Let's bake some jazz.

Went on one of those adventures with Nikki again. As always, we found a way to amuse ourselves for a good nine hours or so. Success.

Went to go check out the Vanity Fair portrait exhibit at LACMA, but first Nikki had to grab one of these:

It tastes like Thanksgiving in a cup. Now, we wondered if you would get the same effect by throwing a pumpkin pie and some ice cream in a blender..? o_O

The exhibit at LACMA was inspiring, to say the least. My mind is spinning with project ideas to play around with. Sadly, no pictures from the actual thing. They said no pictures, and I decided to honor that.

But the child tickets from LACMA are definitely unique...notice what they put under "Monday" instead of just "Child"

Yeah...next gen. That's right. I guess they believe children are the next gen, too. Now there's a scary thought.

Anyways, perused an amazing photographic display of fashion photography then headed out to the random lamps. That "sculpture" or whatever is begging to be photographed.


Very...interesting, to say the least. I mean it's cool and all, but is it art? What the hell is art nowadays, anyways? Whatever.

Oh...then there was this random I-beam with gave you wi-fi! Strangely, none of the other I-beams had this. So, do you only get wi-fi at that particular beam? Or not.


And a good ol' LA sunset.


so...in the park in back of the museums, there's a random ampitheatre.

I've never seen it used...the stage is adjacent to a walkway so it's not like it's secluded or anything. It's as if they want you to sit down and watch the passerby, staring at them uncomfortably or something along those lines. hmm...might be fun to bring some random musicians and see if anyone sits down to watch.

We had a few hours before our show started, so we went back to MILK for some sweets. I am finishing said goodies as I write this thing right now.

Nikki had a health-conscious tuna sandwich. Notice what my snack consisted of? Btw, the double chocolate cookie is like...a rock. It's that dense. It's deceptively heavy and quite gooey. Yum.

Applepan closes on Mondays, so we headed to gr/eats instead. I guess the maker of Giant Robot felt like opening a restaurant o_O. Oh, and it wasn't all that good. The curry tasted like the boxed stuff you get in supermarkets. Now, the honeydew at the end was a different story. Two toothpicks make all the difference.



The GPS died on us, so we scrambled to find directions. Ashley came to the rescue :]

So we managed to get to the Jazz Bakery. Influence was playing that night. They're a 19-piece big band-style group who just so happens to do a lot of musical work for shows like Family Guy, American Dad, Dancing with the Stars, etc. It was pretty cool hearing them break out of the typical T.V. songs and witness them express themselves purely as musicians.

Now, the Jazz Bakery's stage is TINY. I was surprised the entire band plus instruments could fit O_O


The band also brought up some guest vocalists, like this guy whose name I've forgotten. Anyways, he's a high school student who belted out Sinatra like it was nobody's business. Very impressive.


So yeah, an overall exciting day. The Vanity Fair thing alone would've made for a good day...going to the Jazz Bakery made it even better. I love how you can stay for the second show for free...makes the low price even more appealing.