Well, Friday night Charlie and I grilled a chicken alfredo pizza. The original recipe I had called for Lawry's Original Marinade. I couldn't find the marinade anywhere, so I substituted with alfredo. We grilled chicken breasts and a Boboli crust. Once the chicken was done grilling, we chopped it up. We put alfredo, chicken, tomato, red onion, fresh grated mozzarella, and parmesan cheese on the pizza ...grilled it for about 10 minutes to let all the cheese melt. It was pretty damn good! We had a relaxing night of kicking back with beers and catching up with Luke.
Saturday morning Charlie had to get up early for work. He was home by 11, and I was ready for a day by the pool. We had a nice little spread of two types of cheese (Bon Chaume & a smoked gouda), cut up pineapple and strawberries, crackers, and a bottle of red wine. We snacked all day while we had a blast in the pool together. We had squirt gun fights, played "target practice" with the squirt guns, raced on our rafts, and just had the best time playing around in the pool. After swimming for a few hours, we worked up a real appetite, so I made us grilled potato salad and chili dogs.
Around 3PM, we decided to head inside to shower and get ready to head downtown. After arriving downtown, we got some drinks at Hotel Figueroa, walked through LA Live, and had to go meet Tony. If you read my last post, you would know that we were going to meet with Tony to buy all access passes to the sold out Red Hot Chili Peppers show. We finally met up with him at the Hooters near Staples Center. We did our research on this guy, and he seemed extremely legitimate. He has a photography business, and he has all of his information advertised online. So, we got the tickets from Tony, and before we headed to Staples Center, we decided to have a meal. I haven't been to Hooters in years, and it was always one of my favorite places for wings. We got a pitcher of beer and ordered wings and cheese fries. The wings were luke warm, the fries weren't seasoned properly, and the service was horrible. I will never return to the LA Hooters ever again.
LA Live official olympic headquarters
Drinks at Hotel Figueroa
Anyway, after we ate and drank our pitcher, it was the moment of truth. We got to Staples Center, went through security, and then we were stopped. The people working the door told us we had to go to 'gate 18' aka the media gate. We thought it seemed very legit, since they knew exactly where we needed to go. Eventually, we found 'gate 18', and we were immediately stopped. The doorman had to call security, because they didn't recognize our passes. Soon after speaking to security, the police came. Oh shit. The doorman was polite while doing his job at the same time, but these cops were complete assholes. Yes, neither Charlie or I are fans of cops, but these cops were seriously rude. One cop was talking to Charlie while the other cop pulled me aside so that he could talk to me. After being extremely rude and trying to accuse me of things (which including lying ...and if you know me, you know I don't lie ...even to cops!), I was half drunk and NOT happy. I told him he was being extremely rude and attacking me for no reason. He said I lied to him, and I told him that he was not being thorough enough with his questioning. After putting him in his place, his attitude changed 100%. [As a side note, I was extremely proud of myself. I don't care if you're my parents, a policeman, the president of the United States, or God. There is absolutely no excuse for begin so rude for no reason, and I will not let you walk all over me.]
Okay, all of that aside ...we ended up not getting in to the show! We gave the cops all of Tony's information that we had (name, phone number, address from his website, and email address). We knew that even if the cops were to find this guy, we would never see our $150 again. WRONG. To make a long story short, Charlie kept trying to call the guy, and after threatening him with a text that we were going to the police, he actually answered. He 'felt horrible' and claimed that 'he was set up'. We promised him that we wouldn't bring the cops with us if he just gave us our money back. After multiple phone calls and a few hours of waiting around, we finally met up with Tony and got our money back. Although it was a stressful and very disappointing night, we couldn't help but just laugh at the end of it all. He is the worst scam artist on earth. As Charlie put it, if you're going to scam someone Rule #1: No refunds, Rule #2: Don't give out your real information. This guy was a complete fool. So in the end we got our money back, and I'm hoping the cops end up catching the guy! We're totally bummed that we missed the Red Hot Chili Peppers show, but it's definitely a night we'll never forget.
As I type this, Charlie has already left for the day to work the Hermosa Summer Concerts. Today is the Spazmatics show. They're an awesome 80's cover band! I plan to head down for the show later this evening. It's actually been warm the last couple of nights. If you live in California, or you've ever been here, you know that California nights are COLD...even in the summer. The past few nights have reminded me of Illinois nights (my favorite!), so I'm really looking forward to the show!
Until next time ...Adios!
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