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Whoops, 2 weeks of catchup to do.
* My mother grew up in Hollywood, actually quite close to here, so I got to go look at the houses she grew up in. (Siblings had adjacent houses.) And discover she grew up a block from the entrance to Griffith Park. Also that the Park has a nice plant trail.
* I've had Thai food more often than not the past two weeks. Discovered I like red and yellow curry, not their green curry so much; panang is decent but rather sweet, mussumaun was pretty good though I don't know if it's worth the $2 over red and yellow.
* Also another restaurant here, Northern Thai Food Club, had northern pork curry, which was pretty different but I liked it. Reminded me of beef stew in texture and meat lumpiness, though spicier and with lots of ginger.
* Little Tokyo, discovering a kaiten place (Kura). At $2.90/plate, more expensive than the Australian places I mostly skipped, let alone Sushiro. OTOH $3/pair of nigiri is still good compared to "order your sushi places" in the US. Kura also has a lot of flavored salmon and tuna: marinated, garlic, ponzu, "umami", making it more interesting. Also the grocery story in Little Tokyo had mugicha, in proper large tea bags. Whee!
* Wandering around found an Armenian art gallery one block down.
* Aaron invited me to a trivia night with his friends, my first such. Our team won, I contributed, and the scores were close so I might even have made the difference!
* Took the train to North Hollywood (not the same as north Hollywood) to explore. Found a restaurant with savory meat pies, and a winding sidewalk on Vineland that was visually interesting, but nothing too exciting.
* This morning I was trying to get more sleep when Adam emailed about having lunch. Following my principle of seizing rare social opportunities, I met him in Little Tokyo, going to Kura again. More expensive than the udon he suggested but he liked it. He gave me a tour of City Hall, including the observation deck on the 27th floor, and various suggestions, which I followed up on: Bradbury building with its atrium and cast iron elevators, a funicular, Grand Central Market, the main library...
* My mother grew up in Hollywood, actually quite close to here, so I got to go look at the houses she grew up in. (Siblings had adjacent houses.) And discover she grew up a block from the entrance to Griffith Park. Also that the Park has a nice plant trail.
* I've had Thai food more often than not the past two weeks. Discovered I like red and yellow curry, not their green curry so much; panang is decent but rather sweet, mussumaun was pretty good though I don't know if it's worth the $2 over red and yellow.
* Also another restaurant here, Northern Thai Food Club, had northern pork curry, which was pretty different but I liked it. Reminded me of beef stew in texture and meat lumpiness, though spicier and with lots of ginger.
* Little Tokyo, discovering a kaiten place (Kura). At $2.90/plate, more expensive than the Australian places I mostly skipped, let alone Sushiro. OTOH $3/pair of nigiri is still good compared to "order your sushi places" in the US. Kura also has a lot of flavored salmon and tuna: marinated, garlic, ponzu, "umami", making it more interesting. Also the grocery story in Little Tokyo had mugicha, in proper large tea bags. Whee!
* Wandering around found an Armenian art gallery one block down.
* Aaron invited me to a trivia night with his friends, my first such. Our team won, I contributed, and the scores were close so I might even have made the difference!
* Took the train to North Hollywood (not the same as north Hollywood) to explore. Found a restaurant with savory meat pies, and a winding sidewalk on Vineland that was visually interesting, but nothing too exciting.
* This morning I was trying to get more sleep when Adam emailed about having lunch. Following my principle of seizing rare social opportunities, I met him in Little Tokyo, going to Kura again. More expensive than the udon he suggested but he liked it. He gave me a tour of City Hall, including the observation deck on the 27th floor, and various suggestions, which I followed up on: Bradbury building with its atrium and cast iron elevators, a funicular, Grand Central Market, the main library...