Norman and I decided to check out Christmas Tree Lane in Alta Dena because it was super hyped-up on their website and not far from his house. OVERRATED. It was literally a street with Christmas lights hanging from big trees that all looked the same. BORING. I was so sad, so he decided to make me feel better in the best way he knows how…FOOD, OF COURSE. So we drove looking for a good restaurant. All the while, I was still really disappointed because my high expectations of millions of pretty lights and cheesy holiday couple pictures were a bust. Until…”OMG, TURN LEFT RIGHT NOW!” we found the Balian Mansion off some random residential street (after nearly running a stop sign).