Episode CXXXVII: Two Trips West

I just completed TWO (2!) separate trips to SoCal in the span of one month. Trip 1 was a wedding trip. I arrived in time to see my cousin Lindsay get married:

And I stayed long enough to see my brother get married:

 Kyle, Chris and I threw Brian a bachelor party the night before the wedding. Here's a video recap in case you missed it:

This was Brian's Bachelor Party.
Posted by Adam N on Sunday, June 21, 2015

Both weddings were lovely, and it was also nice to see so many family and friends at both events. In between those weddings, we piddled around SoCal a bit. Notably, members of the Norris family took a trip to Santa Cruz island, where we went hiking and snorkeling.

[Kyle and a gratuitously large Steller Sea Lion]

This is a particularly notable event in Meg’s life, because she is deathly afraid of ocean-dwelling creatures, especially whales, sharks, rays and all other ocean-dwelling creatures. But she was game! She even went out and did some snorkeling with us…

[Or should I say, she “did some snorkeling”]

My second trip to SoCal was for the 20^th International C. elegans Scientific Conference held at UCLA. It was a good meeting, I met a lot of folks and learned a lot. I also had the opportunity to have some fun, including a break-in to the Bel Air Country Club and a visit to a local Top Chef restaurant.

[Fitting in in Bel Air]

[Dining at Craft]

I went through quite a few hairstyles last month, due to various wedding requirements in conjunction with my traditional semi-annual haircut. Below you can track my evolution from wolf to man.