On Saturday afternoon Sam and I headed to Culver City to check out the Art Walk. Sam liked this one better than the downtown Art Walk. I reluctantly have to agree, it was easier to navigate, had better art and wasn’t on a week day. Culver City is becoming a very trendy area, no doubt […]
NYC Day 6
On Wednesday Sam and I had a hearty brunch/lunch of food purchased at Whole Foods the night before and Gelato. Then we were on our way. By Wednesday the heat and humidity was so that the two block walk to the subway stop left me sweating like a pig. We took the subway to Jamaica […]
NYC day 5
M’s apartment looking north in the morning above, and south below: Day five started off with a visit to the Burger King Whopper Bar just a few blocks north of M’s apartment. I’d heard about the bar somewhere and wanted to check it out. When we looked at the menu we discovered that if you […]
NYC day 4
We joined J and M on their last day off of the holiday weekend (Monday) and headed to Madison Square Park via taxi. While on the ride we saw the only street accident (a cab rear ended) of our entire trip. Something quite significant considering how fast the cabs drive around. Half a block later […]
NYC day 3
To start our Sunday we followed M and J to one of J’s favorite restaurants, Pastis, in the meat packing district (which is now quite trendy). We were all surprised by the price of the food. J very generously picked up the tab for us. Everyone but me got to have the eggs benedict over […]
NYC day 2
On our second morning in New York City we let M and J lead the way. We took the subway up to Harlem to eat brunch at Melba’s with J’s friend’s S and N. Most ordered the chicken and waffles. I ordered the omelet as I do at every breakfast restaurant. (I similarly order chile […]
NYC day 1
Friday morning Sam and I ate at COSI (no, not the Columbus, Ohio museum), a really bad choice we’d find out considering the wealth of decent food our friends would later recommend – and places just a few blocks away we’d later find. After finishing our wilted salads and tiny half sandwiches we boarded the […]
NYC day 0
On Thursday afternoon Sam and I flew to New York City to visit her friend M (who had very generously invited us to stay at her apartment in mid-town). When we walked out of the airport to find our pre-booked towncar at 1am EST we discovered a “pick ups” lane at JFK that was nothing […]
Saturday May 21
On Saturday Sam and I hiked in Griffith Park with her coworker Sara. We started going the long way up to the top of the mountain (Dante’s Peak) by the observatory. We turned right when nearing the top though and went instead to Dante’s View, a garden with benches on the slow trail to the […]
Byron Visit
On Friday night Byron and Christine flew in to Los Angeles for the weekend. After picking them up at LAX we headed to Shamshiri. The next day started off at More Than Waffles in Encino. Then Byron and I walked around Silverlake and EchoPark (which included Danny Devito and Rhea Pearlman, who live in Echo […]