After the Clippers game, we went for a late night chili burger. Tommy's is famous in Los Angeles, it's open 24/7 and everything they sell comes with chili.
Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Monday, December 31, 2012
Los Angeles - Goodbye for Now
Chiliburger Goodbye
After the Clippers game, we went for a late night chili burger. Tommy's is famous in Los Angeles, it's open 24/7 and everything they sell comes with chili.
After the Clippers game, we went for a late night chili burger. Tommy's is famous in Los Angeles, it's open 24/7 and everything they sell comes with chili.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Los Angeles - Clippers Game
Jinxing the Streak
As we drove down Vermont through Little Armenia and Little Korea, we discussed the jinx. We joked that our presence at Staples would surely halt the Clipper's winning streak at sixteen. I envisioned a blow out, the angry crowd filing out in the middle of the third quarter. Little Korea isn't so little anymore - it's come back from the riots and expanded. A left turn onto Pico and the Korean gave way to Spanish. We parked on Figueroa about a block away. Thanks to the magic of the internet I'd prepaid $25 for a $10 parking space.
As we drove down Vermont through Little Armenia and Little Korea, we discussed the jinx. We joked that our presence at Staples would surely halt the Clipper's winning streak at sixteen. I envisioned a blow out, the angry crowd filing out in the middle of the third quarter. Little Korea isn't so little anymore - it's come back from the riots and expanded. A left turn onto Pico and the Korean gave way to Spanish. We parked on Figueroa about a block away. Thanks to the magic of the internet I'd prepaid $25 for a $10 parking space.
Los Angeles - More Laziness
At Least it Was Sunny
We started our day at a schwanky breakfast place on Wilshire called Milo and Otis. It was good but overpriced. When anglos serve food cooked by Mexican chefs it costs you double what it should. I hoped the place was owned by the chefs. After breakfast we walked to the Santa Monica pier and took photos.
We started our day at a schwanky breakfast place on Wilshire called Milo and Otis. It was good but overpriced. When anglos serve food cooked by Mexican chefs it costs you double what it should. I hoped the place was owned by the chefs. After breakfast we walked to the Santa Monica pier and took photos.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Los Angeles - the Lazy Life
Nobody Walks in LA
After living in New York and Paris I've come to value a city's "walkability." I like to be able wander out of my front door on foot, eating, shopping, jumping on a subway if needed. It's a quality that Los Angeles lacks, or worse - mocks. Nobody walks in LA. You want breakfast? Drive out of your hotel and keep driving. We lucked into a great place, not too far away by LA standards, in Santa Monica. It's called Amandine and by all accounts, is a French patisserie run by Japanese transplants.
After living in New York and Paris I've come to value a city's "walkability." I like to be able wander out of my front door on foot, eating, shopping, jumping on a subway if needed. It's a quality that Los Angeles lacks, or worse - mocks. Nobody walks in LA. You want breakfast? Drive out of your hotel and keep driving. We lucked into a great place, not too far away by LA standards, in Santa Monica. It's called Amandine and by all accounts, is a French patisserie run by Japanese transplants.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Palm Springs - Redux
Shopping With Foreigners
Our morning view, onto a snow-draped Mount Jacinto, was amazing. We headed to breakfast and shopping at a nearby outlet.
Our morning view, onto a snow-draped Mount Jacinto, was amazing. We headed to breakfast and shopping at a nearby outlet.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Los Angeles - Second Slice
Star Struck
We shared our Tokyo to Los Angeles flight with a Japanese movie star. According to Dodo he starred with Tom Cruise in the Last Samurai and I took her word for it. We landed to a crystal clear Los Angeles morning, we could see all the surrounding mountains. The smog is no more, apparently they've cracked down and eliminated it. While getting the car at Enterprise, I checked and re-checked my pockets. Too many young salesman in starter suits shaking my hand and calling me by my first name. After years in the more formal cultures of France and Singapore, I found their easy familiarity strange. It felt like a con man was selling me a recently "borrowed" car that would probably break down once on the freeway.
We shared our Tokyo to Los Angeles flight with a Japanese movie star. According to Dodo he starred with Tom Cruise in the Last Samurai and I took her word for it. We landed to a crystal clear Los Angeles morning, we could see all the surrounding mountains. The smog is no more, apparently they've cracked down and eliminated it. While getting the car at Enterprise, I checked and re-checked my pockets. Too many young salesman in starter suits shaking my hand and calling me by my first name. After years in the more formal cultures of France and Singapore, I found their easy familiarity strange. It felt like a con man was selling me a recently "borrowed" car that would probably break down once on the freeway.
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