Dog Party

How's this for an LA Cliche? I am housesitting for a friend and her boyfriend who live up in the Hollywood Hills.....a sprawling ranch house with lots of big windows and minimalist decor. I'm thrilled to do it because they have 3 dogs! Add my dog to the mix and it's a venerable 4-dog house party.... There've been a few fights (over food and such) but mostly it's been really fun -- I'm only a few miles from home but I feel like I'm on a luxurious vacation -- reading, watching bad cable tv, playing with the dogs, napping, sitting in their big backyard next to the orange tree....really, what could be better? Oh and I also ate an entire pint of ben n jerry's ice cream for breakfast. Good thing we're close to Runyon Canyon, as we'll be taking a big hike later in the day to work it all off.