards and lively music and had walked through the Marriott with its bars and dining Mike found a shaded lovely spot under the trees across from the Staples center. We sat and he pulled from his backpack two plastic cups and a thermos of ice and a mixed cocktail. I said what did you bring? And he said "I brought you your Spritz so you can pretend you're outside in Italy!" So there we sat and had our aperitivo before the doors opened. The late afternoon breezes blew and it was the sweetest moment of the day for me.