"Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?" If so, then you will figure out that I need to get my car's oil change done today. B got it done last weekend, it's now my turn, because I can only keep ignoring the light on my dashboard for so long.
Since I get my oil change done near downtown as well, we tried another DTLA park today; The Angels Knoll park which is on 4th and Olive, address is 356 S. Olive Street. Dogs must be leashed. It's a small, view-friendly park which made famous by the movie "500 Days of Summer". I loved the movie. Not sure about watching it all over again, but it did made you appreciate good movies about love once again. It made me appreciate Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a new light, Zooey Deschanel is one of those celebrities you will either love or either hate, and there's no in-between. This movie did just that for her character. You'll either love her or hate her. But what I wanted to know is more of Tom's days following meeting with Autumn.
But enough about the movie.
Right above the park is the (Grand) entrance to the Angels Flight Railway, which is located on 351 S Hill Street (bottom). For $.50, you get to experience a little bit of the downtown LA historical landmark things. And at the top, apparently, are cool places to eat in dtla. We can't go in to the railway because of the dog, but we'll have to check it out one of these days.
But we need to give Tico more active things to do than walking around the itty-bitty park, so off we go to Chinatown while waiting for my car to get done.
My mom used to steam these suckers. B's not too crazy about crabs. He's not crazy about ducks, either. So no duck soup for us. But, he did agree to a couple of pounds of butterfish, which I sauteed with hot sauce, and chinese cabbage on Sunday. "But no heads, please; I don't like it when food stares back at me". He says. Oy, vey.
Famous Chinatown sign. The "Foo Chow Restaurant" featured in the movie "Rush Hour" with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker was across from this sign.
So we still have yet to get a phone call from Valentine, our trusted oil change service dude. So we picked up a plate of noodles and kung pao chicken, and parked on Grand Hope Park, which we love, because it's a pretty park in the middle of dtla. No dogs are allowed to this park. They have outdoor movies here in the summer, which means watching movies and lying cozied up in blankets, and food trucks; which I look forward to attending once again.
Afterwards, a little bit of a yard work once again, and we took a nap. I made my stuffed bell peppers for the night, watched a little bit of movies, and off we head late in the night to Shade, a popular hangout in Manhattan Beach. We love this place. Sometimes we get lucky and find a DJ playing here, which is why we came last-minute tonight; but no bueno today. There was a wedding downstairs until 10:30pm; so we were directed to the Skydeck upstairs. It was a nice outdoor place to enjoy the fresh cool breeze coming from the ocean; and with some cozy chairs and heatlamps, we were set. Afterwards, we were allowed to go downstairs and enjoyed another set of Fat Tire, and people-watched for the rest of the night. Single people are fun to watch. But watching drunk, single people are taking it to another level in people-watching.
B and I are two busy people. Whenever I'm free, I tried to put a little bit of CPA study time. B on the other hand, got the Herbalife business to maintain; people to call, customers to meet, blogs and emails to blast and create. And we have an over-active dog. Tico knows it's the weekend when we're both at home in the morning. So he gets so excited, and can't wait for us to get out. In these rushed, dog-eat-dog days, we try to keep things mellow on weekends so we can enjoy a much-deserved relaxing day for a much as we can muster, and have some family QT - which is the reason why we're working hard during the day.
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