The City of Angels

This past weekend, Shahrzad and I attended the Wedding ceremony of Amir, my cousin, and Francesca. There were two ceremonies: a glorious Baha'i celebration followed by the Catholic wedding that was held at the Saint Monica Parrish in Santa Monica, California. We were impressed that the priest welcomed this union and even quoted from the writings of Baha'u'llah during his speech. Following the ceremony, we were again impressed at the reception that even though the bride's family was of Italian Catholic background, out of respect for the Baha'is, they agreed that no Alcohol would be served.

We found the greater Los Angeles area to be a maze of many twisted highways overly filled with cars, trucks, and bikes. It is not unusual in LA to be in traffic for over an hour for a destination eight miles away. We started to miss "Charlottesville traffic" once we found ourselves in the midst of cars in LA.

Attached you may find some pictures of our trip to the "City of Angels," Los Angeles!