Melissa Etheridge has all the time written what she feels, and what she’s feeling proper now, at this second in her life, is liberated. The people-rock legend, greatest recognized for her raspy ‘90s anthems (cue “Come to my window …”), just finished recording a new album due out next year. A theme that permeates throughout her lyrics? Setting herself free.
In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.
“It’s rather a lot about letting go of making an attempt to make all the pieces good,” Etheridge says. “Letting go of trying to change other people to make me happy because it doesn’t work that way.”
She chats with us from her Sure We Are Tour with the Indigo Women, an event she describes as the last word ladies’ evening out. “It’s brought a lot of women out — grandmothers, mothers, daughters,” Etheridge says. “It’s music that you remember and it feels really amazing.”
The tour makes a cease subsequent week on the Greek Theatre, which is able to really feel like a homecoming of types for the artist who has lived in L.A. for the previous 43 years. Etheridge and her spouse Linda Wallem, together with Etheridge’s younger grownup kids, have settled within the Calabasas space and discover consolation within the many neighborhood charms. At present Etheridge, who says she has had “many incredible Sundays” round city, describes an ideal one. It begins with a stroll near dwelling after which ventures downtown for brunch and artwork, and into Studio Metropolis for a heavenly deep-fried Fluffernutter.
This interview has been flippantly edited for size and readability.
7 a.m.: Get up and stroll We like to get proper up, and the very first thing we do is go for a stroll. We go for a couple of mile and a half, and it’s simply actually pretty. And we love all our neighbors, and it’s a extremely implausible place.
8 a.m.: Espresso with additional love Then we’d go to La La Land Sort Cafe on the Commons in Calabasas. What’s particular about it’s that it [employs] foster youngsters. The proprietor is a extremely particular man that places a variety of love into the place. And it’s so L.A. — you’ll be able to ask for “extra love” and so they’ll say, “Oh, we love you!” once we go away. They’ve a butterfly matcha latte — you recognize, blue and inexperienced. Actually loopy, lovely drinks. So we’ll choose up espresso after which go to Hank’s Bagels and get some bagels for the youngsters.
9 a.m.: Crank up the automotive tunes After we drop all the pieces off at dwelling, we’re leaving to go downtown. On Sunday at 9 o’clock, you may get downtown in an inexpensive period of time. I’ve acquired the music cranked up in our automotive. We like to hearken to the Chris Stapleton channel on Sirius XM. And we’re listening to my new album that I simply recorded that received’t be out till 2026.
10 a.m.: A leisurely brunchWe’ll go to the Woman & the Goat. Chef Stephanie Izard has these biscuits and rooster. Unbelievable. It’s not too foofy since you simply don’t wish to get too foofy for brunch. You wish to, oh, really feel it while you’re accomplished. In order that’s what we’ll do. That’s from, like, 10 to 11 a.m. No, 10 to 12. I’m not speeding. It’s a wonderful restaurant.
Midday: See what’s on show in downtown L.A.Then we’re going to go see no matter displays or installations they’ve downtown. The final time we went, it was “Luna Luna.” Actually nice. One time, it was the King Tut exhibit.
3 p.m.: A fast cease at Atrium Then we’ll get the youngsters. On the best way again, we cease at considered one of our favourite hashish shops, Atrium on Topanga [Canyon Boulevard] — our different favourite is Coast to Coast in Canoga Park — and get some as a result of we’re going to our favourite movie show later tonight.
3:30 p.m.: Spend time at my favourite musical playground We swing by Norman’s Uncommon Guitars, which is in Tarzana. It’s not open on Sundays, but when this was a dream, it will be. [Owner Norman Harris] has an beautiful assortment that everybody has purchased from, from Tom Petty to George Harrison to Bob Dylan to me.
Generally I’ll commerce a guitar with [Norman], and generally I’ll have him present me a ridiculously costly guitar simply to take a look at it, after which I’ll inform him I can by no means purchase it. There’s all the time one thing occurring in there. I’ve sat in the midst of the shop with my good friend Ashley McBryde and sang songs. It’s only a actually cool place. Solely in L.A.
5 p.m.: An evening on the moviesWe’ll get to our favourite movie show, Cinépolis, the place we’re going to observe the newest film. They serve dinner and drinks within the theater, and it’s only a actually enjoyable evening. The final film we noticed was “Thunderbolts.” It’s freaking nice. God, I really like Florence Pugh. My youngsters had been skeptical about Marvel, however they actually preferred it. It’s good not having to cook dinner or clear on a Sunday. To date, we’ve eaten 10,000 energy at the moment.
8 p.m.: The dessert of all dessertsThen if we may pack in all of the enjoyable, we’d go down the 101 to Studio Metropolis, the place Chef Antonia Lofaso has the Black Market Liquor Bar. She has a dessert referred to as the Fluffernutter. Oh, my God. It’s a deep-fried Fluffernutter. It’s so good. So we’d go get dessert there. Then we’d drive dwelling.
10 p.m.: Finish the evening underneath the celebs We’ve got a little bit hearth pit outdoors in our yard. And we love to take a seat and take a look at the celebs and use a few of that stuff that we acquired on the Atrium.
I always suppose, oh, I’m going to maneuver out of L.A. And we journey all world wide. And I swear, each time I come again, I’m like, this appears like dwelling. That is dwelling.
