Well, you kind of have to do the barbecue when you’re there - you’re in Hill Country. JS: Huh, really? I spent a lot of time down in Austin because I made two movies there, but I was always eating barbecue. I actually had the best Japanese food I’ve ever had in Austin, which was a surprise - at Uchiko.
JS: Yeah, I don’t know if I’ve ever had good Mexican food in New York. In California it feels a lot more exciting.Įven New York City, with all its diversity, still gets a tough wrap for its Mexican offerings. I grew up in Connecticut, and Mexican food there was pretty bland, and refried…just a lot of cheese dumped on everything. JS: I think it’s a totally different level of Mexican food in Los Angeles than on the East Coast. It’s an understatement that Los Angelinos are pretty passionate about their Mexican food, huh? Loteria in the Farmer’s Market, which is the best Mexican. PW: Irv’s Burgers, Providence on Melrose, Chef Marilyn’s Soul Food Express. Where are some of your favorite places to eat in LA? My favorite single malts are Highland Park and Macallan. PW: I married into a Canadian/Scottish family, so drinking Scotch - neat, of course - is part of their family gatherings. I saw the Macallan in your pop-up trailer. Most labels I read come from flavor curiosity - to learn more and get a leg up when I try to recreate something from scratch. PW: I try my best to stay away from processed foods, so I don’t need to read as many labels. But for the past two years, we’ve been going out to restaurants two or three nights a week with my son, and it’s great. But once they hit one or two it gets kind of hard because they want to walk everywhere. We’d just bring him places in the car seat. But for a while, with our first child we’d go out a lot. Our lives have definitely changed dramatically. What about your dining-out habits? Did kids change that? Sounds sappy, but it gives me a ton of joy to know my boys are eating right, learning about food, and trying new things all the time. Plus, as soon as I became a dad, I realized why my mom cooked every meal for us growing up. So many things in life take a long time to accomplish, but cooking ever night helps even out the long-term goals with a lot of instant gratification. This morning I had leftover homemade chicken pot pie - goes great with coffee. I prefer lunch foods over breakfast, though, so I tend to have lunch, then lunch, followed by dinner. How do you fuel yourself up for all that? The lifestyle thing - we’re working hard and playing hard. So we try to attack and go after people who have jobs in cities and urban environments, but on weekends they want to get out and play. Being a weekend warrior isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Is fitness a big motivation for either of you? JS: I do it on occasion, but I wouldn’t say I’m a great surfer.
In addition, I ride bicycles, I mountain bike and we do these long motorcycle trips. Jonah Smith: We’re big snow sports people. Here, West and Smith tell us about their outdoor pursuits - which included driving an Airstream trailer cross-country and setting it up as a pop-up shop in various cities - as well as cooking for kids, and the next big breakfast trend: lunch.
“We wanted a brand that was authentic and technical, but didn’t make you feel like you were a teenager.” The resulting collection is a sophisticated blend of style and function, seen in the sleek lineup of insulated jackets and shells, microfiber swim trunks, all made to work as well in the Hollywood hills as in the Grand Canyon.
“At some point it’s like, where do you go when you graduate Burton and Quiksilver?” says Smith. Nearly three years ago, the two gave up their day jobs as film producers in Hollywood to create a brand of outdoor apparel for the post-30 set. It’s the best style advice he’s ever received, and a maxim he lives by everyday, as exemplified in Aether Apparel, the line of outdoor activewear he co-founded with Jonah Smith. You’ll look like a fool and won’t feel comfortable,” Palmer West tells us.
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