LA Adventurers

An acquaintance and I were discussing books, eating, health issues and ayurveda one day when we realized that we had one more thing in common.  We had both lived in So. Cal for several years and had not "seen" (like a visitor or tourist sees), many of the sights of LA.  Speaking for myself, many of my outings in Los Angeles are to galleries or out for food and in Orange County it's all beach or hiking all the time.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, but one day I will no longer live here and I have a hunch I'll be kicking myself for not visiting some of the local sights during my residency.

So we formed the LA Adventurers...(which consists of the two of us!!!) - I know, dorky, but we are kinda self professed geeks.... and began our monthly Experience LA Tour on Sunday at Griffith Park and The Griffith Observatory.

We parked the car (yes, we carpooled in the Prius), at the Fern Dell Drive entrance of the park and hiked up to the Observatory.  It was a fairly steep hike but not particularly long, maybe 30 or 40 minutes.   The views of LA (Smog) along the way are incredible!  The Observatory was certainly interesting and educational.  We watched the film: "Centered in The Universe" in the Planetarium.  It was very good. I love the visual effects possible with that type of projection.  After our hike back down we bought lemonade and lavender cookies to hold us over till lunch.

Our lunch destination was Street, Susan Feniger's new restaurant based on street foods around the globe.  I've been dying to go and it did not disappoint.   The service was fantastic even though much of the staff was catering the Emmys that day, the restaurant is very funky and very orange, and the food was delicious and unique.

We shared the Kaya Toast from Singapore and the Turkish Donuts for appetizers while drinking some kind of beet juice elixers.  Kristin had the Falafel plate as her entree and I had the Korean Rice Salad with cod and a fried egg on top.