Today was a pretty awesome tourist day in la. Randall and i started it off with some urth coffee and then met the rest of the crew at royal-t
for some cosplay brunch. I was hoping to get one of kristen's bakelab
cupcakes while there, but the waitress (aka Japanese cosplay inspired
maid) said they were from a different bakery. Also I totally made a
food order fail. Everyone else had great looking food while I had what
was essentially a plate of spinachfromabag with orange sauce and four
measly pieces of duck. If you ever find yourself there do not make my
mistake and fall for the duck. It was just not worth it.
Afterwards, Sam and chris left for film festival stuff and bao, Laura,
Randall and I decided to go to the la brea tar pits because well, it
was sort of surprising that none of us had been there before. While
walking around a random dude on a bench asked us if we wanted our
portraits drawn. I immediately said no but as we started to walk away
we realized who it was. It was none other than totally random David
Liebe-Hart (you may recognize him from Tim & Eric). He talked to us
about aliens for quite some time and then about how he was laid off
from cartoon network. It was utterly weird and surreal. Laura, who had
no idea who this dude was, was particularly weirded out by the whole
thing. His caricatures, as you can tell, are pretty ridiculous. But,
if you want one for yourself it'll be $5 and he hangs out near the
lake pit waiting for the korendians to tell him more about their world
(he has loads of documents though, and he'll show you them).
Once we'd had enough of the pits, we headed on over to amoeba where
they were having a garage sale. Then farewell to bao and Laura, our
gracious LA-based hosts who we host.
Next up was a quick dip in the hotel pool and then one of the most
awesome sushi dinners I've had in a while courtesy of the folks at wa
sushi. I even got to cross off one of Jonathan gold's "99 things to
eat in la before you die" items, the BBQ eel apple pie. Now wait!
Before you get grossed out, it's a savory-ish dessert dish. It
consists of wasabi, puff pastry, BBQ eel, tempura apple slice and a
sweet sauce (similar to what unagi is served with anyway). It knocked
my socks off, and I highly recommend going and sitting at the bar and
just eating whatever the chef makes you.
Finally, after dinner we met samshrew and chris at the DGA for another
round of short films. Jp and rich (chris's crew) had great entries
(would love to see a full length version of empire corner and if wu is
dead got posted to the interweb, I think it would be a viral hit), but
the best one was works of art. A great way to end the weekend.
And with that, so ends the la weekend. Homeward bound tomorrow.
