Wow, summertime has turned me into an absentee blogger. Bad Sharyn! And I feel like I need to finish up my LA stories before I can move on to more current events.
So. A week ago Friday three of us flew out together, but seated in different rows. I passed the time by watching Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist on my iPhone. Upon arrival we were retrieved and whisked away to the Trojan Lounge (I look pissed in that photo but was just sleepy) for a quick introduction/re-introduction to Los Angeles before bed. We even pulled up to find a film crew shooting in the alley behind the club.
After a brief snooze our Saturday was jam-packed! Lucky Baldwin’s for breakfast, a farmer’s market, Intelligentsia coffeebar, The Secret Headquarters (comic book store), a Church of Scientology HQ drive by in Hollywood on the way to Amoeba Records, then on to Giant Robot and a cute store next door, and dinner at Real Food Daily in West Hollywood, where we were just a couple tables over from Jason Statham. He appeared to be having dinner with his parents and, apparently, dines there often. Wonder if he’s vegan? That night we dropped by the giant Whole Foods mothership in Pasadena and rolled past the Pasadena City Hall, which is absolutely stunning when lit up at night.
Sunday was quite busy too. Took the dogs for a morning romp at Pasadena City College. Had a late lunch of spring rolls at Little Saigon. Wandered around for a bit before our appointment at Incognito, where three of us got matching Red Owl tattoos. I’d never been tattooed while listening to Pavement and The Kinks. Hunting for dinner led us to In-N-Out Burger (not for me) and Ralph’s grocery store, which was very Big Lebowski.
Then on to the Sasquatch-themed Bigfoot Lodge, which was very cute, but then over to Little Cave, which is owned by the same folks, and was utterly magical! The entire crowd sang along to Morrissey and Joy Division. And we spotted comedian Brian Posehn on the other side of the bar. He’s even weirder looking in person.
Our last day, Monday, was much quieter and that was just fine. Sometimes lounging around is just the thing. We drove up to Griffith Observatory for a bit (sadly, it’s closed on Mondays but the views are still tremendous). I also got to sample Daiya vegan cheese, finally, on top of a pizza from Whole Foods. So good! Hoping the Wedge will carry it in the near future.
Upon my return home multiple folks sent me this LAist report on allegedly vegan restaurants in LA serving up non-vegan food. Thankfully the only restaurant on the list I ate at was the one that came back clean!
Tomorrow, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Crash landed back into my life late last night with very little deceleration. My overtired child was particularly cranky today, from lack of sleep, and that didn’t mix well with my near-migraine. But it was my own fault he was sleep deprived as I’d asked his dad to return him to me last night, while retrieving me from the airport.
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