On July 2nd, I went downtown with Scott.  Not that downtown, LA downtown.  It was actually, surprisingly, fun.  Downtown is a pretty cool area, it just needs more people walkin’ around to feel like its not constantly deserted.  We started in Little Tokyo with some red bean buns and some peach tea.  I don’t have pictures of anything because I’m new to documenting every moment of my life, as hard as that may be to believe.  I only took two, one in the store where we bought the tea.  I love Japanese grocery stores, everything is so cool and the packaging is always so interesting and ridiculous.

Black Black: Hi-Technical Excellent Taste and Flavor

We walked over to Olivera Street after and took a stroll down the main drag.  Also nice, much better on the weekends, Scott tells me.  We went to an old place called Paul’s Kitchen for lunch.  We had the Chicken Salad and the Sweet and Sour Pressed Duck with extra MSG.  It made me so sleepy.  After we checked out this awesome Italian deli called Bottega Louie which I would definitely recommend visiting and eating at if you’re downtown.  It’s a special place and a really cool space.  That’s kind of when we got inspired to make Tapas for dinner.  Nothing to do with Italian food, more just the quantity in the deli displays.  That and the farmer’s market we happened upon in Westwood when we got back.  Check back for that feast later.

Police Horses

These guys were out in numbers, like 30 of ‘em, to control the crowds and crowds of folks that came out to see Villaraigosa speak (there were really maybe 10 people there).