Disneyland and California 2013

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.

Littlejohn's Candies

LA Farmers Market