The Nickel Diner!
We started with homemade donuts. Seriously mind-blowing. Luis and I both had a Nutella...
Then we each had a pile of completely original and other-worldly delicious breakfast. I had my first Huevos Rancheros, Luis had a "Puppy Pile" of pancakes and sausage, Mary had a scrambled egg and sausage plate called the "Hangover Helper," and Zizi had barbecue pork hash with poached eggs. I don't have pictures of any of this because the second they put the plate down, I was totally enthralled in eating.
I did manage to try everything on the table, though. And upon a bite of house-made strawberry jam and pancakes, I just sat back and said, "Oh my god!" The owner just happened to be refilling our coffees and was so touched by my reaction, she gave us dessert on the house!! We picked a s'mores cake, and it went something like this:
That's the owner!
As full as we were, it took less than five minutes to demolish that piece of heaven.
Next we took a stroll around downtown L.A. We shopped a little, but mostly just let our full bellies recover!
Then, HOLLYWOOD!
Those pictures are from pretty far away, but tomorrow we'll be taking a drive the the observatory for better views.
Of course, we couldn't pass up Grauman's Chinese Theater and the Walk of Fame!
Better pictures of this are on Luis's phone, oh well.
In classic Mary and Sarah fashion, all of this activity deserved a cold drink!
Margaritas, beer, martinis, and Jameson - WOO! We sure do love us some afternoon buzzing!
Plus, it was the perfect way to prequel our two-hour drive through the Hollywood Hills stalking out celebrity homes. We ended up finding about 10-15, but these were our favorites:
Leonardo DiCaprio, complete with security guard (who did not want to answer questions, let us out of the car, or have his picture taken).
Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi
We headed back to the hotel once it got dark for some much-needed respite.
Then, it was ON!
We went to our local favorite, 35er's, and proceeded to get wasted! Haha! So much fun! And so delicious! The bartender was top-notch. Here's a new drink I tried: Fruit Loop Vodka! It was seriously like a bowl of cereal.
There aren't a lot of pictures from this point forward, for obvious reasons ;)
Downtown Pasadena is so beautiful, and we can't wait to explore the city some more today on our way to THE GAME!
GO NOLES! >>------;->
