I'm back from LA!

What a great weekend. I feel so good after my red eye flight. Pictures and stories to follow.

I'm a tiger. ARghhh

Rollin in the Kia, JJ, Pink's and Sharkeez in Hermosa - LA Day 2

I woke up at 7am Pacific time. Couldn't adjust to west coast time yet. It was a little hazy out. Smog? Sea mist of some sort? I wasn't so sure. The plan was to drive Alex to work and roam around LA. My trusty iPhone guided me through town. LA is a very easy town to stroll around in. You MUST have a car though. It's nothing like Manhattan. I didn't try out their mass transit system there. There were plenty of buses but I never caught sight of a subway system.

After dropping Alex off I was craving for some Jamba Juice. Acai with an energy boost was what I needed to start the day. I plugged it into my phone and off we went. I parked the Kia and noticed something I've never seen before. Meters that accepted all change! Not just quarters. I happily plugged in some change and picked up an original Acai. It's almost $2 cheaper in LA vs the one I regularly go to on 5th ave between 33rd and 32nd.

So the night before I noticed a Supreme store in LA. I'm not a sneaker head or anything but I do like my nike SB's. I recently purchased a pair of Nike New Castles. Like the beer! Anyways I get there at 10:45 and they're not opened until 11. Boo, I waited for 5 minutes and decided to go to PINK's down the road. You know when something isn't all that but you still want to go just to say you experienced it. That's what Pink's is all about. I'm going to make a list of places that equivalent to that experience. I got, I wait 20 minutes, I order, I pay, I take pictures and admire the cuties on the line. It wasn't all that. The chili dog was awesome but nothing special.

I drive around, check out the touristy scene equivalent to Time Square and meet up with Alex for Lunch at Le Petit Four. Had an excellent niçoise salad. What made it even better was the nice cool breeze, sitting out doors and a chill atmosphere. All was well in the world.

I drop Alex back at work, I hit the pool at the Shapiro residence and off to Hermosa Beach to meet up with some old Vegas buddies of mine. I meet my friends at the beach and we headed to Sharkeez. Aparently Sharkeez had a fire earlier in the year but they reopened a couple weeks before I arrived. My friends were telling me how it use to smell like a mix of piss and stanky beer. Now the place smells like new paint! Thank goodness.

We caught up, drank, caught up some more, drank and rocked out to some music. It was a good time. All pics below! Enjoy.

Rollin in the Kia. Don't mess around. Alex's summer rental. Thing actually had a rockin sound system.

Jamba Juice with a fat tree in the background.

They've actually been serving for 69 years. Just getting rid of old menu's I suppose.

I wanted this hot dog but thought it was too cheezy to get.
Peak inside Pink's. you can see all the hype on the walls. It's like a Wo Hop for LA.

The bacon chillie cheese dog. Breakfast of champions.

Right on Sunset.

Don't mess with the niçoise.

Hermosa Beach Sharkeez

The "Shark Attack". You can see the "blood".

Myself, Sheena and Heather

Myself, Sheena and Sheena's sister sippin on a shark attack.

On my way to the bathrooom and saw this. Hilarious!

Heather rockin out the robot.

So many choices. Tried Honey Moon for the first time as oppose my regular Blue Moon. Ehh

Sheena had a torn hammy. She insisted she was fine and it was healing. I'm no doctor but...

Burbank and "Animal" - Night one in LA

I land and wait for my luggage. Wait and wait then it turns out they put it on the wrong carousel. I go to the Jet Blue baggage claim office and there it is. Sitting with 20+ other bags that were on the same flight. Alex scoops me up and we're off to dinner.

Alex and I got there at 10:50 and they broke the news to us. "We can't serve alcohol after 11pm." I thought we were going to have a so so night but that was definitely not the case. Animal has been opened for a couple of months. Let may say this right off the bat. The meal was simply amazing.

Started off with two beers and an unforgettable pork belly on a layer of kim-chi. My main course was a lovely whole fish. Head tail and everything over capers and something else. You do not ever see this in an American restaurant these days. You see it all the time in Chinese restaurants. I don't remember any of the meals actual ingredients. Lastly the dessert was a chocolate cake topped with pieces of bacon. BACON!!!

This beer is actually very good. Why? Maybe because I was thirsty. Maybe because it said organic on the bottle? Not sure why. It was good though.

Excellent pork belly with soy kim chi something something. The waiter said it was his favorite dish. I agree!

Flower of something something deep fried with avocado. Alex told me they have avocado in many dishes in LA in general.

Whole fish with the head. The young lady that was out other server deboned it very well. You can see the head on the upper left of the pic.

I <3 Bacon! Bacon sprinkled on top of some type of chocolate cake. Sweet fat perfection.

JFK SUCKS & Five Guys Rule! enRoute to LA (LA Part 1)

I finally made it out to LA the day after an earthquake. Everyone became a seismologist the day the earthquake happened and forewarned me of an aftershock. I took it in stride and continued on.

JFK sucks. Long lines to check my bag and even longer line through security. They had a total of FOUR people checking people through security. It was pretty ridiculous. They needed at least eight to keep the congestion down. The dude that checked me in was really taking his time. It seemed as if he did it to spite the angry people online. I was not happy with his attitude but I again like the seismologists, I move on. I think it's best not to piss off or get short with the TSA.

The Air Train terminal is VERY NICE and super clean.

I finally arrive at my gate and there were lovely Samsung sponsored outlets for all your charging needs. I gladly plugged my iPhone in to get a full charge before boarding. I boarded the plane with two crying babies but it was a short flight to Dulles, my connecting flight.

I was told the line at Five Guys is usually very long. 20 minutes long according to the flight attendant. I went there and thankfully there were only 2 people online!

The view of the line after I got my food. Looked about 20 minutes long.

Five Guys in action.

Order of fries, bacon burger with mushrooms, onions, bbq sauce, lettuce and tomato.

Five Guys made my layover very bearable. I enjoyed every last fry I had.

The flight to LA was awful. The two crying babies were now seated in front and behind me. There was a symphony of crying throughout the whole trip. The young lady to my front right was also breast feeding her child and opted to change her baby's diaper on the food tray. They make bathrooms for a reason right?

More on my actual trip soon. I have work to catch up on.

Shitty Chef Still on Vacation

Haven't updated because I've been vacationing.

Here's a quick rundown of future posts to come!

-Animal
-Pink's
-Sharkeez
-Andy LaRoche's girlfriend
-Beaches
-Pools
-Car rides
-Vivid Entertainment
-Torn hamstrings
-Sharks
-"Good Stash"

and much much more!

Alex's office building