Los Angeles: Part 3

Things have been a little crazy, what can I say, we're in LA. Each day so far has been full of plans and adventures, we're just so tired when we get home. Alas, this blog post is a little over due, but its our vacation so can you really blame us?

Yesterday began with a lot of standing, waiting in line for an art museum... Was it worth it? probably not, but we got the chance to watch people know more things about art than us.

The exhibits were strange and thought-provoking, but the last exhibit by Yayoi Kusama (which we had to wait 4 hours to see) honestly made the whole thing worth it. In Kusama's exhibit, Infinity Mirrored Room - The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, we were surrounded by millions of little stars mirrored to perfection; it was a different world.

After being thrown into the small room of disorientation, we decided to venture out to the LA arts district. The area we explored spanned a small little triangle of roads: Traction Avenue, S Alameda Street, and E 4th Street. Art was EVERYWHERE, the sky the ground, the walls, we didn't know where to look half of the time. This city's art district was one of the most unique I've ever seen, besides New Orleans of course...

We wandered into a little book store called Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, the place was full of books about art, politics, cats, you name it. We could have spend hours and loads of $$ in there.

Fortunately, ice cream was whispering our name... We just so happened to stumble upon a very hidden but very cute vegan ice cream shop, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream. I had a mango jasmine matcha scoop in a cone and Sara had an earl grey scoop in a cup, we were happy campers.

A few more minutes of roaming the art district and we were starving. Mel's Drive In, a wacky diner located right in the heart of Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard, provided us with some classic mashed potatoes and veggie burgers.

The food wasn't anything special, but the place had a special aura about it. It was like a time machine to the 50's and we could almost see the place booming with young teens again. It was a treat in such a modern and plastic city.

Goodbye LA... new adventures to come.