About 5 years in the past, when Meredith Hagner (whose characters vary from clueless to maniacal in “Search Party,” “Vacation Friends” and “Bad Monkey,” to call just some) totally dedicated to giving up her rent-controlled Williamsburg house in Brooklyn, N.Y., to make a house on the West Coast, she thought she knew precisely the place she needed to stay.
“I told my husband [actor Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn] I’d try out L.A., but I’ll only do the Eastside because that’s the closest to [where I lived in New York City]. And he was like, ‘When we have kids, you’re probably going to want to move to the Westside.’ And I was like, ‘No,no, no.’”
In Sunday Funday, L.A. folks give us a play-by-play of their splendid Sunday round city. Discover concepts and inspiration on the place to go, what to eat and the way to take pleasure in life on the weekends.
Now, because the Westside-dwelling mother to sons who’re 11 months and 3½, she’s bought. “I can’t believe I thought I was taking one for the team by moving to the Westside,” she stated. “It’s great over here, and we’re just a two-minute drive from [Wyatt’s] family.”
Earlier than digging into her splendid (and Westside-centered) Sunday itinerary, I requested which of the characters she’s performed might need an L.A. weekend to rival her personal. She instantly pointed to her newest position as Neve, sister to Reese Witherspoon’s Margot within the Nicholas Stoller movie (additionally starring Will Ferrell) “You’re Cordially Invited,” which began streaming Jan. 30 on Prime Video .
“Oh, God. I’ve played so many tragic, messed-up people,” Hagner stated “[Neve] is the first mentally stable person I think I’ve ever played. I’d be making these kind of bizarre performance choices, and our director, Nick Stoller, would be like, ‘No, she’s really a together, healthy person.’ So I think she would probably have the most lovely Sunday. She has a wonderful relationship, and she’d probably do something classy and incredible. And I would probably want to have her Sunday.”
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7:30 a.m.: Quaff espresso from CanadaIn my excellent day, my very, very small child and my toddler would sleep till the blissful hour of seven:30 a.m. They prefer to get up very early, however in my hypothetical day, my husband and I rise up sooner than them, which has actually by no means occurred, however we’re gonna go together with it, and now we have espresso. We’re very obsessive about our morning espresso. It’s from a espresso store that we love a lot that we discovered once we have been working in Calgary, Canada. It’s referred to as Monogram [Coffee]. We’re espresso snobs, so now we have the beans shipped down and now we have a bit of Breville espresso machine. And Wyatt makes me my espresso within the morning. Then I open all of the doorways and the home windows and put a report on and now we have a bit of quiet espresso. Then the children rise up.
9 a.m.: Seize some griddle cakesWe used to go to Patrick’s Roadhouse for breakfast, however sadly, it’s closed, which is devastating as a result of it’s at all times been a staple. So we’d go to both Breakfast by Salt’s Remedy for pancakes — which is one among my favourite spots — or Huckleberry in Santa Monica. At Salt’s Remedy, I get the OG griddle desserts. They’re my favourite factor in the entire world, and so they’re ridiculously good. That with a aspect of sausage is the common order.
10:30 a.m.: Discover some flowers, crank some tunesI like to do flower preparations, so I’ll go to [a local] flower vendor and get a ton of flowers. After which I’m going residence and lay all of them out, after which placed on some actually loud music whereas my kiddo helps me [arrange them]. I take heed to a whole lot of Gillian Welch, and I like Mazzy Star — I can’t play sufficient Mazzy Star. And I at all times have the doorways open. We’ll do that for about an hour or so whereas the newborn takes a nap.
1 p.m.: Make a meal, play with the boysI love to do some sort of huge meal, like a long-cooking roast — I lately did braised quick ribs — or I’ll do that actually yummy Thai coconut meatball soup. I’ll do one thing like that, and once I’m carried out, I’ll put it within the fridge. And we’ll eat it later or the subsequent day. Then we’ll all exit and play, perhaps carry some tennis rackets, simply hang around. And I’ll have a bit of [outdoors] second with the boys.
3 p.m.: Sip at sunsetIn my hypothetical Sunday, my in-laws are coming over to babysit, and they are going to be babysitting whereas we prepare. Then my husband and I’ll put some white wine in our Yeti [wine tumblers] and return to the seaside. A pair blocks from our home, there’s an underpass below [Pacific Coast Highway] the place you possibly can go to the seaside. Then we’ll sit on the seaside and watch the sundown and have a bit of cocktail.
5 p.m.: Wander to dinnerThen we might awkwardly put our Yetis someplace and go have dinner at both Muse or the Golden Bull. Muse is likely one of the finest meals I’ve had. They simply opened, and it’s like this little jewel field [of a] restaurant the place the whole lot you eat is one of the best factor you’ve ever had in your life. The rack of lamb is insane. And the Golden Bull is a type of staple neighborhood eating places. There’s a hearth going within the winter, so it’s one of the best cozy place. When you go there, it’s important to sit on the bar and get the prime rib and the Yorkshire pudding and a mezcal margarita. I extremely advocate [it].
7 p.m.: Collect the household across the fireWe’d be residence in time to do bedtime [for the kids] and have household time hanging out with my in-laws, which is often what we do on a Sunday night. The dudes will put the boys to mattress, after which we’ll hand around in entrance of the fireplace.
9:30 p.m.: Absorb a bit of TV earlier than lights outI by no means go to mattress previous 9:30 until I actually wish to really feel like canine [crap] the subsequent day. In my hypothetical, I wouldn’t go to sleep inside two minutes, which I believe I’ve carried out each time I’ve tried to look at one thing for the final two years. Final night time, we began watching this new documentary concerning the Stanford Jail Experiment [“The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth”] {that a} good friend of ours, Juliette Eisner, directed, and it was so good and so creepy. We’re additionally watching [the Netflix series] “Nobody Wants This,” which I actually like. A shout-out to my good friend Justine Lupe, who performs the sister. She’s so good, and it’s enjoyable to look at your folks.