picnic blanket.the weekend went by far too quickly!
the studio was closed on friday so we had the day off (obviously). after lunching at huckleberry (i had the grilled cheese sandwich, he had the roast beef sandwich), we spent the afternoon test driving cars since i'm looking into getting one in the very near future. i test drove the bmw 328i, audi a4, volvo s40 and vw jetta tdi - the bmw was actually my least favorite.. but nothing is decided yet so we'll see what happens. afterwards we headed out east for our usual barnsdall friday wine tasting - and it was all spanish wines this week! it was nice being able to be there for the entire time (starts at 5.30, but we usually can't make it until almost 7 because of work) and i was able to get some pretty good photos. headed to cobras&matadors, which was just down the block, to continue the spanish theme of the night with some delightful tapas. the meal was quite delightful, and between rob, dan and i we devoured the following (along with a bottle of tempranillo):
_gazpacho
_pa amb tomaquet : toasted catalan bread, spanish ham, manchego
_crab croquettes, mixed greens, chipotle aioli
_bacalao : salted cod croquetts, aioli
_grilled rosemary shrimp, smoked sea salt, grapefruit-fennel salad
_grilled marinated black angus skirt steak
_grilled mushroom flatbread, onions, 3 cheeses, truffle oil
_baked goat cheese, poached cherries, almond pesto
_socca cakes: mediterranean chickpea crepes with honey & goat cheese
_flourless chocolate cake
saturday afternoon we biked the 15 or so miles down to hermosa beach to meet up with one of dan's old college roommates that was in town for the weekend. we took the beach bike path the entire way and it was absolute madness at most of the beaches. hermosa/manhattan felt like a college beach town, except with late twenty-somethings / early thirty-somethings having house parties, playing beer bong and running around in ridiculous yet patriotic beach gear. we biked back up to santa monica as it was getting dark - skipped the fireworks in the marina since it was complete insanity and neither of us wanted to deal with it - and rented hayao miyazaki's princess mononoke to watch over a home-cooked fried rice dinner.
we took sunday nice and easy - a short run (because biking 30 miles is more exhausting than expected), leftovers for lunch, some shopping at the promenade and public enemies at the arclight. kind of wish i had another day to sleep in (=
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