Saturday evening after the rally we hung out with.... Raffi Meneshian who was visiting from Boston! Always fun. Gor, Natasha and Antovk were there and we sat at a diner/deli talking late into the night. Wednesday is the first get together of Abakah, a new Armenian arts group that we are going to check out.

So in today's Armenian news I read that it has been decided that the AGBU will organize the LA Armenian Genocide commemorations. There is now less than a month to go and they just decided this! The AGBU reports that they have sent invitations to all the politicians to speak. Booooring. What a shame. I know it is easy to sit here and criticize, but this is something that has bothered me my whole life. That LA, which has one of the biggest Armenian communities in the world, and is such a media savy city as well could generate massive publicity. Instead, even the local news usually ignores the gathering in a public park with politicians making speeches. Again I hope to hear that a Little Armenia march/protest is being planning in Hollywood again, and hope I can be there for it...

Two things I am looking forward to in April. The average high in April is 60f (vs 50 in March) and smoking will be banned pretty much everywhere, like in LA! Woohooo!