My sister Sizzler, a former Angeleno, and her husband David are visiting us from New York this week for only a week so I’ve taken it upon myself to think of places to take ‘em in L.A. Of course, it’s an L.A. specific to their tastes (read: no tourist traps). So far, I’ve come up with the following.
Friday, August 4
The Rubens and Brueghel Exhibit at the Getty Center — Requisite art exhibit
Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles — A strange request by sister considering she is a vegetarian
Karaoke at Peppermint — A tribute to the couple’s years in Japan
Sunday, August 5
Sunday Brunch at Saddle Ranch & Happy Hour at Cabo Cantina — Cuz it’s too much fun
Little Miss Sunshine 21+ screening at the Arclight — A funny movie + cocktails in the best movie theater
Monday, August 7
Showgirls at Mickey’s — Something completely different and because we must
Martinis at the Abbey — Our fave WeHo hangout
Tuesday, August 8
Stroll through Venice Boardwalk to Santa Monica Boardwalk — They wanted to do something beachy
Early dinner at Cha Cha Chicken — The perfect way to end the stroll on the beach
The Muppet Movie at the Santa Monica Drive-In at the Pier — Muppets! Nuff said.
Wednesday, August 9
Hiking around Mount Hollywood — A fave pastime from our years living in Hollywood
Philippe’s — Again, not sure how this will work with the vegetarian
Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s — Because they’ve never played bingo like this
Barhopping on Cahuenga Corridor — I promised one night of good barhopping
God, I’m fat. Fat and excited. Thanks for thinking of all this! You’re so much fun, lady.
I just looked at the Philippe’s menu. It looks like I’ll have to make do with their cakes and pies. Sacrifices.
Love,
The girl who just complained about being fat
Was there anything else you wanted to do? Actually if you don’t want to do Philippe’s we could go to the Filipino restaurant down the street…wait, IS there vegetarian Filipino food?