Posted by Chef Penny | Posted in Raw Vegan | Posted on 8:45 PM
I can make your bedrock." This was the song of the day that we kept hearing over and over again on the radio. We thought it was funny! Once again...sorry for the blog delay, but our internet hasn't been too great!
So i'll start with the blogging and bob will probably help out a bit! So I am going to try and make a huge photo album to share all of the pictures when i'm done! I know people want to see more of my "regular" california pics who aren't on facebook!
To start today we woke up early in LA and decided to do the touristy stuff early so we could avoid the tourists..oh wait...we are tourists :) The first thing we did was of course take pictures of the Hollywood sign. Bob's camera took way better pictures but i did the best i could. It was cool to finally see it in person and not in the movies! Then we went to walk hollywood blvd and take the typical star pictures on the floor and of the different theatres. We drove around and randomly found Sunset Blvd and took some other pictures but we headed for our first raw stop which was Erewhon...BEST grocery store ever. I'd move to cali JUST for this store! I would have taken more pictures but we had to get on with our stops! We bought some "vegetable tempura" which was a great snack! I loved the flavor and so did bob!
We took a mini detour to visit Bob's friend Anna at The Beverly Hills Hotel where she is the manager of The Green Teaist. Here's Bob.
The Green Teaist is originally located in Lake Forest, IL and this is their newest location! They are an importer of the finest Japanese green teas...very pricey. Anna was kind enough to give us some tea to go. Penny had the genmaicha (green tea blended with popped brown rice) and I had the hojicha (stems of the tea roasted). Most fascinating was they came in to go cups in which EVER starbucks should use, no offense to the green teaist, but they had retractable lids meaning they could open and close manually! And we got to see two of Anna's children who I haven't seen in a long time. I knew all about the tea from it being close to home, but it was nice to have Penny experience it with me!
Then we drove to Silverlake to eat lunch at Cru. Lunch was absolutely delicious. We ate spring rolls, bruschetta, and some spicy kelp noodle dish. Bob's new favorite food is kelp! You should all try it. After lunch we tried a new product we had gotten at the grocery store which was sadly melted...but it was a carrot cake. However, some may say, not as good as mine! heehee.
We went back to Annie's, (THANK YOU) to get dressed because we went to Costa Mesa that night for again another great dinner at 118 Degrees.
This food was outstanding and Bob was a huge fan. First off, we had a great waiter- Tino! Shout out to him! We liked him tons! Then for dinner we shared the fried avocado, who knew and stuffed mushrooms and I had the lasagna and bob had the ravioli and then for dessert the apple cobbler. I loved the food so much that i bought the "uncook" book. We were stuffed but well worth it! Thanks Tino :)
Then we went to see Bob's friend Liz in a staged reading at a play festival at the South Coast Repetory Theatre and the play was called Between Us Chickens. Here is bob again!
Well, because Penny and I normally have date night, granted they are usually musicals, I dragged her off to Costa Mesa to see my old HS buddy Lizzy Vital! This was my first time seeing LA theatre and even better seeing Liz in a theatre in LA! Oddly enough we also ran into Nick Mills in the same production and the three of us used to perform together in Chicago. Penny and I thoroughly enjoyed this experience. We also have noticed the over abundance of theatre spaces on our tour and are amazed. "Where can we go where there is no theatre, no musical theatre, no dinner theatre of any kind? LOS ANGELES" can you guess the quote? Connie and Carla the movie! Obviously theatre is alive and thriving! See my review on this production and others mainly in the chicago land area HERE. (had to plug myself. heehee) Then we went back to Annie's and CRASHED hardcore! We forgot to mention this previously, but on our first arrival at Annie's there was about a 6 inch lizard inside of Annie's Bungalow and we spend quite a while trying to lure him outside! Rather amusing, but not on a night we were dead tired like last nite!
So i'll start with the blogging and bob will probably help out a bit! So I am going to try and make a huge photo album to share all of the pictures when i'm done! I know people want to see more of my "regular" california pics who aren't on facebook!
To start today we woke up early in LA and decided to do the touristy stuff early so we could avoid the tourists..oh wait...we are tourists :) The first thing we did was of course take pictures of the Hollywood sign. Bob's camera took way better pictures but i did the best i could. It was cool to finally see it in person and not in the movies! Then we went to walk hollywood blvd and take the typical star pictures on the floor and of the different theatres. We drove around and randomly found Sunset Blvd and took some other pictures but we headed for our first raw stop which was Erewhon...BEST grocery store ever. I'd move to cali JUST for this store! I would have taken more pictures but we had to get on with our stops! We bought some "vegetable tempura" which was a great snack! I loved the flavor and so did bob!
We took a mini detour to visit Bob's friend Anna at The Beverly Hills Hotel where she is the manager of The Green Teaist. Here's Bob.
The Green Teaist is originally located in Lake Forest, IL and this is their newest location! They are an importer of the finest Japanese green teas...very pricey. Anna was kind enough to give us some tea to go. Penny had the genmaicha (green tea blended with popped brown rice) and I had the hojicha (stems of the tea roasted). Most fascinating was they came in to go cups in which EVER starbucks should use, no offense to the green teaist, but they had retractable lids meaning they could open and close manually! And we got to see two of Anna's children who I haven't seen in a long time. I knew all about the tea from it being close to home, but it was nice to have Penny experience it with me!
Then we drove to Silverlake to eat lunch at Cru. Lunch was absolutely delicious. We ate spring rolls, bruschetta, and some spicy kelp noodle dish. Bob's new favorite food is kelp! You should all try it. After lunch we tried a new product we had gotten at the grocery store which was sadly melted...but it was a carrot cake. However, some may say, not as good as mine! heehee.
We went back to Annie's, (THANK YOU) to get dressed because we went to Costa Mesa that night for again another great dinner at 118 Degrees.
This food was outstanding and Bob was a huge fan. First off, we had a great waiter- Tino! Shout out to him! We liked him tons! Then for dinner we shared the fried avocado, who knew and stuffed mushrooms and I had the lasagna and bob had the ravioli and then for dessert the apple cobbler. I loved the food so much that i bought the "uncook" book. We were stuffed but well worth it! Thanks Tino :)
Then we went to see Bob's friend Liz in a staged reading at a play festival at the South Coast Repetory Theatre and the play was called Between Us Chickens. Here is bob again!
Well, because Penny and I normally have date night, granted they are usually musicals, I dragged her off to Costa Mesa to see my old HS buddy Lizzy Vital! This was my first time seeing LA theatre and even better seeing Liz in a theatre in LA! Oddly enough we also ran into Nick Mills in the same production and the three of us used to perform together in Chicago. Penny and I thoroughly enjoyed this experience. We also have noticed the over abundance of theatre spaces on our tour and are amazed. "Where can we go where there is no theatre, no musical theatre, no dinner theatre of any kind? LOS ANGELES" can you guess the quote? Connie and Carla the movie! Obviously theatre is alive and thriving! See my review on this production and others mainly in the chicago land area HERE. (had to plug myself. heehee) Then we went back to Annie's and CRASHED hardcore! We forgot to mention this previously, but on our first arrival at Annie's there was about a 6 inch lizard inside of Annie's Bungalow and we spend quite a while trying to lure him outside! Rather amusing, but not on a night we were dead tired like last nite!
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