Pasadena Cheeseburgers Part Deux

The week of delicious continued Sunday with a trip to Lucky Boy Drive-In. This time, David and I took a third party, Jonathan, to enjoy the fun. Technically there is no traditional drive in at Lucky Boy, but there is a walk up counter where orders are placed. The place was a bit chaotic at first with confusion over our order price and others order numbers. We were caught in a shouting mess of 20's, 22's, 23's and 24's...one of which was the cost of two burgers, two fries and two drinks and the others being the order numbers of fellow burger go-ers. 

The burgers were pretty good with a definite grill flavor to them. Much better than a fast food joint but not up to the level of tastiness of the Pie N' Burger cheeseburger. However, if one is playing Lucky Boy V. Pie N' Burger, I have to give the fry card to Lucky Boy. In addition to traditional fries, we ordered Zucchini Fries, which as they sound are zucchini pieces cut in fry shapes, breaded and fried. Ranch on the side. Pretty stellar. 

The back door at Lucky Boy

MMM! Burgers!

Jonathan and the lovely living room decor in the dining area.

Amazing old school graphics. Zucchini fries. Potato fries.

Now Playing: Everything Counts.

Depeche Mode Kids. I was also going to put up the official DM video from back in the day but You Tube restrictions prohibit........

Anyhow, this whimsical version is totally incredible and is very deserving of a post all to its own.

Pie N' Burger: Pasadena Cheeseburger Week

Well I should start by stating that we definitely jumped the gun on the whole Pasadena Cheeseburger Week. Technically the official start is tomorrow but I suppose David and I are real go-getters when it comes to things as delicious as cheeseburgers. Well I should re-clarify.....I guess I am the real go-getter when it comes to all things cheeseburgers. Since getting my appetite back after the standard first trimester illnesses and lack of hunger, I have been craving the delicious lil' sandwiches. In fact, the first meal I had once my hunger was back in business was In-N-Out. It'e been more of the same moving through the second tri. Needless to say, we decided to head out a day early to join in on the celebratory fun. 

Pie Case and Counter and Turner Classic Movies!

Amazing Neon Clock

When we arrived at Pie N' Burger, we were greeted with a sign informing us of filming that was taking place inside. A crew from a Travel Channel show was documenting the whole burger process for the day. Initially, we were a bit apprehensive about being in the hullabaloo but we ended up taking a seat in the back and out of the line of fire.

Crew Filming the Cooks

The standard fare obviously are burgers, but there were other options for those interested. We got a chance to chat with a server on break who fully supported our Pie N' Burger Newbie order of two cheeseburgers, two fries and drinks. She then brought us out some samples of pies to taste which indeed influenced us to share a piece post meal. During our pie sampling and conversation, we learned of berry called an "olallieberry", a blackberry/raspberry hybrid. Apparently in May, they have seasonal pies with these specially bred berries.

Burger. Cheese. Pickles. Russian Dressing. AMAZING.

It did not take too long for the food to arrive and when it did, we were both delighted! The meal rocked! The service was great and who can complain about being talked into ordering a delicious slice of boysenberry pie with homemade whipped cream. Not us.........

I know I'm supposed to watch sugar, but I just had to cheat for this.  Plus, we split it!

LA Roadrunners: 2012

I decided that this year would be the year. However, until I hit "submit" on the La Roadrunners/LA Marathon website I must admit.....there was doubt about following through with the training necessary to complete a full marathon. I had hopes the past year of registering and running LA, but to be honest....self training is difficult. I did not have the motivation to run more than 11 miles by myself. Sure, I ran a couple halfs last year, but even as a solo runner, there was some sort of immediate camaraderie that happens as a result of running in a crowd.  The individual runs never surpassed 11 miles. Anyone familiar with marathon training knows that 11 miles is not going to cut it.

With that fail under my belt, I decided that if I was going to ever run LA, I needed to do it proper. Thats where the LA Roadrunners came in. After reading up and thinking hard, I shelled out the money (very reasonable now that I am seeing the perks) and joined the group. Since training began, I had to really evaluate my past runs and realistically choose a pace group. The 10:30 race pace group was the one *i think* that will be the best fit. We do our long runs at 11:30 with the anticipation of racing at a faster pace.

Today was our second group run out in Venice. We meet bright and early at 6:40AM to walk over to the Strand. Today we ran 4miles, next week 5, then 6 then 8 and on up. The midweek is all up to us. I have been training on a treadmill lately due to the unusual heat here in SoCal. Hopefully I can change that in the next few weeks and get some nice outdoor runs before daylight savings takes our evening light away.

Will be posting weekly about the training and progress........

Now Playing: Beat Konducta in India

Loving this album by Madlib. I think I may try and score it on vinyl down at Amoeba sometime this weekend. For now though, it will be taking up residence on the heavy rotation list on my iPod. 

Mexican Wedding: Los Angeles Style

I realized after sharing photos with friends, family and Facebook, I never placed a proper photo entry here on Modern Day Bullfight. Here you go!

Close up of the escort card table.

Dress from J. Crew. Sash from Olveritas on Olvera Street. 20 bucks.
Way cooler than the ones for 80+ at J. Crew. 

Details of the sash. Had the sash embellished with family heirlooms . The alterations
shop I went to, A Stitch in Time, did an awesome job with both dress and sash!

Ceremony under the Chuppa. Max is holding the Ketubah. 

Details of the floral and styling courtesy of Moon Canyon Design Co. 

Close up of Chuppa detail. Live greens with paper florals
and hand cut flags.

Rings and invitations. 

Best wedding party ever. 

El Violoncello table

El Violoncello escort cards. All cards were hand written. Took me
forever, but so worth it! Amy,  my bestie, and also of Moon Canyon,
designed the pins using photoshopped scans sent to Zazzle to get them
printed and assembled.  

My fam. 

Dancing with our amazing friends.

My posse. I love you all. 

Enchanting dinner. Catered by Loteria! Grill. 

Our amazing parents. Thank you for everything.

Location: Marvimon House, Los Angeles

Floral and Styling: Moon Canyon Design Co.

Catering: Loteria! Grill (Virginia is AMAZING to work with)

Photos: Sara Press Photography

Dress: J. Crew

Invitations: HANDMADE! Woo! Go me and Nick!

Major Offenses on the Credit Card.......

The big offender was this dress at 188 dollars:

I had seen this baby on Anthropologie's site when I was browsing for wedding do-dads and at the time could not justify a purchase with all the expenses. Also, considering I have beef buying good without trying them on, I shut the idea out pretty quick. Imagine my surprise while in Anthro today (first time in who knows how long) and I see the little gem on the rack. Ok. I will just try it on for fun. For size. And boy did it fit. I have two other weddings coming up in the next 8 months and will most likely be wearing this for both. And cursing when my credit card bill arrives.........