Weekend Recap

My god, what a whirlwind of activities.

Don't worry, I do remember them all - alcohol wasn't that present in the visit.

Lets do a little recap shall we?

Thursday Night:

Chris and Will strolled in to the house and within 10 minutes, we were on our way to In N Out to grab dinner. That's right - who could think of a better way to begin the trip. We all over indulged just a little bit - animal style burgers, animal style fries, and milkshakes. Mmm mmm. This set the tone for how poorly we would be eating for the remainder of the trip.

We then went to the local Ralphs (grocery store) and Chris and Will loaded up on what they call "craft beer". AKA not the usually crap I drink - Coors Light. They bought a bunch of European beers that I had never heard of and were damn good. We drank a couple and stayed up playing Xbox since there isn't a whole lot to do on a Thursday evening.

Friday:

We awoke at the early hours of 11ish to shower and begin out day. First stop? Roscoe's Chicken N Waffles. Yup, that's right - the best combination of food I had never had up until that point. Imagine, southern friend chicken, next to a stack of waffles, topped with gracious dollops of butter and dishes of syrup. Not only were they good separate, they were even better when you ate them together.

Dayum straight son.

So then we drove through downtown, so Will could soak in how tiny "downtown" actually is. Being the New Yorker he is - he wasn't impressed. We then proceeded to the Hollywood sign. While he didn't hike the hill, he did get to view it (it was smoggy so we opted out of the hike). We then proceeded to downtown Hollywood, basically right in front of Trailer Park and caw the Walk of Fame and the Chinese Theatre...the usual touristy things. Following this, we drove down Santa Monica Blvd and through West Hollywood to see the "club scene" and "dive bar" scene. It didn't take us long to end up in Beverly Hills where we oodled the houses, driving down Rodeo blasting Rage Against the Machine. They scoffed at all the 17 year olds driving Bentleys.

By the time we got home, we were a little tired and recouped before heading out for the night on Main Street Santa Monica where we hit up a great Irish bar, O'Brien's, eventually shifting to a clubish place called 310Lounge.

Saturday:

We woke up late again and found our way to a great Mexican place called Taco's Por Favor, where Chris and Will were in heaven (Chris opting for the Mole burrito). We literally ate so much that by the time we came home, we just lounged until 3ish, at which point we started getting ready for a "beer party" Will had found in downtown LA. So, we got ready and headed there for a bit, sampling a wide variety of local micro brews. After a while, we left and made our way to the main event...Roller Derby. With my brother visiting, this is now kind of an annual thing, so this was my second time and I have to admit, I absolutely love it. Not because of the women pummeling each other, but because of the energy in the arena. It's such a blast...oh, and the 6 dollar "tall boy" mexican beers don't hurt either.

Once that was done we went to the after party and a bar downtown, and while I was DD, Chris, Will, and I really had a blast. Mingling with the women, laughing, talking about LA, and the sport. Someone heard in a passing convo that I'm an Assistant Editor and offered me volunteer time to edit together the league videos and I'm considering it since I get to go to the events for free. There's just something about those kind of women and their tattoos...hm...

Sunday:

Chris met with his old Roommate Alan for lunch and Will and I went to a "build your own burger bar" called the Counter, which Bravo (the TV channel) highly recommends. And now I understand why.

While that isn't my burger...mine had Gruyere cheese, grilled onions, green chilies, cole slaw, sprouts, avocado, and a fried egg on it, with a side of Russian dressing. I'll admit it - it was a bastard child, but it was so damn good.

We then made our way to Santa Monica where we met up with Chris and walked the beach and pier.

Coming home, we decided we needed frozen yogurt, so we stopped and loaded up on our probiotics. We then just hung out and let our stomachs digest...only to then go to a local Mexican place "El Super Taco"around 9pm for a late night snack.  Hell yeah.

We all turned in for bed, Chris Will and I saying our goodbyes since I needed to leave for work before they woke up.

It was a great weekend. Great times, great memories, great meals, a whole lot of laughs, and a much needed "vacation" for me, since I took my first day off from work since starting there (Friday).

While my calorie count for the weekend was much higher than I would ever had hoped it would go, I have no complaints.

I just with the weekend was longer.