Funny Stories + Hollywood Hurts | Evie Stewart's Funny Bone » living in LA http://eviestewartsfunnybone.com I'm Evie Stewart: just trying to find the funny even when it hurts Sat, 19 May 2012 20:35:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Volunteering for the Coolest Night EVER! http://eviestewartsfunnybone.com/living-in-la/volunteering-for-the-coolest-night-ever/ http://eviestewartsfunnybone.com/living-in-la/volunteering-for-the-coolest-night-ever/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:57:58 +0000 Evie... hot links]]> http://eviestewartsfunnybone.com/?p=8648 laugh at my living in la

big presence - huge heart

Every year, on the Friday night before The GRAMMYS, MusicCares — the charitable wing of the Recording Academy — honors “one of its own.”

Paul McCartney was 2012 MusicCares  Person of The Year –

And I was lucky enough to volunteer at Friday night’s SURREAL gala. The concert was BEYOND phenomenal !  The iconic 24-time GRAMMY winner, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 96, still has INDESCRIBABLE TRANSCENDENT ENERGY– even at 69!

The evening was OTHER-WORLDLY —  MAGICAL!

Amazing stars from the Audience sang his songs — Katie Perry, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, James Taylor, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Neil Young, Alicia Keys, Allison Kraus – and what I loved most about it was that they were all in awe of him—genuinely, respectfully, enthusiastically– putting their own egos aside. And at every table there were major celebs from Jason Miraz to Yoko Ono to Tom Hanks — giving standing ovations and ROCKING OUT!

As Elvis Costello put it, McCartney is –

“….beloved, admired, respected and admired some more. It’s all been about love. And aren’t we terribly fortunate that he only uses his dastardly power for good?

MusicCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need, from financial to medical to personal emergencies.  It’s an awesome organization. Check it out!

I will never ever forget that night or McCartney’s clear message, as he thrillingly performed “The End” –

 In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

It was A.MAZ.ING!! I felt soooo fortunate to be there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9eux1TZ0lE

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breathing in the beauty

Today…the PERFECT L.A. SUNDAY –

Cool

Crisp

Optimistic Air!

A Lovely Blue Sky filled with PROMISE and AWESOMENESS.

Running along the beach, I feel free and so fortunate to live here. Still no answers, but my future’s in front of me and there’s POSSIBILITY in that.

Wherever you are, make the most of it.

ENJOY!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w

 (Are you making Sunday your Fun-day? Please tell “how” in the comments.)

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not the time to cop an attitude

Are you Half-Full?

My mom was (even to the end). And she really-really tried to pass her look-on-the-bright-sideness to me.  I thought about her A LOT on Friday…

Lucky or Unlucky, depending on how you look at it.

It’s a typical I’ve-planned-too-many-things-Friday when I realize traffic isn’t cooperating. The thing is, since they started construction on the 405 (which seems like for.ever ago) there’s no way to know how long it’ll take to go anywhere in this city! I get up early and head to the Westside, because I’m addicted to Steve Ross’s classes at Maha Yoga and the juice cleanses from Pressed Juicery at 26th & San Vicente.

Feeling mellow after class and carrot-coconut juice I figure I’ve got plenty of time to make it to my Acting Class in West Hollywood. WRONG!  Heading east, there’s gridlock everywhere. Sunset’s backed-up. Wilshire’s backed-up. So I end up driving through the residential streets – meaning stop sign to stop sign —  through Westwood, then Beverly Hills — and that’s where I realize I’m running out of time. So I  sorta scoot through one intersection, forgetting to yield to the guy in the truck to my left. Oops! Two blocks and multiple flashing-lights later I get BUSTED!

As the tallish, good-looking Bev Hills cop approaches, I blurt out –

I know exactly what I did!

Surprisingly, he comes back with –

Well I don’t think you did it intentionally so I’m going to give you a warning ticket for the yield issue, but a correctable ticket since your brake light’s out.

(Whaaaa? My brake light’s out ?) But actually, I’m so effing relieved I won’t have to deal with Traffic School that I thank him and ask him what that means. He says I just need to go to any Police Station for an inspection after I get the brake light fixed.

After class instead of procrastinating like I usually do, I go to the Hollywood Toyota dealer and get my Pruis brake light replaced. Then I go to the Police Station in West Hollywood for my inspection… But when I go to pay my $15.00 inspection fee, the cops there start laughing because their computer system’s down so they can’t charge me. Yesss!

On my way home, I call Niles (don’t worry, I use hands-free) and playback my story. He tells me I should stop and buy a lottery ticket on the way home, since it’s apparently my LUCKY day.

Would you call it LUCKY or UNLUCKY?  Depends, right? Mom would say “LUCKY”  but for as for me — well um,  I’m still working on my Half-Fullness. Ahahaha…

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the place to be

Hanging out on a quiet Carmageddon weekend gives me time to write about my latest finds east AND west of the 405 –

New L.A Faves…

James Perse: (Beverly Hills and/or Brentwood Country Mart) : Lightweight and comfortable beachy sexy chic… great shorts and cotton dresses. Mmm… I’ve been living in it this summer.

Pressed Juicery: (Brentwood) : 3-day basic juice cleanse is a great way for non cleansers to detox from the summer vacay Rosé.

Yogahop (Santa Monica): Summer jams blasting keep you on a zen cloud as you fly through your downward dogs. a few classes and you’ll look lean and cute in that suit! Trust…

Malia Mills (Brentwood Country Mart): Have you waited 5 years to buy a new bathing suit? I did. Til now. Amazing bright colors, mix and match, best bandeau’s, butt-puckering bottoms… classic and hot.

ilovewildfox.com: (interweb); Kimberly of Wildfox couture will keep you up-to-date with her blonde beach slightly French aesthetics. Just check in with her to time to time when you’re packing for a weekend jaunt or styling. your house… or perhaps just to be reminded how good cherry red nails look in summer. I heart her taste.

Los Angeles Leakers (interweb): Need some hip hop to liven up your beach bbq? Here ya go. Download away or just peruse the latest jams to drop… you’ll be the first to know.

Frank Ocean (your car): download his mixtape, “nostalgia”, immediately. It’s a must have for the remaining months of PCH cruising summer. A MUST HAVE.

Noshi Sushi (Koreatown): Uhm, this hidden gem of a sushi joint in east L.A. is the best thing that has happened to me all summer. Super crazy reasonable prices, chill red booths (strange and awesome), coy waitresses with an amazing sense of humor, and sushi that tops all the best I’ve had (even Katsuya).

iPod repair clinic (Beverly Hills adjacent): iPhone/iPod woes? Want to convert your black iPhone to super slick white? Whatever your wants, Joe Kempe will make it happen. He’s fast, affordable, super nice, and a total computer genius. I cracked my iPhone screen and went right to his office (the back of his house). I used the next twenty minutes to swing by the car wash on Pico, right around the corner, and returned in my clean Prius to a sparkling new iPhone screen!

(So what are your latest L.A. faves? Share share!)

 

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mick is like the energizer bunny!

Keeping your cool, following your instincts and St. Laurent trench coats are always in style.

know what else is TIMELESSLY COOL?

old photos of your parents
case study houses
coffee table books
Aretha Franklin
good friends
Shell Silverstein’s The Giving Tree
Molton Brown bath product
a little black dress
city lights from Mulholland Drive
Joan Didion
Shu Uemura eyelash curlers
star gazing
mornings after night rains
European vacations
Rolling Stones
Louis Vuitton wallets
globes and atlases
The Troubadour
monograms
Monopoly
needlepoint pillows
old signs
French boys
British accents
Latin lovers
grandparents
first class
train rides
ski lodges
rainbows
Apple
Tom Hanks
Barcelona Chairs
“please” and “thank you”
levis and a white tank
finding the funny

(what would be on your list?)


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a beautiful SMILE, GOOD MANNERS, and MANOLOS are always in style!

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special effects

know what else is TIMELESSLY  COOL?

Chanel blazers
French magazines
good headphones
record players
Otis Redding
black and white photographs
Ray Ban aviators
gold hoop earrings
family
love
See’s candy heart boxes
surf boards
music boxes
snow globes
sun-kissed hair
sandy feet
Coke in a bottle
summer in Los Angeles
the Hollywood sign
PCH
Sunset Blvd.
La Scala
apple pie and vanilla ice cream
Woody Allen
a great hug
community service
stick-to-itveness
first kisses
telling someone you’re thinking of them

Watch for Part 2 next week –
(and lemme know what you’d add to the list)

 

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Maybe it’s ‘cuz the L.A. sunny-sun is shining right now. Maybe it’s ‘cuz the long weekend made me think of summer. Maybe it’s ‘cuz I’m in the mood to start out this week musically. Whatever — here’s a list of great –

SUMMER SONGS  –

  • god only knows (beach boys cover)- dale earnheardt jr.
  • golden train (radio edit)- penguin prison
  • crime pays- bear hands
  • for days- francis and the lights
  • life or something like it – outasight
  • don’t gotta work it out- fitz and the tantrums
  • dillinger eyes- jeremy messersmith
  • throw some d’s on that blink- D.veloped
  • i’m good i’m gone (lykke li cover)- friendly fires
  • true loves- hooray for earth
  • the bully- richard swift
  • sound of love (wearetim remix)- husky rescue
  • hellbent- new order
  • you make the sun fry- ty segall
  • codex (mojib remix)- radiohead
  • i’d have it just the way we were- white denim
  • warrant- foster the people
  • sure thing- miguel
  • find your limit- james drake
  • two against one (feat. jack white)- Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi
  • sun (pyramid remix)- caribou
  • repatriated- handsome furs
  • everybody rock- lightwaves
  • down on my mind- deadboy
  • stars (LAZRtag remix)- the XX

Lemme know what songs would you’d add to the list? K?

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cozy|comfy|cool

REASONS WHY I LOVE LIVING IN L.A.

L.A. is laid-back and happening at the same time, with opps to reinvent yourself in a zillion creative ways. Seems like everyone’s a multi-hyphenate or a slash this or that —  like an artist/designer/teacher/mom or an actor/director/writer/bartender. Ahaha!

It’s not really centralized, more like a bunch of little cities in one.
Try a few different hoods, til you find the one that “fits just right.”

Friday’s L.A. Faves:

  • Free City
  • Nobu
  • Robertson Blvd.
  • Running down San Vicente
  • The Steps by Santa Monica beach
  • Katsuya2go
  • Celeb Sitings
  • Cute boys at the gym
  • movie premieres
  • Gjelina

(How would you spend your perfect day in L.A.?)

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pool party at Colin's!

Indie, Slick and Classic commune together in ECLECTIC STYLE. “Fashionable” is a relative term, as each Los Angelean tries to out-do someone else’s own thing.

From baby naming (Xylia, Sybella Luna, Ludlow) to Pet Care (Sandpiper Pet Hotel with VIP treatment and an ocean view) no one can be too creative when it comes to Living in L.A.

Thursday’s List of 10 more:

  • Topanga
  • surfers
  • Reel In
  • Los Feliz style
  • the sunset no matter where you are
  • Laurel Canyon
  • Fred Segal
  • old Hollywood apartments
  • Santa Ana winds at night
  • the beach

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Friday Night Lights

Like a Ferris Wheel, there are lots of ups and downs when you live in L.A.

No matter how much money you have, it’s never quite enough. You’ve got tons of great restaurants, but eating comes with its own price. Luckily there are beautiful places to run, like the beach or by the Hollywood Reservoir, so you can work off the calories for free. Ahaha!

REASONS WHY I LOVE LIVING IN L.A.

Wednesday’s List of 10 more

  • Impersonators on Hollywood Blvd
  • Hotel Cafe
  • Urth Cafe
  • Venice pads
  • old pick-up trucks with surf boards in the back
  • the dog park by the reservoir in Hollywood
  • signs for star maps
  • dolphins in Santa Monica
  • the ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier at night time
  • The Ivy
(where do you like to play in L.A.?)

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