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today we're at the americana at brand
which is in glendale california which is
basically like pasadena right yeah it's
not far from pasadena and it's north of
like central l.a the reason why it's
called the americana brand is because
we're on brand boulevard we decided to
kind of do a post on this area because
when we went to the grove i was like a
couple years ago already that post it
was pretty popular people really
interested in what stores are there what
the atmosphere was like so
this location is actually like their
sister um it's owned by the same person
what is it caruso
and it's basically i mean almost like
it's basically the same but bigger here
it is bigger at first i thought it was
smaller but it's actually bigger because
here they have uh over 80 stores and at
the grove they have about 50 stores so
it's definitely bigger here um and they
have lots of restaurants
um you know lots of
some unique places so stores and cafes
they have here like
the amazon four-star store yeah so we
want to kind of show you today like the
stores that are unique here of course
they have like you know free people
anthropology nordstrom another thing
that's different from this one um that
they don't have the grove is they have
luxury apartments here and also condos
so there are people living on this
property which i thought was interesting
so when you drive into the parking
structure you'll see like you know
there'll be parking spots where it says
for future residents
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and it's pet friendly just like the
other one so um but just be mindful um
that there are no like pet weight
stations so remember to bring your own
um waste bags yeah so parking here they
do have self-parking garage but it is a
little bit expensive um it's two dollars
for the first hour and then after that
it's four dollars for like 75 minutes i
think yeah 75 minutes and then after
that it's like
a dollar for every 15 minutes yeah which
is pretty pricey yeah and then 24 max
you can get your parking validated at
some select stores which was six
yeah as of now it's nordstrom
anthropology apple
free people
barnes and noble
tables yeah i forgot how to say that but
it's like one of those kitchen gadget
stores yeah or if you spend 250 dollars
within your
visit then the parking is free you just
have to go to the concierge to give your
receipts and then they'll validate it
for you they also have valet parking but
it's you know obviously it's more
expensive and that's 30 a day also candy
said that there is a mall across the
street called what is it called the
glendale galleria and it's an indoor
mall you know it has your typical you
know express limited like those type of
stores or foot lockers
and so don't get confused their parking
garage actually you'll see it before the
americanas but you could park at theirs
but i just be warned it's probably gonna
be confusing where to exit and then to
come over here although outside it looks
super simple but once you get in the
structure it's a little uh confusing but
i mean if you're gonna go to that place
anyways yeah i mean just it's probably
cheaper to park there too and then you
can just walk right across the street so
yeah
okay well we're gonna do some shopping
and exploring
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i like how they did this elevator
yeah
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this little gazebo is so cute
it's right by the fountain
but it smiled like a swing
adorable
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oh that's a hard decision
but
and look at how cute that box is
we get excited about the simplest things
i know
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the names that i usually only get in new
orleans or lakelanders that place
i like these mini vices the first time
i've seen minivites
good right it's amazing
i think so i want some zoe
i think you got some white powder right
wow
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you're so good you're being so good
thank you so much
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all right this is the samsung experience
store
i kind of want to check this out because
i got a
samsung washer and dryer and i'm gonna
get their tv too so
oh that's why you wanna yeah
look at these chairs over here
you know they look
oh are those like gaming chairs
wow
it's kind of funny because it looks like
a fan it looks like um it belongs in a
car yeah like a race car driver
this is insane
oh my gosh he's super that would be so
nice
for work yeah
that'll be really nice
it's a girl
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we're at papua now
we're about to
apparently it's like very popular in l.a
or california i'm not really sure but
they make a big deal about katsuya and i
like japanese food of course so
i want to try it out for lunch we
actually made a reservation ahead of
time when we got here um
but it looks like you don't really need
it if they were open i believe they
opened like
11 30 or something like that maybe 12.
um
it's a weekday too yeah it's a weekday
but it's actually kind of getting packed
right now so
uh yeah
if i
i don't know i don't know when i get
here i'm gonna look at the menu
all right so we ended up getting a
couple of sushi well a sushi roll and a
tamago sushi and then i also got some
fried chicken
but we're kind of like um disappointed
so far
first the california roll came out and
didn't even have the orange smell roll
on top so candy had to ask for it
apparently i could say they don't do
that yes it was nice of him he was like
i can have him put it on there for you
so thank you yeah so he was very very
kind um and then my tamago
it's a store-bought egg i can tell
because i love tamago and there's only
like certain japanese restaurants that
make it from scratch handmade and this
is definitely not it i'm sure it tastes
fine but
i don't know just a little disappointed
because this is supposed to be like the
japanese restaurant there's always like
so much hype about this place yeah we
thought it was gonna be pretty authentic
but
so far not too impressed kind of
americanized yeah
so
how is
it's it i'm glad they put them i think
it's called masako in japanese but
it's really crunchy and that's what i
really like about the california roll
but um
just keep that in mind if you get it
here
it doesn't actually come like that
but the rice is good i like it okay i
think the rice is good i guess
oh hey zoey
what's up
what's up you want something too
they actually did give you a play
setting
called chicken ginger karage this is
actually really good i like this out of
everything that we order this is my
favorite
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i'm right here zoey
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she always gets attention somewhere
and it says churros
oh
yeah disney churros are really good
they do have some good books on this
amazon store it's for it's four plus
stars yeah
yeah at least four stars is what's in
this amazon store
and so we're asking the guys like since
um
the ratings change all the time the
store updates to the ratings so yeah
do you remember when grandpa used to
make ice cream in the basement this is
what it doesn't look like but it was
like a real wooden bucket it wasn't like
this fake thing
why am i being big yeah and then you put
lots of salt salts yeah and the chunks
of salt
of course the air fryer that both me and
candy gave up with after a couple tries
yeah i'm not a huge fan of the airplane
yeah we're not huge fans
they do have a lot of kitchen stuff i
actually have these
yeah i like the oxygen oh look at that
organizing your teeth candy needs this
actually i did need that at a certain
point but i got rid of all of them so i
don't drink it
nice
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yeah i can't get just regular earrings
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those are interesting
you see
it matches your um face mask
it's cute
i like it too
what do you think i think i'm going to
get a bracelet
bracelet i like the black too but hindi
zoe is so tired she's out
we're almost done baby yeah we just wish
the box no longer get across for us
so we had a good time at the americana
brand uh we stayed there for about four
hours total uh we could probably stay a
little bit longer but since we have um
zoe the dog with us we had to keep it a
little bit shorter because she was
getting hot and the concrete was getting
hot so just be aware of that if you're
going with your dogs in the summer
but yeah we had some really cool
experiences at stores um the samsung one
was pretty cool to me just because i'm
getting some new samsung products so i'm
interested in how like all those
interconnect and also i love their new
flip phone which is so cool so he was
demonstrating to us how it works
um some other things that we did were
you know we checked out some clothing
stores like free people and anthropology
the first thing we did was they got some
beignets to start off the morning yeah
oh my gosh they were so good the
beignets were awesome yeah i definitely
could've had more they deep fry it right
there um right when you order it so it's
fresh crispy
warm
it was delicious so i really really
enjoyed that probably would have been
even better if i had a cup of coffee
with it oh yeah for sure
um disappointed with katsuya their sushi
in particular wasn't great at all and
but their
their chicken was really good i really
like their chicken but a little
overpriced uh for what they give
um i don't know i think it's overhyped
to me to us anyway we also went to the
amazon four-star store that's actually a
pretty interesting store where they have
all the popular items um that's
four-star that's rated four stars and
above so if you're looking for some cool
gadgets or some
cool gifts that's like a really cool
store to go to and we did go to one of
those stores where they validated our
ticket for us even with the validation
from the store it was still seven
dollars for parking which is pretty
expensive when you think that you know
when you think about like well i'm just
going there for shopping but i still
have to pay for parking but i guess
that's just like big city life but
overall it's a really great place to
relax have fun um you know entertain and
it's great for all ages too because we
saw families we saw couples we saw
people like us with their dogs i hope
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