Just a few miles from Hollywood’s red carpet bonanza is the other side: my neighborhood of Silver Lake where you can eat fried food, wear shorts and be certain that no one cares about taking your photograph. Is it a beautiful city, this Hollywood – east side or west? Nope. But it has pockets of style, cafe life, and cake shops.
Visit Lark Cake Shop on Sunset Boulevard. They will make you a Red Velvet Cake (or here’s a recipe) among many fine ones. It’s right near MOTA, as speakeasy-style weed shop. And finally, try Intelligentsia Coffee – but don’t overthink it.
February 26, 2015
Great reminder that there is the ‘other’ side of Hollywood. Is the Dresden Room on Vermont Ave still around?
February 26, 2015
The Dresden Room is still legend. That strip of Vermont also has more pubs, sushi, vintage and vinyl and Skylight Books has two storefronts now. Time to revisit 🙂
February 26, 2015
Grilled cheese and red velvet cake… mmmhmmm But what.. pray-tell, is “Sex Toast”?
February 26, 2015
I’m going to get my courage up and go into that Picnic Cafe and inquire about the Sex Toast. Hope it is worth a new blog post 😉