Los Angeles flew by in a blur of bright lights and not enough sleep and bad-for-you-but-oh-so-good food and seeing friends and doing work and always going, going going.

And the Sunset Strip at 2 a.m. is a giant fluttering neon beast of kinetic energy and flash and trash and shiny, expensive cars shaking the earth with gut-churning bass beats.

And highlights included: Nice people. Bright sunshine. Seeing Mayor of The Sunset Strip with Michelle and Dan. Breakfast with Karen. That guy in the red pleather superhero bug outfit. Largo, Largo, Largo. Tigerlily. Gelato. Canter's.

Lowlights included: Getting lost. No parking. Expensive valet parking. Rude drivers. Getting lost again. Delayed flights. Switching planes. Late shuttles. Did I mention getting lost and rude, rude people?

But the highlights outweighed the lowlights and although I'm still tired it was all fun in a breathless, high velocity sort of way.