<em>Weekend 2: The Second One</em>
Your Perks: 1) An outdoor movie date at The Grove, with Umami burgers and beer. 2) 30% off a wireless, pocket-size speaker available only on Perks. 3) A collection of handmade wooden sunglasses from Britain. Now go stand somewhere sunny.
Funny how there’s no wrong place for avocado. Guac: yes. Omelets: sure. Ice cream... um, okay. Rosa Mexicano has decided your August might be improved with a bunch of curious Mexican ice creams, so, yeah. Avocado. Or vanilla with chocolate mole, which arrives on apple empanadas. Great arrival.
If you happen to need a new swimsuit—just throwing it out there, Aether’s never really had a public sale before, and now they’re having one, and the nice trunks you see in the immediate vicinity of these words are among the 20%-off stuff. Also, coats. Maybe you’re traveling?
Not all boats are filled with the savory commingling scents of 40-plus bacon dishes like the Donut Bar’s maple bacon donuts. Not all boats have 40-plus beers to wash those things down. Not all boats are The Queen Mary. Not all days are this Saturday. This got deep.
Who: You plus date.
What: Flights and bottles from Malibu Family Wines, with spiced nuts and cheeses.
Where: A couple of armchairs in the inviting new tasting room at the Four Seasons in
Westlake Village.
When: Your call. But Saturday feels right.
Why: See “what” above.
How: Again, pretty much your call.
One thing you still can’t do at Bucato: pull out your phone and tweet a photo of your pasta. Seriously, you really can’t do that here. One thing you finally can do now: go here for lunch. Assuming you can deal with having your phone off during lunch.
