B wanted to go out for dinner Friday, since we missed going out the night before to see a free outdoor local Piano performance. So for tonight, I pulled one of my Restaurant.com gift certificates for Rosalind's Ethiopean Restaurant on Fairfax, and got their Combination III dinner with a side of Sambosa and Plantains, a couple of beers and soda for me. We walked out of there with a tab of $17 before tip.
Afterwards, we drove 5+ blocks to Wilshire Boulevard to LA County Museum of Art, or LACMA; we just missed their free Friday Night Jazz which is from 6-8pm. We should have gone inside the museum, since it's open until 9pm, and and it's free after 5pm on some nights to LA residents. I've never been here since they had the Urban Lights installed, so we hung out and took some pictures. It was really nice, and they did a lot of renovating around the area too. It's been a while (2006) that I don't even remember how the outdoor looked like before. Now, they have a nice park, and there's sculptures of fabled animals, and there's a cool bar and restaurant, etc.
In retrospect, there's nothing really amazing about the lights. It's basically 200+ restored lights found around LA, and painted white, and placed in neat rows in front of the museum. But, as B said; people, like moths, are drawn by the lights. They were mesmerizing, and romantic. On a Friday night, with free jazz music, a free entrance to the museum, and a cool lights installation, it's a great place to take a date to.
We did some housework around the house this weekend - installed the new window hardware from Anna's Linens, mowed the lawnette, rearranged the TV across the couch, and moved the computer/entertainment center to the side of the couch, and we like how the living room looks now. It's amazing how a little re-organizing does to our house.
Saturday late afternoon, the boys and I hung out at Manhattan Beach, dined at the Pasta Pomodoro where there is an outdoor patio. It's located on 401 Manhattan Beach Blvd. To get there, you take the Rosecrans exit, and make a right on Rosecrans, left on Sepulveda, and right on Manhattan Beach Blvd. We then walked around the Strand. There is a new bar called The Strand House, where the bar Beaches used to be. They have happy hour, so we may go there sans dog one of these days.
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| B relaxing after a hard week's work |
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| Tico loves the pretty ladies! |
Manhattan Beach creamery has a chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream that is sooo delish. Tonight, I grabbed B's favorite to share instead; the mint chocolate chip.
Sunday, we drove to Riverside to B's sister's house for a birthday bbq. It has been crazy hot in LA, and it's usually a lot hotter in Riverside since it's over an hour inland, so we were surprised to hang out in Michelle's house' patio and feel cool breeze. With some hotdogs and hamburgers, spinach dips and watermelon, etc. It was a great way to spend the day.
A-May-Za-Zing is a funny word from the movie "Benchwarmers" with David Spade. I've never seen this movie, but the word is one of B and I's favorite expressions lately. It's witty, sarcastic, and funny. It's a great retort from David Spade's underdog character.
I've been reading a lot of home design and home renovation blogs, and it's inspiring to see how people's visions come to life. Albeit limited funds, B and I managed to make a nice living space out of our paltry 1300+ house. It's simple, minimal, and dog-friendly. A new couch, a larger dining set, a new fridge and better curtains would make this space perfect for us, but it will come eventually. Right now, the focus is to get the fence started this year. Because the fence = me hanging out in the patio area with Tico enjoying our own cool breeze.
Then it will be a-may-za-zing for the entire Tico household.
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