Sunday Funday

After starting off our Sunday Funday at the Griddle searching for the best breakfast, Allie and I headed over to the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)! I had never been before and I figured as a Californian, for the time being, I had to check it out.

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The LACMA is famous for the forest of antique lampposts outside the museum. If you have seen the movie No Strings Attached, this is where Adam tells Emma that he loves her (and she freaks out a little).

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After feeling like the size of ant in the midst of the lampposts, we headed into the museum!

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We came across a second masterpiece created by the same artist behind the lampposts: Metropolis. The Metropolis is made up of structures that model the fast paced city outside the LACMA doors. There are about a thousand miniature cars going as fast as 240 miles per hour. It took the artist about 4 months to set up this sculpture in the LACMA. It was so intricate and so amazing to look at. It really looked like a mini LA.

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In the next room, there was a massive steel structure: Band by Richard Serra. I decided to walk along the entire edge of the sculpture, which felt a bit like a maze when you were inside of it. I was blown away by the size of it…it must have taken so long to create (and so much patience too)!

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^^I spy Allie

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Then, we came across a couple rooms filled with art that made me just want to kick myself for not thinking of creating it and submitting it to LACMA (or whatever it is that you do to get your art in the LAMCA) sooner. I mean really…

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^^A pile of letters

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^^Tupperware

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^^A ball

But kudos to them for actually making it work. I wasn’t too impressed. (Please, forgive me)

Now, lets get to the good stuff…

Like Picasso

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And Monet

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And other fabulous pieces that actually did impress me!

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^^One of my favorite artists: Jackson Pollack

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^^ One of my dad’s favorite: Franz Klien

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^^Another one of my favorite artists and my dad’s too: Andy Warhol

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^^I would put this artist’s sketch in the LACMA before I would have put the Tupperware…but maybe that’s just me!

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^^Now, why is this little cutie in the corner? “No one puts Baby in the corner”

No matter how hard we try to be super composed and serious (like everyone else inside)…we can’t help but have a little fun!

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^^If you look closely on the painting behind me, there are scribbles (done by the artist for I don’t know what reason)…but doesn’t it look like someone just walked up with a pen and scribbled on it?

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^^Most people don’t know this…but the girl Picasso painted is really Allie.

After the LACMA, Allie and I headed over to the movie theatre to see an incredible masterpiece by the one and only…Mr. Ben Affleck! You’re probably thinking that Allie and I always seem to go to the movies. Well, that’s because it’s OSCAR SEASON people!!! We have to see as many of the good ones as we possibly can before the award show. Speaking of the Oscars, I don’t know what was going through the Academy’s heads when they didn’t nominate Ben as Best Director for his film Argo. I mean, seriously. The Golden Globes got it right…Ben won for Best Director and the film won for Best Picture! I know Ben Affleck is my favorite so there seems to be some bias, but if you have seen the movie Argo, I think you would agree that the Academy made a pretty big mistake by not (at the very least) nominating him. But, enough about that…there is nothing I can do about it!

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Let’s talk Argo. First of all, the movie is based on a true story. And I don’t think I have heard of a crazier story in our country’s history. At the boiling point of the Iranian Revolution, militants storm the U.S. Embassy and take all but six of the Americans working in the Embassy hostage. In the midst of the chaos, those six Americans managed to escape the Embassy and take cover in the Canadian Ambassador’s house. The Canadian and American governments turned to the CIA to come up with a plan to rescue these six Americans. Tony Mendez, played by Ben Affleck, comes up with the craziest plan you have ever heard of. In fact, in the movie they refer to the plan as “the best bad idea” the CIA could come up with. What is so incredible, is that the plan actually worked! The movie was so ingeniously written and created. You would be depriving yourself if you didn’t go see the movie! Well done to the entire cast and crew. It’s definitely one of my favorite movies!

Quest for the Best Breakfast

Last Sunday, Allie and I discovered the best French Toast we had ever eaten…which led us to our brilliant beyond brilliant idea to search for our favorite version of our favorite breakfast dishes!! Mine is Eggs Benedict and Allie’s is Blueberry Pancakes. We are going to go around to different restaurants all over the LA area and try all the Eggs Benedicts and Blueberry Pancakes out there until we find the best Eggs Benedict we have ever eaten and the best Blueberry Pancakes we have ever eaten.

This past Sunday marks our first day of our journey to find the best breakfast! We started out with none other than the famous restaurant “The Griddle.” How could we start anywhere else? I have heard so many amazing things about it’s breakfast, but I had never tried it. And boy oh boy did it set the bar high!

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(^^don’t be discouraged by the line..it moved really quickly!)

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^^taking cover from the rain!

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^^we made it inside…you can’t really tell but I’m drooling over everyone’s food.

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Over all the years I have been ordering Eggs Benedict for breakfast (which is pretty much my entire life…so 18 years), I had yet to try it on potato skins. And that is exactly how the Griddle prepares it’s version of my favorite dish. Three potato skins, with a thick cut of Canadian bacon (so much better than the wimpy slices I sometimes get) on top, and two poached eggs. Then, the chefs drown the plate in Hollandaise sauce. Sometimes I couldn’t even see what I was cutting through it all. But, don’t get me wrong…I’m not complaining.

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^^first bite!!

I loved it on the potato skins for a change!! I was skeptical at first, but then pleasantly surprised. I’m not so sure if it is the absolute best version of Eggs Benedict I have ever eaten, but it sure was pretty darn good!

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^^first bite!!

Now, if it were up to me…I would have named the blueberry pancakes the best pancakes I have ever eaten. I don’t think I would even have to try anywhere else. There was a dollop blueberry sour cream on top that was to die for and truly made the dish! Usually, with pancakes I can’t eat more than one because I feel like it’s the same bite over and over. But, the sour cream left me wanting more and more. Unfortunately, my yearning to finish every last bite wasn’t quite as strong as my extremely stuffed stomach. It killed me not to finish it.

However, the blueberry pancakes were not up to me to judge. (My apologies to The Griddle) Allie thought they were pretty amazing too but she wasn’t quite as convinced as I was that they were the best. So, the search continues!

Stay tuned!!

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^^before

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Sunday Funday

We are back on schedule, people! Allie is fully recovered from not feeling well, so our usual Sunday plans are back on.

This past Sunday Funday, we woke up to the most beautiful sunny day. Picture a July summers day…only its January! (I’m still a bit bitter about having no winter season here in California…but Allie and I decided to make the most of it)

We greeted this beautiful day wearing our “Sunday Funday” shirts that our mother got us for Christmas! And we went on a hike in Brentwood with amazing views!

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Even an amazing view of Tom Brady’s house. Can I even call it a house? Let’s go with mansion. An amazing view of Tom Brady’s mansion. He just so happened to have a major playoff game that night (let’s not talk about the results because I may start crying) so we assumed that neither Tom, Giselle, nor the kids were in LA but instead in Boston for the game. Sooo, who was blasting the Taylor Swift song that my sister and I heard coming from their house…the maids?? Whoever it was, they seemed to be having a fabulous time.

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After the hike, we drove down to Brentwood Country Mart to have brunch at one of the cutest places I have ever walked into: Farm Shop.

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And when I walked in, I looked to my right to see one of my favorite bloggers, Emily Schuman, standing right there! What are the odds?! Despite the fact that I probably seemed a bit like a crazy fan, I couldn’t resist saying hello. She was just as sweet as her lovely blog. And I’m kicking myself now that I didn’t get a picture with her.

Then, Allie and I sat down to eat a brunch of eggs, potatoes, bacon, and the most delicious French Toast. I know I have been using what seems like exaggerated language (“most delicious”, “cutest”, etc) but I’m being quite realistic. It is the best French Toast I have ever had.

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Once our tummies were stuffed, we wandered over to the prepared food section to pick out dinner for later that night. We chose chicken breast, potatoes, and beets! The best part about the dinner, aside from how yummy it was, was we only had to lift one finger to press “start” on the microwave.

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After dinner, we had to get our minds off of the disappointing, to say the least, Patriots game. So, we headed over to the movies to watch “Django: Unchained.”

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If you haven’t seen it yet, GO! There is a lot of blood and gory…but if you can get past that, it was a truly amazing film with the perfect dose of humor thrown into the mix. I just loved it!

And that concludes this edition of Sunday Funday! One of the best yet.