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Who Shot Rock & Roll

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We went to KCRW Live show at the Who Shot Rock & Roll exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography. It was a tribute night for T-Rex and Portugal the Man was playing live. The there was a huge line for the actual photo exhibit so we didn’t make it in, we’ll have to come back another day.

We headed to the Bar 107 downtown to send our friend Ina away to her Masters Program with a party. 
They had a photo booth. It was an awesome night!

Venice Carnival

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There was a carnival down in Venice so we went to check it out. Not the biggest fans of these types of events as I get motion sick whenever I try one of the rides, and I have a feeling all these rides are super old so I don’t feel very safe. But it is fun to watch people!

Saturday Night

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The belt broke on my scooter on my way to work the other day, it is apparently really easy to fix yourself, but I took it in to the shop, just to be on the safe side.

I had a super mellow night at home last night, and I was just about to go to bed at midnight when I got a text from my room mate who was on his way home and asked if I was still awake.

3 hours and two bottles of wine later…

Euro 2012 Final

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Watching the Euro 2012 Finals at Joxer Daly’s. It was crowded in the bar, next time we’ll have to show up earlier to make sure we get a table! Spain beat Italy with 4-0!


Copenhagen Pastry

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The day is finally here, Copenhagen Pastry open it’s doors for customers! I had to walk over for a couple of danishes! 

So many things to chose from! I had to wolf one down right there and then!

On my way home I saw this written in the sky;

Levitated Mass

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I went to see Andrew Byron speak about 3D typography at the A+D Museum, it was super inspirational!
The museum also had a student typography exhibit that was really cool!

After the typography event, we walked over to LACMA to see the Levitated Mass, they had some kind of event at LACMA with a lot of people – that apparently could not read.

The famous Levitated Mass – a hugh rock!
Taken from the LACMA website: Levitated Mass by artist Michael Heizer is composed of a 456-foot-long slot constructed on LACMA’s campus, over which is placed a 340-ton granite megalith. The slot gradually descends to fifteen feet in depth, running underneath the boulder. As with other works by the artist, such as Double Negative (1969), the monumental negative form is key to the experience of the artwork.

Here’s a video of the mass being transported into the Museum.

The Heavy at the Bootleg

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We had tickets to go see The Heavy at the Bootleg Theatre. I wasn’t expecting much since I don’t care too much about their music.
Wake Up Lucid was the first band on, they were really good, I would definitely go see them again!
The next band on were The Skins, a bunch of kids (they’re all under 21 – drummer was only 13!) from Brooklyn, they were amazing!
Last on were The Heavy, and they were pretty lame after such a great performance from The Skins.

Study

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Woke up early and went for a study session at the beach!

Midsummer Party

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Midsummer is a big deal in Sweden. I invited a few friends over to celebrate and introduce them to Pickled Herring.
I made a smörgåstårta (Sandwich Cake) as well.

I had herring for the second time in my life.

Herring plate with fresh potatoes, sour cream and chives.

Guests had made their own flavored snaps that we all tried out.

Never been a big fan of the snaps, I’m just drinking it because it is a tradition. The icy glasses were very cool though.

We didn’t have a midsummer pole to dance around, but we do have this traffic cone in the living room that got to serve as a midsummer pole so we got to dance the Little Frog dance!

Some guests arrived later, just in time for the leftovers/midnight snack!

Olson’s Scandinavian Delicatessen

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I just realized I work just about a mile away from Olson’s Scandinavian Delicatessen on Pico Blvd, so I went there on my lunch break to pick up some stuff for tomorrow’s midsummer/summer solicits party!