A FLYING TYPEWRITER

8:00 AM

Hey everyone! On Tuesday, I went on a short visit to downtown Los Angeles. I legitimately have an entire note on my iPhone dedicated to listing off places that I wish to go to in LA (MOCA + Lemonade, Museum of Tolerance, Urth Caffe, MILK, Griffith Observatory... it's endless). Stopping by IOTA Brew Cafe and The Last Bookstore two days ago let me cross off two from the list.

I actually read a blog review on IOTA that inspired me to visit there. I absolutely adored the atmosphere (not to mention, the waiters... *heart eyes*). The menu is filled with all sorts of pastas, pizzas, burgers, and Korean fusion foods. They also specialize in a variety of coffees and teas. I've got to say—the food was incredible, with relatively good prices. I was way too full to order anything sweet, but I am most definitely going to visit in the future just for the desserts. Korean shaved ice, macaron ice cream sandwiches, Belgian waffles, boba and Italian sodas... is your mouth watering yet?

My Rustic Shrimp Pizza was heavenly. On the bottom left is a Fusion Kimchi Carbonara, which is apparently their best dish. And yes—that, my friends, is a Ramen Kimchi Burger. I had no idea that such a burger existed. Surprisingly, I liked it. Although, I did enjoy the french fries a tad more.

Around fifteen minutes away from IOTA is this lovely bookstore. I remember a friend of mine telling me all about it (Hi Joyce!). I'm not sure of how I should describe it. Stunning? Mesmerizing? There was literally a room filled with thousands of books (interestingly organized by the colors of the spines)... which were merely one dollar each. *gasp*

I've decided to call these 'book sculptures'. One of the books used for the window was titled Report on the Harvard University Library. How random.

I was not kidding about the flying typewriter.

Boxes and boxes and boxes stuffed with records upon records upon records—from classic to jazz, from reggae to movie soundtracks, from Pink Floyd to Arcade Fire.

A lovely day it was.