  Sunday was interesting, Kim and I headed west on the 10 and missed the Fairfax exit. Not a big deal but a usual me kinda thing to do. Following one more wrong turn we parked at urlLink the Grove (btw-their website is a useless waste of time and bandwidth).
I'd never seen a parking structure before that told me exactly how many spaces were left on each floor, but this one did. I'd hate to drive in and find out that only one space remained in the entire structure on level four, how in the world would I find it? Could I be certain it existed? Quandary left behind, we took the stairs down several floors. My first impression, as the double Decker trolley passed us by, was a distinct " urlLink Disneyland - Main Street USA " feeling.
However, the kids and parents in T-shirts holding Disneyland merchandise bags were replaced with an interesting mix of people. At one end of the Grove we found urlLink the Original Farmers Market , having been there many times as a kid it was neat to see it intact despite the neighboring development. Somehow I doubt the Grove would be worth anything without the farmers market. Farmer's Market has a long Los Angeles history, including one tidbit that peaks my interest, according to urlLink an internet source , Walt Disney sat at a Farmers Market table while he designed Disneyland. Knowing a little bit about municipal government makes curious about the Grove development history as it relates to the Farmers Market, but some quick searches didn't turn anything up.
We actually didn't stay too long, I was very paranoid about failing to find any deodorant in the morning. Whether my perception of my perspiration and potential for BO was accurate or not didn't matter, I was distraught nonetheless. After fruitlessly searching for a urlLink Bath &amp; Body Works (which Kim swore was there but it wasn't listed on the directory! ) we headed across the street to urlLink Kmart . Once there we picked up deodorant, water and gum. It was at that point that Kim got a call from Amy, who needed some coffee time alone with Kim. Since we'd seen the sights we headed home. While heading through the Grove toward the car we spotted the elusive Bath and Body Works took a picture of Kim at the koi pond (middle picture above) and went to the car.
If we'd had time, a quick walk over to the urlLink Tar Pits would have finished things off nicely (hey, who'd notice BO over there anyway?). Plus it might have shed some light on the various "methane" alarms found throughout the grove for Kim, who couldn't seem to remember seeing them. Now how could you notice Bath and Body, but not notice methane alarms? 
