Got into Los Angeles and got the full
experience right away; sitting in traffic. This was after a
beautiful winding road from Arizona to LA. Driving around the
mountains up and down through beautiful areas. It was pretty great.
I was greeted in So Cal by the charming
Marleta Laatz and met up at Santa Monica Bar Finn McCool's. Usually
known as a chain this bar actually did feel like it had a rustic feel
of a genuine Irish Pub, unfortunately the Corned Beef sliders were
not authentic.
My host had already secured tickets to
the famous Upright Citizens Brigade theater where we were to see a
show titled “Facebook”. As simple as the name sounds, the team
headed that night by Rob Huebel pick two volunteers from the audience
and go into a facebook “interview” discussing the persons
individual facebook profile. The information gained from the
interview and facebook profile turns in to long form improv sketches.
Before going into the show we dipped
into the bar next door called La Pouvelle, which was having some sort
of Debate party celebration. It was really odd, but they had a
decent, if not overpriced beer selection.
The show started and the first audience
member selected had an estranged father who was purported as the
Elvis in China. Not surprisingly, she was also an aspiring actress
who works at a fancy hotel. The sketches set off on directions of
“Lady Chill Time” #LCT and Elvis of China spilling all sorts of
secrets of being behind almost all Chinese mishaps like Foxcon, lead
in toys, crushing the dreams of people etc. The second selected
person was.......an aspiring actress who was getting singing lessons
paid by her mother who it ends up as being the only facebook she
uses. She recently retired her own facebook so we were allowed to
peruse her mother's spars facebook of 3 friends and 3 pictures.
Connected was her father who had a wonderful Real Estate agent photo
that was a whole premise of a sketch. All in all a hilarious night
of great improv comedy from UCB.
Tonight I meet up with my cousin Anna
Henry in the Bay Area.
What is the music of choice while driving around this beautiful country? Does it change with the scenery?
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