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We spent the better part of the day on October 7th up in L.A. doing some of our favorite things to celebrate SIX years as Mr. + Mrs.
//Our Itinerary//
Hammer Museum: Graphic Design: Now In Production
Architecture+Design Museum: Eero Saarinen
Canter’s Deli (matzo ball soup + bagel chips are a MUST!)
LACMA: Stark Bar
Sundance Cinemas, West Hollywood: Detropia
Perfect day. e+c=<3
We often consider our membership to LACMA similar to an Annual Passport at Disneyland. We go so often, it’s paid for in a few visits, and it’s nice to know that we can pop up to L.A. to take a quick peek at a new exhibition and leave for lunch, or spend the majority of the day walking around, spending time outside and visiting our “friends” up on the walls.
One of our faves is Ed Ruscha, and there is a new exhibition on view now called Standard. It was “Carmegeddon” weekend in L.A. and we arrived quicker than ever, and the museum was practically empty! No pics were allowed inside, but I snapped these two before the guard yelled at me. (Oops.)
It’s getting harder and harder to snap pics of this kiddo — she is always on the move!
After seeing Ed, we headed downstairs to the awesome Metropolis II, which is a favorite of all three of us. (We posted a few pics and video of another visit here.)I love the sheer design of it, Ed loves anything having to do with miniatures, and Miss Ruby is fascinated by all the commotion and moving cars!
A few more shots from our visit, including “The Rock” in the Levitated Mass exhibition.
The grand finale for the day was heading up to West Hollywood to try out Coney Dog L.A.! Ever since my cousins exposed us to the famous Detroit style hot dogs, we’ve been slightly obsessed. (Read all about our Coney face-off in Detroit here!) While Coney L.A. didn’t hold a candle to Lafayette in Detroit, it was a great homage to a Coney Island Hot Dog Shop and they really did keep things authentic. They had the Michigan vs. Ohio State game on … and they even had Faygo Red Pop!
Art + Hot Dogs = a great family day in L.A.!
We headed up to Oak Glen in Yucaipa on Sunday to do a little apple picking. There are many farms to choose from along the scenic loop to pick your own apples. We stopped at Riley’s and picked some of our own.
After picking apples at Riley’s, we headed over to Oak Tree Village to have some lunch. They had a petting zoo and pony rides, too … but we decided to splurge on a piece of apple pie a la mode instead! It was enormous – it took all three of us to finish it!
We loved all the Braeburns, McIntosh, Rome + Red Delicious apples we picked!
We’ll be back, Oak Glen.
Sometimes I still can’t believe I’m a dad. And it feels surreal that Father’s Day, a holiday that I’d observed all my life to honor my dad, is now MY holiday. So what did we do on MY holiday? We had fun. LOTS of it.
Everyone knows that I live and breathe cars, but a lesser known fact about me is that I love to use alternate forms of transportation whenever I get the chance. I also love to eat. So, what did we do as a family for Father’s Day? Well, we did both – and LOTS of it too!
We started off the day with an epic (for us) family bike ride (there’s our first alternate transportation for the day). We had recently gotten a bike seat for little Ruby, who now pines for any chance she can get to go on a bike ride. Carrie did some research to find the best breakfast burrito (my favorite breakfast food by far) within biking distance. A joint called Golden Eagle seemed to have some serious cred, so that was our destination.
As you can see, I loved it…but Ruby, a big fan of tortillas herself, wasn’t going to leave without getting a bite for herself.
No doubt, it was a tasty burrito. Big and tasty. And fortunately, all that biking took the guilt out of eating such a decadent burrito.
After riding home, it was time for the next leg of our epic Father’s Day. For a long time, we’ve wanted to get a ride on the Long Beach Aqualink, which is a fairly large catamaran that transports passengers along the city’s coastline. It’s actually part of Long Beach Transit and costs a paltry five bucks for a really great 35 minute ride from Alamitos Bay to Shoreline Village. Our second form of alternate transportation of the day, then!
Some awesome shots of the ride, including this awesome one of Carrie’s feet in a very Wes Anderson-like composition:
We had every intention of riding the boat back to Alamitos Bay, but a few minutes after getting off the boat and walking through Shoreline Village, it was quickly apparent Ruby wasn’t feeling well. Yep, Ruby had gotten seasick! So, we picked up our third form of alternate transportation in the form of the Passport bus. Ruby was into it. She insisted on getting her own seat.
We thought about calling it a day after this already epic journey. Most sane parents would have. But we decided to press on. After all, I also happened to be lucky enough to be testing a 2012 Chrysler 300C that weekend – one of my favorite cars at the moment and in my possession!
Thanks to a recent episode of No Reservations about the food scene in Penang, I’d been craving Mee Goreng, a spicy fried noodle dish popular in Malaysia and Indonesia. And one of the few places to get it around here is at Singapore’s Banana Leaf at the Farmer’s Market on Third and Fairfax in Los Angeles. So, after everything we had already done, we got in the 300C (our fourth and final – and face it, the most awesome – form of transportation that day) and headed up to LA for some deliciousness.
What a great day. I think I like this Father’s Day business a lot. Thanks Tiger and Ruby for making it such a great day!
A few weeks ago, Ed + I got to attend our 1st automotive press event together! We got invited to Calamigos Ranch in Malibu to go check out the entire Jeep lineup and spend some time behind the wheel. As Jeeps are known first and foremost for their off-roading prowess, we even got to take them on a trail and really put them to the test!
The 4-door Wrangler was pretty awesome, and I couldn’t deny how fun it was to drive. One of the auto journalists there gave me my 1st off-roading lesson and even though I was TERRIFIED to do it, it ended up being really awesome! You can see that I am a little tentative here … afterall, at one point I was facing straight down and they told me no gas and no brakes, just let the Jeep crawl! Well, it did … and it was exhilarating … and I kinda can’t wait to do it again! The best part was being able to have Ed as my drive partner. Maybe we will be the “Automotive Power Couple” that everyone jokingly calls us.
I can’t help but laugh when I see myself in the Jeep … this is so not my scene!
Someone had brought an old Jeep to the event and Ed + I couldn’t help be in awe of the retroness of its styling. We wouldn’t mind rocking one of these on a day trip either!
