Farmers Market and the Beach!
The original LA Farmers Market. Established
in 1934.
Roast Beef sandwich from farmers market. The bread
was dipped in Au jus. It wasn't as good as I thought
it would be. Not bad though, The mac and cheese in the
background was really good.
Pralines from Littlejohn's Candies. Really good. I'll put a
link at the bottom to order.
Bob's Doughnuts. Great doughnuts. The glazed old fashioned
I had was killer. Dawn had a beignet.
The Grove is an outdoor, upscale shopping area next to
farmers market. Nothing too special but we did run
into Mario Lopez, aka Slater. He seemed like a douche.
Fun in the sand.
This has to be one of the coolest piers in the country.
Michael, Yosh and I had a blast playing in the ocean.
Michael and I are in this wave!
The California coast is beautiful.
The end of the line for Route 66. Rush hour traffic in LA is
so bad.
After a day at Universal and two days at Disney we changed things
up a bit. Today would be a stop at Farmers Market and the Grove,
then a few hours at Santa Monica Pier/beach. After breakfast
was delivered to out room we hit the road. Traffic wasn't
too bad on the way to farmers market. We got there nice and
early and scored a great parking spot. The LA Farmers market is
neat. It's different from our farmers market in that the "stores"
are set up in permanent locations. There is everything from
fresh produce to gourmet French foods with pretty much
everything in between.After browsing around, trying a few things
and getting some lunch we walked over to The Grove. The Grove
is an outdoor, upscale shopping area. Nothing too special but I did
go in the biggest Barnes and Noble I have ever seen. Three stories
tall. E! was filming something and Mario Lopez was there. I
know...big deal. I used to like Saved by the Bell though. A little
after noon we headed to Santa Monica. Again, the traffic wasn't
too bad. Little did I know what i was in store for later... It
took awhile to figure out where to park and change once we
got there. Once changed we headed straight for the water.
Michael, Yosh and 1 spent a couple hours in the water.
It was a blast. You get some big waves in California. I think
Michael would stay in the water all day if you let him. After
playing in the ocean we changed, got a bite to eat at Pacific
Park and hit the road. Big mistake! We should have looked around
for awhile and sat down for dinner. Rush hour in LA sucks and that
is an understatement. It took forever to get back. We did make
it though and had dinner at East West Shabu Shabu. I will
do a separate post for that.
