Weekend Farmer's Market

Downtown LA has a farmer's market almost every single day of the week, but it wasn't until this past Sunday that one opened up on the weekends. It just goes to show how downtown is transitioning from a place where people only hang out from 9-5 on weekdays to a place where people live and hangout on the weekends. The farmer's market was small with most of the same vendors at the weekday markets, but it's a start. It's good to see organic produce taking over an otherwise unsavory corner even if it is only for a few hours on a Sunday. I took home some greens I'd never heard (to be used in stir fries), I got a great deal on some sunflowers, and I got a habanero dip for my boyfriend. All in all, a fruitful and delicious excursion.

Street Art Filler

Guys, I did not plan a post today. I'm sorry, but The Killing season finale was on last night. Plus, I planned to make this dinner for the bf and I, and between the those things and studying, my night was swamped. (Side note: do you watch The Killing? I totally did not see the ending coming! So good!) And the thing is, I've actually got great stuff to share with you on the blog! I went out to an amazing dinner with a friend this weekend and then we played pinball and then we stumbled upon a band at a bookstore that had interpretive dancers. But all of that will have to come later once I've had time to sort through my photos. In the meantime, can I placate you with some gorgeous street art? The artist responsible for these murals that I blogged about awhile ago must have been commissioned to do more. Don't you just love these people peeking out at you? I feel like it makes the buildings come alive!

Disneyland!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, the boyfriend and I channeled our inner child and tackled (almost) all Disneyland had to offer. It was loads of fun, and the lines were actually pretty reasonable considering it was the Saturday of a holiday weekend. The best part was ending the night with a holiday parade!

PS: Aren't you really proud I wrote a whole post about Disneyland without using the "happiest place on Earth" cliche? Ok, I know the post was only 3 sentences long, but still. That took effort to come up with something else to say!

South Pasadena

So remember when I said South Pasadena looked adorable and I wanted to go up there to check it out? You don't? Well I don't blame you because I then forgot to blog about my little trip for about a month. Ooops! I decided to bike up along the Arroyo Seco instead of take the train because I found a little bike path. Once there, I browsed quite an interesting antique shop (the owner must have had every Life magazine from the last 75 years), got an Oreo cupcake from My Sweet Cupcake, picked up Halloween cards and ghost lights at Marz, thought about the all the cool jewelry I could make with the bits and pieces that Zinnia sells, drooled over the Ugly Doll pillows at the Dinosaur Farm, and then finished the afternoon with a coffee and ice cream at Buster's Coffee. Although the town is small and pretty do-able in a day, it was a nice break from downtown. Everything out there is adorably suburban. I'd definitely go back to a few of their restaurants and stop by Marz and Zannia again!

All shops located on Mission St. between Prospect and Fair Oaks.

South Pasadena, CA 91030

The Boyfriend's Family Visits LA

We did SO much when my boyfriend's family was here. I didn't even do everything with them, and I am still physically exhausted from their visit. We did the Natural History Museum, a hike in the Santa Monica Mountains, a stop at Malibu Seafood (my first visit! sooo delicious!), the 3rd Street Promenade, the Santa Monica pier (I bought that huge floppy hat! also so delicious but not in an edible way), the Grammy Museum, and the farmer's market at the Grove which was having a fall festival with a petting zoo! I still had a great time despite how tired I felt. It was great doing things that I don't often get to do or, in the case of the Grammy Museum, have never done. Thanks for visiting, Larson Family!