Mike arrived at LAX on Friday night (on the same flight as Delonte West.) Finally my excuse to be a tourist in LA had arrived. That night we drove down Santa Monica Blvd. into Hollywood. When we came out to LA a year prior for Spring Break we felt lost in Beverly Hills as we tried to find our way from Rodeo Drive to Century City. Now a year later we were driving past these sites down the same streets we walked. We went to Jones (same place I went for my birthday) for dinner because it's easy to get into. After having buffalo chicken and marherita pizza we drove down the Sunset Strip. Lyons felt like he was at an amusement park. An amusement park with extremely good looking women.
Saturday we woke up pretty early and hit the road. We took a scenic drive up the coast to Malibu where we stopped at Zuma Beach and the Cohen Mansion. Ok so the Cohen Mansion is private property and is gated off, so we couldn't really see it, but the other houses in the area were pretty sweet.
The Future Lyons Residence, aka The Lyons Den.
Imagine attending Malibu High?
From Malibu we drove down to Venice Beach for lunch. We sat on the beach for a while then walked the streets. Classic Lyons Pose:
After a pit-stop at the LA Chalet (my apt.) we drove to Beverly Hills to see Robertson Blvd. and the Beverly Center. On the first cruise down Robertson we saw the Ivy Restaurant, but no celebrities. We went to the Beverly Center for an hour or so and returned to Robertson. This time there were paparazzi swarming from every direction to photograph Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Gladiator, Amistad) and Kimora Lee Simmons leaving the Ivy.
Photo Credit: JustJared.Com. Mine came out too blurry because Lyons was trying to get in the way of my picture.
Next we headed down the 405 to Huntington Beach. We arrived just in time to play some volleyball against Sutton and Josh. We went to HB favorite Las Barcas for dinner. We grabbed a table near a large one eyed homeless looking man who entertained us while we waited for our food. His topics of conversation ranged from never trusting anyone in the medical field to "Manny Fernandez" star of the Boston Redsox. Later Saturday night we met up with Sutton and Jenny for drinks on Main Street. Huntington is a good time.
Sunday we again woke up early and hit the road for San Diego. After stopping at the elegant McDonalds in Newport Beach for breakfast, we cruised down PCH through Orange County. Upon arriving in San Diego we scalped $7 standing room only seats for $35. Apparently Redsox fans had taken over San Diego and drove the cost of seats up like crazy. Petco Park in San Diego is a great stadium, we took the time to walk around and explore running into the Eagle family and Jamie from my Bentley softball team. We got to see a great pitching match-up, Peavy vs. Beckett. The Sox won a close game. After leaving San Diego we met up with the Eagles for dinner at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse in La Jolla. Probably the best steak I've ever had. Thank you to the Eagles for a delicious meal and a great evening in SoCal.
Lyons spent 8 straight hours watching Entourage on Monday while I worked. I dropped him off at the airport after catching a bite to eat in Brentwood. Thank you to Lyons for keeping me busy on my first weekend "alone" in LA.
As I finish this post I realize that this all took place a month ago, unreal how time flies, so... more updates coming shortly.
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