The LA posts are kind of dragging on, so I'm including a lot in today's post! Let me just say that the freeways in LA are not exactly free. It took us ~45 minutes to get to a Best Buy less than 5 miles from the hospital. The morning we went to Olvera street, it took almost an hour and a half, And we were already downtown! It doesn't help when gas prices are looking like this: 
Luckily we never paid more than $4.50, but that is still a LOT. But, you've gotta do what you've gotta do. And Saturday, Scott HAD to try the Mole on Olvera Street. Olvera is the oldest street in LA, and is pretty famous for it. We listened to a podcast from Amateur Traveler on the way down, where the interviewee told us "You will not forget me if you eat mole at La Colondrina Cafe." Well, turns out that guy was forgettable, but Scott loved the mole! Me? Not so much. I had a kids enchilada meal- delish!
Luckily we never paid more than $4.50, but that is still a LOT. But, you've gotta do what you've gotta do. And Saturday, Scott HAD to try the Mole on Olvera Street. Olvera is the oldest street in LA, and is pretty famous for it. We listened to a podcast from Amateur Traveler on the way down, where the interviewee told us "You will not forget me if you eat mole at La Colondrina Cafe." Well, turns out that guy was forgettable, but Scott loved the mole! Me? Not so much. I had a kids enchilada meal- delish! Mole is a sauce, a mixture of ingredients from three continents: North America, Europe and Africa, making it the first international dish created in the Americas. Mole means “sauce” in Nahuatl (or chili pepper sauce in the case of chilmulli). All mole preparations begin with one or more types of chili pepper. Other ingredients can include black pepper, achiote, guaje, cumin, cloves, anise, tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic, sesame seeds, dried fruit, hoja santa and many other ingredients. Mole poblano has an average of 20 ingredients; mole almendrado has an average of 26, and Oaxacan moles can have over 30. Chocolate, the key ingredient, is added at the end of cooking. Authentic mole can take over a day to create, letting the flavors blend and simmer together. (Source Wikipedia) 
The restaurant also had REAL tortilla chips. Like tortillas cut up and cooked. Legit! 
Luckily we had some entertainment while sitting in all the traffic. We watched people filming: 
Saw LOTS of sweet cars: 
Looked in the shops along Rodeo Drive: 
And even drove through: 
That's right, we were rollin through Bel-Air! It is only 0.6 mi from John's hospital room. (Shameless plug for our Garmin GPS)
At first we saw houses like the one pictured below. Nice, but not really living up to my expectations for Bel-Air. 
Then, we spotted the "Star Line" tour bus, and followed it to some much higher class neighborhoods :)
Most of the homes either had huge cement walls you cannot see over, or were very gated:
Or, they were hidden behind trees and such:
We had a good few hours out on the town. Next time we go to LA we will not miss biking and riding the ferris wheel at Santa Monica pier!
The restaurant also had REAL tortilla chips. Like tortillas cut up and cooked. Legit! Luckily we had some entertainment while sitting in all the traffic. We watched people filming: Saw LOTS of sweet cars: Looked in the shops along Rodeo Drive: And even drove through: That's right, we were rollin through Bel-Air! It is only 0.6 mi from John's hospital room. (Shameless plug for our Garmin GPS)
At first we saw houses like the one pictured below. Nice, but not really living up to my expectations for Bel-Air. Then, we spotted the "Star Line" tour bus, and followed it to some much higher class neighborhoods :)
Most of the homes either had huge cement walls you cannot see over, or were very gated:
Or, they were hidden behind trees and such: 
We had a good few hours out on the town. Next time we go to LA we will not miss biking and riding the ferris wheel at Santa Monica pier! 
1 comment:
all I can say is WOW. You got to see and do a lot while in LA and I'm glad Scott got to live his dream and eat the mole. I'm with you on the kid enchiladas. Mexican isn't really my thing. The gas prices are astronomical in LA! Yikes
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