Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Friday, March 6, 2015

"In Los Angeles, everyone's a star."

Thursday:
     We started off by using our coupon for a free Lemonade drink. Heading to Balboa Pier in Newport, we were excited to get toe rings, but upset to find out the boutique was closed. We made our way back to Costa Mesa for lunch at Seasons 52 where we ordered salmon and filet dishes. The food was great but the dessert was even better! 
      We went back home to catch up on Netflix and then picked up Lucy's grandma to take her to an In-N-Out dinner where Syd ate her first In-N-Out burger and milkshake! We were so stuffed we went home and went to bed early. 
xoxo,
L & S


Free Lemonade Drink!

Roaming around Fashion Island

Impatiently waiting for our food



Seasons 52
Syd ordered: Filet with mashed potatoes and baby broccoli 
Luc ordered: Cedar plank roasted salmon with carrots, asparagus, & potatoes
For dessert
Syd ordered: S'mores crumble
Luc ordered: Pecan crumble



 SYD'S FIRST IN-N-OUT BURGER!!!! (Lucy forced the hat pic)

Friday: 
     Syd lost her credit card and had to make the dreaded phone call to her mom who was not pleased. 
  We woke up early to make the most out of our day in Los Angeles. By the time we arrived we were starving so we made a quick stop at Urth Cafe, (a certified organic restaurant that offers coffees, teas, sandwiches, salads etc... guaranteed to be grown 100% chemical free).           
      We drove to Rodeo Drive where we window shopped at all of the designer stores. Close by was a Sprinkles where we treated ourselves to red velvet cupcakes (Lucy even bought a doggy cupcake for her dog). After cupcakes Syd stopped for gelato where they designed a rose shaped gelato cone. 
     Finishing up our time in LA, we visited LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) and found multiple photo opps in the various sculptures. 
     Hitting traffic on the way home, we had no time to stop and rest but headed straight to dinner with Lucy's Godmother at The Cheesecake Factory. We each ordered delicious entrees and desserts and were more than satisfied after finishing. Deciding we needed to catch up on our blog, we headed to Starbucks for wifi. 



Urth Cafe
Syd ordered: Chicken pesto sandwich with a side salad
Luc ordered: Caprese sandwich with a side salad and a blended coffee

Rodeo Drive

Syd's Authentic Italian gelato





Our LACMA adventures




 Dinner at The Cheesecake Factory (Thanks Mrs. Maiorano!)
Syd ordered: chicken di pena 
Luc ordered: angel hair with shrimp




     

Monday, March 2, 2015

Dolce Amore = Sweet Love

     Waking up at 9:00am, we expected this morning to go smoothly...but with us that's never the case, we immediately ran into problems. We reviewed our card transactions expecting no issues, Lucy noticed an unauthorized transaction for.... Christian Mingle. She called her bank and immediately had her card closed out, the operator mentioned that it was ironic that out of all the fraudulent possibilities, a christian stole her card. Her card being her only form of payment, we had to go out of our way in order to withdraw all of her money. 
     After this delay in plans, we headed to brunch at Dolce Amore. We were immediately enticed by all the delicious menu options (crepes, pastries, gelato, macaroons etc...). We licked our plates clean and caught an uber to the Palace of Fine Arts. 
     With amazing European architecture, the Palace of Fine Arts was crawling with photo opps and plenty of wildlife, ponds, and tourists. Being irritated with the complicated bus systems we caught another uber back to the hotel. Exhausted from today's escapades we rested for a bit and then tried the bus thing again, this time to the Heart of the City Farmer's Market. 
     Missing our bus stop we walked four blocks and witnessed an arrest for theft on our way back to the Farmer's Market. Getting there 20 minutes before closing all vendors were already packing up and we missed our only chance. We caught another bus back and luckily this time we knew where our stop was. After browsing around for a bit in Neiman Marcus Last Call, Marshall's, and Forever XXI, we headed to Pier 39 for dinner and ordered burgers and dessert at the Hard Rock Cafe. 
   Next up was the laser challenge. We opted instead for the zombie apocalypse virtual shooting experience and even stayed after for another virtual monster theatre shooting game. At ten o'clock we caught an uber back to our hotel where we winded down and reminisced on our eventful day. 
xoxo, 
L & S


Brunch at Dolce Amore 

Syd ordered: Signature French Toast & a Breakfast Pastry with a Cafe Mocha Frappe 
Lucy ordered: Hazelnut crepe with a Cafe Mocha Frappe


Palace of Fine Arts

Heart of the City Farmer's Market

Tickets to Zombie Shootout