In Sunday Funday, The people of Los Angeles tell us play by play of their ideal Sunday in the city. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.
For '90s kids wondering what happened to predictability, Jodie Sweetin offers some comfort. In addition to starring in Hallmark movies, doing stand-up comedy at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood and being a father to teenagers, the 41-year-old actor is rewatching old episodes of “Three by Three.”
“How rude, Tanneritos!” is a new podcast in which Sweetin and her former co-star Andrea Barber go back to their early days as sassy middle daughter Stephanie Tanner and girl next door Kimmy Gibbler, respectively, and talk about it. For Sweetin, who will also join the cast of “Full House” at 90s Con in September, it has always been exciting to stay connected with longtime fans.
“Some people have told me that by watching the show they learned about American families after immigrating to the country,” Sweetin says. “I've had fans who grew up with nontraditional families of all kinds and they said that seeing the family from 'Three by Three' was proof that their family mattered, too. And I know some people still feel that way.”
Sweetin lives in the Valley with her husband, Mescal Wasilewski, and their two daughters. Her ideal Sunday consists of reading, relaxing, looking at art, and making her home an always cozy “central zone.” Here is a summary. (Editor's note: This interview took place before the SAG-AFTRA strike. It has been edited for length and clarity.)
8:30 am: Wake up with coffee and soccer.
The first and most important thing is the coffee. My husband and I wake up and the first thing we do is make a cup of coffee. There is also a small neighborhood cafe called coffee arrangement where we like to go.
We definitely have Premier League football at home. My husband is a big soccer fan and my eldest daughter plays soccer, so we like to watch soccer on the weekends. But it is usually very low. We would like a nice, calm and peaceful morning.
9:30 am: Feed the sleepover guests.
I'm organizing donuts for whoever stayed over at the house. My children always stay over. And in the summer, they invite friends on the weekends to come jump in the pool and hang out. Our house is a kind of central area. I have a friend whose kids are older than mine and she told me, “All I'm saying is once they get to high school, try to be the house where everyone hangs out because you'll be aware of what's going on.” . simply by having them around.”
11am: do some shopping
I am a big fan of antiques. I love go to Melrose Trading Post, which is a really fun vintage-slash-antique-slash-hipster place. I can spend an hour looking at old black and white photographs, wondering who these people are.
Another place that I love is a jewelry store called Inspired amazement. The most recent thing I bought was a necklace that says, “Say yes to new adventures.” It's all little letters linked together, so it looks like a gold chain. One of my big new adventures has been moving into the world of stand-up and live comedy shows. Although I have always acted, doing it with my own writing, as myself, with my sense of humor and not playing a character, that has been new.
1:00 p.m.: Explore downtown Los Angeles
I love downtown Los Angeles; There has been a great resurgence. And I'm a big art and architecture person. So I'd love to play Great Central Market and get a Filipino rice bowl and then go to The widthhe hotel at biltmore and the cool old movie theaters there, like the orpheus. I love doing street photography, just walking around and absorbing the life of the city. Living in Los Angeles, you don't always have that city vibe. So it's nice.
5:30 pm: Head to Santa Monica for a cozy dinner.
My husband introduced me to a little place called Gilbert's Indian. It's in Pico. It is a family owned Mexican restaurant and has been there forever. He's been going since he was a kid. It is a great classic Mexican-Californian restaurant. Has a big yard. Everyone who works there is like family.
7 pm: ice cream time
The ice cream, at some point, has to arrive. I am a big fan of Ben & Jerry's. Of course, there is one in Venice, on the seafront, if you are there. And then I love too Van Leeuwen. When my husband and I started dating and he lived in Brooklyn, we always walked to Van Leeuwen next to his house. I would order Vegan Planet Earth, which was like a vegan oat milk ice cream.
7:15: Enjoy the sunset
And then we'll go down to Santa Monica and watch a beautiful California sunset and sit on the boardwalk and just watch the people go by.
8 pm: Get comfortable in the 'pod'
Sunday nights are usually about preparing for the upcoming week with the kids. But then I like to finish in my “pod,” which is what I call my giant, really comfy bean bag chair. It's where I read: I'm reading “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles, and it's really great. And I read my friend Jen Pastiloff’s book, “On Being Human,” which is a truly wonderful memoir and analysis about life, human frailty, and how to move forward.
I also like to sit in my pod and play stupid crossword puzzles on my phone.
8:50 p.m.: Find a show to fall asleep to
My husband and I like to watch shows and documentaries. My husband finished “Beef” and I started the first episode; there is definitely a journey we are going to take with this program. And then there's always the late night show, you know, like “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” some comedy I put on to watch and relax before inevitably falling asleep around 9 pm End of my Sunday Funday. Nothing too crazy.
