On the screen, the scriptwriter-director-producer multihyphenate-producer-producer Paul Feig is best known for fun and funny films such as “Dmmaids”, “Last Christmas” and “A simple favor”. And off screen, it is known for its Impeccable sense of styleenthusiastic embrace of the culture of cocktails (its The Gin d'Artingstall brand Made frequent came up in his films) and, it turns out, a penchant for all that is spicy.
In Sunday Funday, people give us a game game of their Sunday ideal in the city. Find ideas and an inspiration where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on weekends.
“I am so hot and hot warmth,” he told Times in a recent interview. “I love (heat). I can't eat anything without putting a sort of spicy sauce. I think it's because when I was a child, all the food of Michigan at that time was so bland that I thought I hated food. It turns out that I hated Fade. “
Before his last work – The thriller “Another simple favor”, What started broadcast on Amazon Prime Thursday – I buttoned the Dandy director about his ideal Sunday, which includes navigation for Western clothes, the adoption of a ball game, doubling the Mexican dishes and satisfying this spice tooth on every occasion.
This interview was slightly modified and condensed for duration and clarity.
7 am: water or walk
I always try to sleep, and it never happens. So if I sleep up to 7 years old, it's a kind of miracle for me. I like to get up and do water aerobic for my exercise in our swimming pool where I will take a four -thousand hour walk in my district of Toluca Lake, which is really nice. And it always ends with me by going to Caxe themselves at the end of my walk.
8 a.m.: Appear in Themselves
I have been going there for 30 years and I go to breakfast forever and forever. But Sunday is rather fun because there are more people there, and it is an excellent local meeting place. I get there early – they open at 8 years old – because it is crowded later on Sunday. My main order is to get this (dish) called power lunch but for breakfast. It is a grilled chicken breast, and I get it with a double side of broccoli cooked with steam instead of rice. And I don't have bread, but I order a salsa side. It's my healthy meal. And if I want to cheat a little, they have very good gluten-free pancakes there, so I'm going to get it with sausages.
10 am: Browse Western goods
After that, I'm going to go home and maybe jump to the pool, then take a shower and head for a few stores that I like to visit all the time and I have this western (and) country wear circuit. I am obsessed with this place in Van Nuys called General Country Store Because I'm really in cowboy boots. And they are one of the last places that carry a lot of Lucchese boots and it is my favorite brand. They always receive new ones, so I'm going to get the new selection. And they also have good hats there.
There is also a place at Beverly Hills called West It's really cool boots and really cool men's jewelry, so I like to go. And a place on the sunset called Star This still gets a lot of vintage Western clothes. This is really where I have The outfit I wore to the south by the southwest – The coat with the fringe on it is a jacket (Mealey's pitic in artisanal leather) of the 70s. Make the whole circuit is really fun. It takes a few hours, but most of it drives. And then I will enter each place for five or 10 minutes.
Midi: Treat yourself to a firm sauce
This brings me to about lunch, which would be one of the two places. If I found myself in Beverly Hills – Well, it would not count if it was Sunday because they are closed, but (I mention it because) Brighton Coffee Shop In the best spicy sauce. I have breakfast Quesadilla, which they serve with this spicy sauce that they make internally which is incredibly good and really hot. I will just do it, and the (server is like,) “Sir, you know it's hot.” And I say to myself: “Don't worry! I really like it!” It sort of burns the s – out of my mouth. But it's really tasty.
If I go back to the valley (San Fernando), I will go to Don Cuco (Mexican restaurant) – The original on Riverside Drive, not that of downtown Burbank. It is my favorite place for Mexican cuisine at the old school. He has always been there. The servers are really nice, and some that I have known since they were busesboys, so it's fun to see them. My favorite is Cochinita Pibil. It is a slow roasted pork that they make days in advance, so they disintegrate, and they serve it with plantains. I understand this with standard black beans – not the creamy – and one side of the tortillas. And the salsa of Don Cuco's house is great.
3 p.m.: Down for dodgers
If there is one Dodgers gameI love doing this because I have season tickets and I love to go to a ball game. I was at the game where they beat the food (New York) to enter the World Series. And I went to match 2 of the World Series, but I was not there the night Freddie Freeman struck the Grand Slam. I was in New York that evening looking in my apartment and I made so much noise that the porter called and said: “I think the neighbors are worried about you.”
If there is no game, we have this kind of interior -exterior covered terrace space (at home) next to the swimming pool, so I will sit under this and catch up on my reading of Showbiz – scripts that we have been sent, scripts that we develop, new drafts (scripts). Then, when the sun is no longer exploded, I will come back to the pool.
6 p.m.: Mix a creative cocktail
This (part of the evening) could involve opening a nice light rosé like a minute of the castle. And there is always time for a cocktail. I am generally a fanatic of Martini, but I try not to explode too much on a Sunday, so I will make a gin and soda. There is a drink called Ranch Water which is tequila, lime juice, a little cointreau and topo chico. I created my own version of this Water Palace. I like to use a little Grand Marnier. It's a bit orange and links it all together.
7:30 p.m.: Head for Taxco gardens for take-out dishes
Now we can dine and I like Mexican cuisine, so I have no problem to double on Mexican. You remember you Taxco gardens Restaurant in West Hollywood? Well, let's go now. He closed a few years ago, which included me because I ate there two or three times a week. But they always cook food (for collection or delivery) on boulevard Santa Monica (in West Hollywood), and the food is just as good as it was. I receive the garlic shrimp (Salsa de Ajo Picante), and instead of rice and beans, they blow up vegetables for me. And they have a little quesadilla with guacamole and they always give you this little pudding (a type dessert) with bananas. So I'm going to drive and pick it up.
Or I could go to a friend for dinner. For years and years, the thing every day for my wife, Laurie, and I must dine with our friends Betsy Beers and Bruce Cormcule. She is Shonda Rimes' trading partner, and he is a lawyer who makes legal advice for certain shows and is an incredible cook. He always cooks these big festivals at home in Brentwood, and there is always a theme: sometimes it is a Mexican theme, sometimes it is a French theme, sometimes it is seafood. And it is fantastic. I mix the Martinis and we have a good time.
9:30 p.m.: Relax with real crime – and maybe a martini
We are not really at the end of the ships, so we are usually at home at 9 p.m. or 9:30 p.m., and then is “what are we going to look at?” It will either be a movie or a television, and there are so many things there that I try to avoid taking myself in a television program which has a million episodes because I will connect. And then it becomes all this, so I prefer to find a series where you have three episodes, or a great film or a documentary. I really liked “Apple cider vinegar” And the story of the real crime (“Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke”) About Mom YouTube Mormon. We are in the era of the crook, and I am just fascinated by human nature and what people think they can get away with it.
But sometimes, if we come back soon enough, I will go to Smoke House (restaurant), Who is right next to our house and has a Martini at the end of the night. Oh, and everyone talks about garlic bread there, but they make superb hot wings.
