For years, Justine Lupe bopped forwards and backwards between Los Angeles and New York.
It wasn’t till the pandemic that she determined it was time to cease residing out of her suitcase in inns and short-term sublet flats. “The world was in upheaval,” the actor says. “My idea of what my life was felt like it was [too].”
In Sunday Funday, L.A. folks give us a play-by-play of their splendid Sunday round city. Find concepts and inspiration on the place to go, what to eat and the way to get pleasure from life on the weekends.
In 2021, she and her fiancé, Tyson Mason, purchased a home in L.A. Then this summer time, the couple welcomed a child named Ellis, whom Lupe was carrying whereas she was filming Netflix’s romantic comedy “Nobody Wants This,” alongside Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, which is ready to return for a second season subsequent yr.
“I was right in the sweet spot of the second trimester for most of the shoot, so you have energy, you feel creative and your body feels good — at least that was my experience,” says Lupe, who performs Bell’s sister and podcast co-host Morgan.
Lupe, who additionally starred in “Succession” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” provides that sure issues she had about working whereas pregnant, resembling gaining weight on digital camera, disappeared when she was on set. “It was just kind of this magical experience because there’s so much emphasis on bodies in this industry,” she says. “So just to be healthy and happy through that experience, embracing my body through that big, big change, feeling confident in it and feeling ecstatic about this life inside of me, it was just the best.”
On a great Sunday for Lupe, 4-month-old Ellis is strapped to her physique as they decide up veggies and fruit from the Atwater Village Farmers Market, take a baby-friendly yoga class and stroll round an excellent botanical backyard.
This interview has been calmly edited and condensed for size and readability.
7 a.m.: Cuddles in mattress
I imply 7 a.m. sounds nice with my child. Somewhat bit lazy, mendacity in mattress. I like snuggling together with her, Tyson, our canine Lilly, and our cat Addie. It’s type of a fort that we have in our mattress with all of our little creatures residing in it and it’s very nice to simply chill.
8 a.m.: Catch up with pals over espresso
I might in all probability go and get a espresso from this place referred to as Amara Kitchen. It’s a very nice farm-to-table spot. Everything is natural, grass fed and moral. I am going there to meet pals loads, so I’d in all probability meet a couple of pals for a espresso. I often get an iced espresso. They make their very own almond milk. If I need one thing candy, I’ll get a pastry, and if not, I’ll simply get a bone broth with my espresso. They make actually good pastries in home they usually have unbelievable gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chip cookies which might be far more scrumptious than you’d think about whenever you say these two phrases aloud. It’s often too early for me to eat loads, however on days the place I have a extremely lengthy evening or I’m ravenous, I’ll get their breakfast burrito.
9 a.m. Go to the Farmers Market
Then we’d all go to the Atwater Village Farmers Market. It’s actually candy and small. I do know all the stands nicely by now. It was type of a venture once I first received there to perceive which stand had the greens I like, which of them had the proper eggs that I like, which of them had the best cheese. You type of get to know which stands you like and also you kind relationships with all these farmers. I care loads about the high quality of the meals that I eat, so having type of a rapport with them and determining what their requirements and practices are is essential. It’s additionally simply beautiful. There’s flowers and honey, a lot of households are there, there’s so many youngsters and it’s only a completely happy place to be.
I often get substances that I need to make for the week and for no matter different issues I want, I’ll go to Whole Foods. As I store, I’ll snack on Nature’s Fynd, which is a vegan yogurt. It’s sustainable, it’s moral, it’s dairy free and it’s excessive protein. [Editor’s note: Lupe is a brand ambassador for Nature’s Fynd.]
12 p.m. Baby-friendly yoga
Then I might go to Silverlake Yoga for a yoga class. It’s run by this lady, Juliette Kurth. I discovered it throughout my being pregnant they usually do a whole lot of prenatal lessons, postnatal lessons, child and me yoga lessons the place mothers can convey their child and get their yoga in whereas the infants are hanging on the market. It’s identical to the sweetest place. She does labor workshops and I’ve fallen in love with it in the previous yr. To have a postnatal class to be able to nonetheless the care that you simply want and handle your physique after having the child and to have free childcare basically — it’s simply the best. Juliette is simply an angel on Earth.
2 p.m.: Walk round Descanso Gardens
I’d in all probability go house and cook dinner myself just a little one thing to eat, then the complete household would go to Descanso Gardens. It’s so fairly and we’d stroll round. You can get a snack at the door and have just a little picnic if you’d like. Sometimes we’ll get a espresso or a tea and simply submit up someplace.
5 p.m.: Pick up dinner
I’d go decide up Side Pie or Sugarfish on the means house for a comfy night at house the place we simply eat pizza or sushi, hang around on our deck and simply get pleasure from being in L.A. [Laughs]
At Sugarfish, we all the time do the Trust Me or Trust Me Lite field [which comes with edamame, tuna sashimi, salmon and more] relying on our urge for food. It’s so good and typically we’ll throw in just a little little bit of eel. At Side Pie, we like the home herb ranch salad and the Altadena and the Z pizza, which is a vegetarian possibility with jalapeños. There’s one other pizza with ham and honey that we like referred to as the Honey’s Hammered. It’s soooo good. Side Pie is just a little gap in the wall. You order it inside, then you’ll be able to eat in their again space, which is basically cute particularly throughout the summer time, or you’ll be able to take it house.
For my beverage, I’m often a water-with-electrolytes type of particular person, which is so boring. [Laughs] I do drink wine, however simply because I’m breastfeeding, I attempt to hold it to a minimal and do it nicely. I have a few glasses of wine every week. I’m a fairly gentle drinker, however once I do, I often will decide up one thing from Cookbook Market in Highland Park. They’ve received a extremely nice pure wine choice.
6:30 p.m.: Luxurious bathtub
Every day the child and I take a shower collectively. It’s a extremely good wind-down for her and I. Tyson units up our bathtub space up every evening. He places out candles, performs music, places our towels out and places out a glass of water with ice. He’s simply so candy, so it’s type of this ceremony for us. Then I give her a child therapeutic massage, which I additionally actually love doing. My daughter has received it actually good. I’m like, “I want a massage every night.” [Laughs]
8 p.m.: Watch T.V. till we go to sleep (and the child wakes us up)
Then we’d get into mattress and watch “The Great British Baking Show” or some enjoyable TV present till we go to sleep. I do know that is my splendid day, however the actuality is that you simply go to mattress type of going like “Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Here comes the night” due to the child. [Laughs] She’s 4 months now, so I feel she’s about to hit that four-month sleep regression. So I feel we’d get to mattress pretty early simply because we all know we’re going to be shedding sleep. She goes to mattress at like 7 p.m., so we’ll in all probability get in mattress by like 8 p.m. and go to sleep by 9 or 9:30 p.m.
