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0. Bicycled to the Pasadena Farmers' Market (3.5 miles), our first time there. Bought a rosemary plant for $1.25 and listened to a guy play a home-made banjo. Ran into my friend Brian (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brilem) whom I last saw at a summer party at Lisa's house in Highland Park, and before that on a camping trip to the Kern River. tableauvivante had posted photos of the farmers' market even before we left the house. The banjo player urged us to vote for Ron Paul.
1. Bicycling back home, resolved to host a brunch potluck in the future.
2. Drove out to North Hollywood (16 miles) to check out the "Eco-Fare," hosted, of all places, at Universal Studies. I had a hankering for BBQ, but did not expect to find any. Thus I was surprised and delighted to stumble upon Kansas City BBQ for a delicious "burnt end" sandwich.
3. The Eco-Fare at Universal Studios was kind of lame. Universal glued green moss to their huge "globe" sculpture for the event. I did find out about several interesting local organizations, such as a BioDiesel cooperative, and get to meet the Dervaes family, of Dervaes Gardens/Path To Freedom, a Pasadena farm located on a one-acre residential lot. The biodiesel co-op was pretty interesting, too. I was amused to learn that their biodiesel was at one time composed of 50% soy oil, 25% walnut oil, and 25% chicken fat. ("Powered by Chickens!"?)
4. Ambling home aimlessly over Los Angeles surface streets, we soon found ourselves in the viscinity of Griffith Park. We drove up to gawk at the sunset and the Foucault's Pendulum, along with thousands of other people. We strolled through the Observatory museum briefly, but were expelled by a fire alarm. Their new exhibits seem quite popular.
5. Ambling, again, down from the mountain, we found ourselves in Los Feliz Village, a wonderful neighborhood of which I was only dimly aware. (In fact, I had heard good things about Los Feliz, but thought it synonymous with Silverlake.) This one block in particular is wonderful, with a couple cool diners, a berkeleyesque bookstore called Skylight Books, a beautiful french-style cafe called Figaro, a movie theatre, and a cafe open to 2am. Will definitely be returning. With hipster bingo sheets, of course.
brilem) whom I last saw at a summer party at Lisa's house in Highland Park, and before that on a camping trip to the Kern River. tableauvivante had posted photos of the farmers' market even before we left the house. The banjo player urged us to vote for Ron Paul.1. Bicycling back home, resolved to host a brunch potluck in the future.
2. Drove out to North Hollywood (16 miles) to check out the "Eco-Fare," hosted, of all places, at Universal Studies. I had a hankering for BBQ, but did not expect to find any. Thus I was surprised and delighted to stumble upon Kansas City BBQ for a delicious "burnt end" sandwich.
3. The Eco-Fare at Universal Studios was kind of lame. Universal glued green moss to their huge "globe" sculpture for the event. I did find out about several interesting local organizations, such as a BioDiesel cooperative, and get to meet the Dervaes family, of Dervaes Gardens/Path To Freedom, a Pasadena farm located on a one-acre residential lot. The biodiesel co-op was pretty interesting, too. I was amused to learn that their biodiesel was at one time composed of 50% soy oil, 25% walnut oil, and 25% chicken fat. ("Powered by Chickens!"?)
4. Ambling home aimlessly over Los Angeles surface streets, we soon found ourselves in the viscinity of Griffith Park. We drove up to gawk at the sunset and the Foucault's Pendulum, along with thousands of other people. We strolled through the Observatory museum briefly, but were expelled by a fire alarm. Their new exhibits seem quite popular.
5. Ambling, again, down from the mountain, we found ourselves in Los Feliz Village, a wonderful neighborhood of which I was only dimly aware. (In fact, I had heard good things about Los Feliz, but thought it synonymous with Silverlake.) This one block in particular is wonderful, with a couple cool diners, a berkeleyesque bookstore called Skylight Books, a beautiful french-style cafe called Figaro, a movie theatre, and a cafe open to 2am. Will definitely be returning. With hipster bingo sheets, of course.