A Saturday Adventure

Baby grand on the Venice walk

Most Saturdays I spend being extremely lazy at my apartment. I might go to the gym or walk around Brentwood, but it is usually a day of relaxation. Two Saturdays ago was a completely different story. Yes, I worked out. Yes, I hung out at my apartment for a while at least, but the adventure started late afternoon as I headed 15 minutes south to Venice. I had plans to meet up with my friend Cassie, who wanted to start a video blog. For her first post, she wanted to find the stories behind some of Venice’s most interesting people, and there are a lot of them. While Venice is just south of Santa Monica and just north of Marina Del Rey, but it is nothing like these two communities. Venice Beach is lined with street performers, homeless people, and people trying to sell you medical marijuana. Sounds like I fit in perfectly right? I was a little nervous to approach these unique personalities but hoped Cassie would break the ice. We slowly began our search for some interesting people along the walk.  

We ended up spending 95 percent of our time at the skate park on the beach. There was an insane little six-year-old boy that was tearing up the park. He was so cute, and I couldn’t believe he was such a good skateboarder. Shortly after we left the skate park, Cassie received a call out of the blue from a guy we met at happy hour a couple weeks before. He recently moved into a house in the Hills and was getting ready to open up some bottles of champagne to kick off the evening. On a whim, we decided to go and see where the night would take us. While we didn’t end up interviewing anyone, we were excited to see where the night would take us.

We headed up Beverly onto the infamous Mullholland Drive. The view from the top of the hills is absolutely breathtaking and terrifying all at the same time. Curving along the narrow road, we quickly took in the scenery. After a little bit of a drive, we arrived at the house. The house sits right on the edge of the canyon and has some of the most beautiful views of the valley. While we sipped champagne, we enjoy a little background noise of Justine Bieber’s movie per Cassie’s request. Haha.

Cab ride picture

Around 11 we headed off to the Hudson aka the best low-key bar in West Hollywood. Unfortunately the Hudson was busting at its seams, so we decided to venture into the Hollywood scene. Now Hollywood bars have a whole different atmosphere than my favorite dive bars. Skipping the line, we headed into Eden. The place was packed with loud music, pretty people and flowing drinks. We cheersed. We danced. We socialized. Until Cassie and I realized we hadn’t eaten dinner. Suddenly we couldn’t think of anything but food. We left the club in search for a burger place nearby. Upon exiting we ran into a guy who worked for TMZ. He told us about a place that has amazing burgers right up the street. To make sure we didn’t get lost, the kind TMZ worker escorted us to Juicy Burger. As many of you may know, I don’t eat red meat. I stopped about three years ago, and I have only had one burger since. All I can say is that Juicy Burger almost convinced me to start eating burgers again. It was the most flavorful burger ever. Maybe that was my starvation talking or the fact I hadn’t had a burger in years, but I would cave again for another Juicy Burger.

Needless to say the night was a success. Just shows you can make quick friends in Los Angeles and have an adventure on an ordinary night.