{"id":269,"date":"2009-11-08T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T00:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisabrounstein.com\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2009-11-08T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T00:04:13","slug":"nobody-walks-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Nobody Walks in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still trying to get through the jet lag. \u00a0 The change back from Daylight savings time doesn’t help. \u00a0 It is 5:15 on Sunday evening and I feel like I could call it a day and go to sleep. \u00a0 I just keep pressing through. \u00a0 I’m sure this feeling of needing to go to sleep at 5p and waking up at 3a feeling like it’s noon will pass. \u00a0 In the meantime, I am just living my life. \u00a0 And, a great life at that.<\/p>\n

We broke open some of the Gouda cheese I brought home and had it with the Belgian beer I found at BevMo. \u00a0 I was thrilled to find the Delirium Tremens beer yesterday. \u00a0 (I was even happier to see it for less at Cost Plus today.) \u00a0 The cheese is amazingly creamy and delicious. \u00a0 I don’t remember Gouda cheese tasting that way. \u00a0 Maybe it is more processed for the US. \u00a0 Maybe it’s the kind I bought. \u00a0 I don’t know. \u00a0 What I do know is that it was and is ridiculously delicious. We have some left over that I want to savor.<\/p>\n

\"charlies\"This morning we woke up early and took our time getting it together. \u00a0 Since I got home I have been making it a point of taking a long walk everyday. \u00a0 I don’t want to lose that fit feeling I have after walking the streets of Amsterdam. \u00a0 I am really enjoying walking. \u00a0 Life in Los Angeles, at least for me, just isn’t set up for a walking lifestyle. \u00a0 I need to find places where I can add it into my daily life. \u00a0 Today, we ended up walking down to the Farmer’s Market at 3rd and Fairfax. \u00a0 I have been going there since I was a child. \u00a0 I have wonderful memories. \u00a0 Even with the addition of The Grove, it is still a wonderful place. \u00a0 The walk from our apartment makes it approximately a 3 mile round trip walk. \u00a0 In some ways it felt really far. \u00a0 It’s a slow incline back. \u00a0 There aren’t hills in Amsterdam (save for the tiny cobblestone bridges) so I felt the slight burn but it was a good burn. \u00a0 We got there before all the stores and kiosks opened and before the huge Sunday crowds. \u00a0 I love Los Angeles early in the morning, especially on the weekends, because most people sleep in. \u00a0 Restaurants don’t normally get busy before 10a. \u00a0 We ate at Charlie’s at the West end of the Farmer’s Market. \u00a0 We had our pick of the tables. \u00a0 I am sure the person who designed the chairs for the Farmer’s Market is Dutch as they are very small and definitely not made for comfort. \u00a0 Maybe they don’t want people to linger longer than it takes to eat a meal. \u00a0 They also seem very, very old. \u00a0 When I sit on them I always give them a little test to be sure they feel sturdy. \u00a0 Then I sit gingerly. Today was fine. I ordered our breakfast and staked out our spot and John went and got us coffee’s from Starbucks. \u00a0 I love being with him!<\/p>\n

Then we walked through the Farmer’s Market as the kiosks opened. \u00a0 The crepe stand was packed, as usual. \u00a0 \"famers\"It is definitely a favorite for most people. \u00a0 Every person I told we were going or had gone to the Farmer’s Market mentioned the crepe restaurant. \u00a0 I love looking at the fruit and vegetable stands there. \u00a0 Even if I’m not shopping I find the displays to be like works for art.<\/p>\n

After being in Amsterdam and drinking as much coffee as I did, I have a yen for a Nespresso machine. \u00a0 My sister has one and it got a lot more use while I was visiting. \u00a0 I love the idea of making a perfect cup of coffee every time. \u00a0 Especially, now that I am drinking a couple of cups (or four) a day. In Amsterdam, we walked to the big department store to buy more coffee and I loved the whole concept. \u00a0 I was first introduced to the Nespresso machines at Thanksgiving last year at John’s Aunt’s. \u00a0 It is just a great cup of coffee. \u00a0 So, today I was thrilled to see they had the Nespresso machines at Sur La Table. \u00a0 John wanted to go in and look around. \u00a0 We had a great sales person talk to us about the machines. \u00a0 He made John a cup of his choice of coffee and he was sold the minute he took a whiff and a sip. \u00a0 It isn’t something we are going to jump into buying this minute. \u00a0 With the holidays coming up it is more likely than if he had tried it in July.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is Monday. \u00a0 A new day. \u00a0 I will get up and walk and then go to the dentist. \u00a0 Then the day is my oyster. I have some things to think about. \u00a0 It will be a good day to take stock of what’s next as that is the ongoing theme of my days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m still trying to get through the jet lag. \u00a0 The change back from Daylight savings time doesn’t help. \u00a0 It is 5:15 on Sunday evening and I feel like I could call it a day and go to sleep. \u00a0 I just keep pressing through. \u00a0 I’m sure this feeling of needing to go… Continue reading Nobody Walks in LA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-in-los-angeles","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lisabrounstein.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}