Los Angeles, California: The fridge repair will just have to wait - we had a lunch date in Los Angeles. The RV fridge is completely empty, cleaned, and the doors are propped-open.
I'll think about that tomorrow.
Kris and Steve packed their bags and we drove west to LA to meet Lisa and the kids at the fabulous newly-rejuvenated Grand Central Market downtown. One of the oldest markets (opened in 1917) in Los Angeles, the building is once-again an active gathering place due to hip new vendors.



It seemed everyone in our group went on their own food quest and returned to the table with something different. Steve and Leo had pizza, Kris tried a Thai stir fry, Lisa had a Cobb salad, Dave and I split the pastrami sandwich from Wexler.

Cutest. Boy. Ever.

Ouch.
Grand Central Market has fresh fruit, vegetables, bakers, butchers, florists, cheese mongers, wine, beer, dry grocers, ice cream and anything else you could need to prepare a gourmet meal at home. If you don't like to cook, you can find something delicious at the many food purveyors/restaurants in the market. Next time you are in Los Angeles, take a few hours to visit this lively market.
After our lunch/food fest/market tour (I want to go back with a cooler and working refrigerator to bring my purchases to) (insert sad face here), we took a bit of a hike up to Grand Park - a park for "everyone" - in Los Angeles that stretches above City Hall for several blocks. Leo loves this park because they have a spray fountain for tykes to play in and it was such a lovely warm day.




we all headed back to our cars parked at the Grand Central Market.

Leo had a play-date, so we had a few hours to kill in Los Angeles before meeting the kids for dinner. Since it was Steve's birthday week and he just loves brew pubs, we took him to a Los Angeles brewpub - Golden Road Brewery - so he could sample the local beer.
We sampled beers and we may have also sampled their appetizer-portion of fried avocado tacos... only because we could not figure out how anyone could fry an avocado and put it in a taco.

Next in our full-day of Los Angeles excitement, we checked-into a hotel near the Burbank airport, had a good rest, and later, met the kids (adult kids; grandkids had a sitter) at All'Acqua for dinner. (We used Uber towncar service tonight... the Goddess is so hip... and so safe.)
Recently opened by the same geniuses running barbrix, All'Acqua is an Italian restaurant in Atwater Village. (All'Acqua roughly translates to "at water" in Italian... so clever!) We were so happy to learn they have a super-high-temperature wood-burning pizza oven and all the pastas are made in-house. With six people (Lisa, Lenny, Kris, Steve, me and DT) at the table, we were able to order a wide selection of pizzas, salads, appetizers and pasta dishes. Everything was just over-the-top. So excited this little gem has opened in Atwater Village.

Until my next update, I remain, your "I am walking 5,000 miles tomorrow" correspondent.