The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is like tripendicular, ya know?

From the minute I moved to LA, I've wanted to go to the summer movie series at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. This past Sunday, I finally went and saw Valley Girl and It was such a wonderful and unique experience. The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is absolutely beautiful at night. The cemetery is filled with rolling lawns and flowers and the entire space is surrounded by the silhouette of palm trees. The tombstones are very "LA" in the sense that people are even trying to out do each other in the after life to see who can have the grandest grave site.

The film series are definitely dominated by hipsters as the whole environment can feel a bit "Coachella" at times, but as long as you can get past the sea of Ray Bans, pleather tights, and Whole Foods bags, you'll be fine. Once you get into the cemetery, it's all about finding that piece of prime real estate on the grass so you can be close to the mausoleum where they project the films. We scored an awesome spot (all thanks to the swiftness of our friend Andrea) and enjoyed a fine spread of sandwiches, brownies and red wine as we re-lived the prime of the 80s.

Valley Girl was like "awesome ya know" to see there and I would absolutely go back again for another screening.

Breakfast of Champions

Sundays are one of my favorite days for cooking as I usually don't have plans on Sundays and I tend to wake up Sunday morning inspired to cook. This morning I let my inner hippie loose and finally made a killer homemade Granola recipe I've been holding onto for months that was posted on a fabulous food blog (AOL owned as well) slashfood.com.

This recipe is super easy and sooo good. Accompanied by Tony's famous soft boiled eggs and a cup of mocha java, this breakfast is the perfect start to a lazy Sunday morning.



Granola: (FYI.. Trader Joe's is a great place to get all of the ingredients for this)
2 cups rolled oats (not instant)
1 cup toasted almonds
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried fruit (apricots, craisins,blueberries etc... i bough a mixed golden raisin package w/ cranberries, raisins and blueberries at trader Joe's that made this mighty tasty)
1/4 cup cooking oil (anything but olive oil)
1/2 cup honey

Mix the oats, nuts, and grains in a large bowl. Measure the oil into a measuring cup and swirl it around the cup before pouring into the bowl. Measure out the honey in the same unwashed cup (the oil helps the honey exit the cup).Toss everything together until evenly coated, then pour into a baking pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 30 mins, turning it with a rubber spatula every 10 mins so everything cooks evenly and looks golden brown. When it's finished cooking, return the mixture to the bowl and add in the raisins, fruit and coconut and stir gently several times so it doesn't clump. Serve with yogurt of milk and enjoy!
**Music Recommendation: For this recipe, I recommend listening to The Weepies "Hideaway" album.

Stars Are Just Like Us

Future SNL star MaryCatherine Hamelin was spotted with her husband Brad and baby girl Matilda at El Segundo's breakfast hot spot "Good Stuff" on June 28th.




We said goodbye to our good friend MaryCatherine and Brad a few weeks ago as they are Brooklyn bound. It was really hard to say goodbye because they are such wonderful and fun people and they are the first of our close friend to move out of LA. It made me think about what I would do if more of my good friends started moving and if this city would be as fun/enjoyable to live in. At least we will have friends to visit when we are on the East Coast and for now, Matilda can join the ranks of the Brooklyn hipster babies and have a throw down with Matilda Ledger to see which Matlida truly owns the playground. MC is also an incredibly talented comedian and I hope that with a closer connection to New York City, she can finally sneak her way onto SNL and give the totally boring new girl on SNL a run for her money! Yeah BOYYYY!!