The Jambas Go West!

Further exploring our hood we discover authentic Korean walnut...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:48:37 -0700

Further exploring our hood we discover authentic Korean walnut pastries (served warm in a sack) in the back of a huge Korean market where the local BBQ purveyors buy their meat. Yum!

This morning Jess took the car to a spin class by herself (!)...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:17:23 -0700

This morning Jess took the car to a spin class by herself (!) AND parallel parked for the first time in 12 years. Hooray!!

That blur of glitter, full length scarf, and SASS is Liza...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:47:46 -0700

That blur of glitter, full length scarf, and SASS is Liza Minnelli at the Hollywood Bowl.

We unpacked and got the house set up in less than 48 hours?...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:50:17 -0700

We unpacked and got the house set up in less than 48 hours? Let’s celebrate with some pinballllllllllllll

Don't worry! We're not dead!

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:47:00 -0700

We shut down the blog during our (fairly harrowing) apartment hunt because we didn’t want our families hopping on a flight to LAX to kidnap us and bring us back to NYC.

Now that we found our (PERFECT!) LA home in the heart of Koreatown (OMG SO MUCH KARAOKE), we can laugh about our adventures navigating through places we nicknamed “Pee Pee City,” “Homeless City” and “Carpet Stain City.”

Luckily, some friends on Camellia Street let us crash at their place so we weren’t homeless.

Much to Jim’s pleasure, the Camellia crew was dog-sitting an adorable, obese Chihuahua named Tiki. She’s 10000 years old, doped up on meds and rather rotund. Bless her little (overworked) heart.

Sure, apartment hunting was stressful, but that didn’t stop us from eating like kings, playing some pinball and keeping up with the ~~Kardashians~~ Olympics.

Once we signed a lease for our (massive!!) new (rental) house, it was time to decorate. Shout out to Camellia roomie Sara for introducing us to our new favorite place on Earth: TINI! (That stands for “This Is Not Ikea!”) We scored a refurbished picnic table for the dining room, a cool workbench for the foyer and a new dresser for our bedroom. (Yes, NYers, we did mention the words ‘dining room’ and ‘foyer’ in our house description. There are also enough built-ins in our home office to house Jim’s robust record collection and Jess’ library. Jackpot!)

Did we mention we have two different patios? #DealWithIt

Our homeless week in LA ended with a glorious home-cooked meal by our friend Adam Roberts, also known as THE AMATEUR GOURMET. You can read about our meal here. And be sure to check out his upcoming book. It’s an essential addition to anyone’s cookbook collection.

So far, we’ve been loving our neighborhood. We found walkable pinball (a must!), a Mexican place that’s open til 2 a.m. AND a shaved ice joint that has an insane, oddly delicious concoction of strawberry ice, tons of fruit, a scoop of ice cream and Fruity Pebbles. WHAT IN THE WHAT.

More updates to come soon… Our stuff from NY arrives tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed it’s all in one piece. Eep.

Just heard back to back radio ads for cheap plastic surgery and catastrophic earthquake insurance....

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:47:28 -0700

Just heard back to back radio ads for cheap plastic surgery and catastrophic earthquake insurance. Welcome to LA!

For those of you who care about this sort of thing, here are...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:46:17 -0700

For those of you who care about this sort of thing, here are some apps that helped us along the way.

Vanity plate of the day

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:48:18 -0700

Vanity plate of the day

For those of you who care about this sort of thing, here are...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:01:59 -0700

For those of you who care about this sort of thing, here are some apps that helped us along the way.

It’s REALLY hot you guys.

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:43:02 -0700

It’s REALLY hot you guys.

Quote as we drive through the desert

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:49:10 -0700

“I understand why that crazy astronaut lady wore a diaper.”
-Jess

Driving in Sedona and our GPS route looks like we’re...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:40:26 -0700

Driving in Sedona and our GPS route looks like we’re driving through intestines.

Finally something worth the price of admission: The Grand...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:53:10 -0700

ZOMG THE GRAND CANYON!

Thanks to the frazzled mom who took this

Look closely! A rainbow! Jess is happy!!

Jim tastes the rainbow.

We saw deer! [Butt, pictured.]

Finally something worth the price of admission: The Grand Canyon!

In typical jamba form, we refused to pay to actually see Bedrock...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:43:32 -0700

In typical jamba form, we refused to pay to actually see Bedrock City, and took pics in the parking lot instead.

Vanity plate of the day. Clearly we’re getting close to...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:56:21 -0700

Vanity plate of the day. Clearly we’re getting close to Cali.

Arizona “welcomes” us with scattered showers.

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:00:29 -0700

Arizona “welcomes” us with scattered showers.

The people in Albuquerque are so friendly!

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:09:26 -0700

The people in Albuquerque are so friendly!

Yesterday we went to Cadillac Ranch, a really cool public art...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:13:10 -0700

Yesterday we went to Cadillac Ranch, a really cool public art installation right off of I-40 in Amarillo, TX. Can you spot where we left a little bit of the Jambas behind?

3rd time’s a charm

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:55:14 -0700

3rd time’s a charm

Aaaaand he gets to enter his initials AGAIN

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:37:52 -0700

Aaaaand he gets to enter his initials AGAIN