exploring

..where are the TJ's in your neighborhood.. in your neighborhood.. in your nei... bo... hoood.. oh..

enough of that. skipping my late night kickboxing workout today, i instead opted to head home & find my local Trader Joes. The nearest to Koreatown being that on 3rd and La Brea. Sweet, i'll just take the La Brea exit from the 10 on the way home.. and scope out what's going on near me. Sadly though i've walked about a bit, and taken the metro, explored downtown, I have not yet ventured about in Mr. T to see what there is to see.

Well my explorations today yeilded results: La Brea & 8th.. a Shabu shabu place. I am very excited to check that place out, hope it keeps up to my Ebizo skewers expectations. And what is next door do u ask? A Sake bar.... tottemo benri des yo!

I found TJ's and it met expectations. Though i doubt i will take my direct from work route here again, as it took me about an hour. I think, at most, it only takes 45 minutes for me to get home. and i can't blame it on the 405 because traffic was scary, as in non existant, you only see on weekends morning prior to 8am.

Skipping kickboxing was not in vain because when i made it home i had plenty of time to walk to the local Big 5 and radio shack. I now have 6 HDTV channels and 2 mouth gaurds (i'm stocking up because it takes me so long to get to the store for them).. though that reminds me.. i better start boiling some water so i don't get laughed at in sparring tomorrow w/ my unformed mouthgaurd ;)