In an effort to be more proactive, I dragged MG on a metro adventure yesterday. He had never been on the LA subway (didn't even know there was one, until this past weekend) so we hopped on at Westlake and rode the Red Line to Union Station. From there we took the Gold Line to the Mission stop in South Pasadena.
The thing is, most things in South Pas are apparently closed on Mondays... Ah well. We made the best of it, stopping at Nicole's Gourmet Foods for a brioche (me) and crème brulée (him), and then walking up El Centro to the Fremont Centre Theatre before looping back to Mission.
Book'em Mysteries book shop was closed, but I'll definitely be making a trip back to check out their collection. We stopped in at Mission Wines, which just so happened to be open, and I asked about wine tastings, because it'd be awesome to take the metro and not have to drive! (What's that you say? It's wine tasting, not guzzling? Hmm, something to think about...) The afternoon was a little warm, so MG and I stopped at Buster's Coffee and Ice Cream Shop for some cool refreshments before hopping back on the Gold Line.
We got off at the Chinatown stop, so MG could see a little bit of the area. But my knowledge of what to do and see in Chinatown is limited, so we just walked south on Broadway and popped into a few stores to see if I could find some green tea powder ($18.99 in the first store, 9.99 in the second store and $45.00 in the third, all for approximately the same size. WTF?!) When we hit Cesar Chavez, we headed east and wove our way through Olvera Street (it's the birthplace of Los Angeles, you know) on our way to Union Station, and the Red Line back home.
Things I've learned for next time: Go to South Pas on any day but Monday! Also, when a well-dressed man with creepy eyes sitting next to you on the subway introduces himself to you, give him a fake name, because it's really creepy when you run into him at Olvera Street and he calls you by name.
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