Feb 19, 2020 - Feb 26 2020 Last updated: 2/28/20 3:00pm PT
We had some airline miles that were about to expire, not enough to go somewhere far (not even to Chicago) but enough to go to Los Angeles and visit our niece Carrie.
After landing at LAX, we drove to the Santa Monica Pier.
When we were last in LA in 2005, we stumbled upon a Cuban restaurant called Versailles. We tried it again and it was just as good as we remembered; Fried pork chunks in a citrus/garlic sauce.
On the next day we saw the space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center. You may have seen a TV commercial for the Toyota Tundra pulling this space shuttle through the streets of LA. Eventually they are going to mount this to one of the fuel tanks and display it vertically.
Lunch was at the Langer’s Deli for pastrami sandwiches, we weren’t impressed. Dinner was at Izakaya Takasei where anything grilled on a stick was great (grilled asparagus with bacon anyone?)
Day 3 takes us to the the Bowers Museum and the Nixon library (he was from nearby Yorba Linda). Neither were exceptional, just standard museums. Lunch was at Bruxie for waffle/chicken sandwiches (very good) and dinner was at Adalberto’s for tacos and burritos (very large and good).
