In this vlog, Rob Lipsett chronicles his first day in Los Angeles after moving from Texas. He begins by reuniting with his two sisters in Santa Monica, enjoying the pier, roller coasters, coffee, and a pedicure session. He then moves into a Hollywood Airbnb, giving a detailed tour of the space (kitchen, fridge, bathroom, wardrobe, balcony) and noting the convenience of having a proper home after living out of a suitcase. The second half of the video follows Rob to Ralph’s supermarket, where he explores the wide variety of American low‑calorie, high‑protein foods and drinks that are uncommon in Ireland, such as Powercakes, protein‑rich yogurts, carb‑balanced tortillas, diet 7‑Up, and zero‑calorie cooking sprays. He comments on the cultural differences in grocery options, shares personal nutrition knowledge, and recommends several items. Throughout, his tone is upbeat, conversational, and enthusiastic, emphasizing his excitement about the LA lifestyle and the practical aspects of living there.
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Alright, so where the hell am I now? I'm not in Texas anymore. We are in LA, in particular Santa Monica. At the moment, I am visiting my two sisters who I've missed so much, and they are living in Santa Monica. So me and Sarah stayed with them for a night last night. If you have me on Snapchat, you would have seen us. We went down to the pier and we had such a laugh. Went on the roller coasters, which I have not done in a long time, and I'm not gonna lie, it was very funny. There was like this young kid just sitting across from us, and he was absolutely not enjoying it. All right guys, gonna give this thing a go. Now we are just walking around Santa Monica looking for a place to get some breakfast. I am still in awe at everything. Like, you know, I'll like walk past a Dunkin' Donuts and I'm like, oh my God, Dunkin' Donuts! I think we're going to a place called Huckleberry now, uh, we'll see. But either way, I'm just gonna grab some coffee or something, catch up to you in a bit. In such a nice little spot here, getting a bit of color on my face. And this coffee, like, usually I'm not like, you know, a coffee snob, but this coffee genuinely is one of the best I've had. What a way to start today. Let's get it going. We're getting in some quality girl time. We are about to get some pedicures. Say what you want, I'm hella excited. Thank you very much. That was so nice. Uh, I honestly love getting pedicures, and like I said, there's nothing wrong about getting a man— apparently called mani pedicures, but apparently it's a big thing with like athletes like Michael Jordan, David Beckham, and people like that, they're big into getting pedicures because you're always on your feet, so you gotta look after your feet. You know, if you don't have your feet, you can't run, you can't perform. So highly recommend. Sup? Alright, here's the update. Okay, so we moved out of my sister's place in Santa Monica. We're just there for one night. We had such a laugh. I love seeing them. Gonna meet up with them as much as we can. So now we're in the new Airbnb and like, thank God, it looks just like the pictures. It's so clean. It's perfect. It's got good Wi-Fi and everything. Let me show you it. First off, you come in the door and here we got kitchen and a big-ass refrigerator. So I'm gonna make gains there. I'm gonna cook up some quality food. Here we got the bathroom. Again, solid mirror for taking selfies and whatnot, and it's nice and clean. Walk-in wardrobe, and it is so nice to unpack because for the last like 5 days or whatever, ever since in Texas, we've been living out of a suitcase, which just like confuses the hell out of me. It makes me so unorganized. We got a really nice double bed. And it actually is very photogenic. TV and then eating place, and then there's like a balcony out there, round glass table. So it's absolutely perfect and it's in the heart of Hollywood. So now we are going to go downstairs, just have a walk around, uh, see what we do. I'll probably get like a salad to eat or something. We'll see. Either way, we're gonna familiarize ourselves with the surroundings. All right, so this is what I got here, as you can see, from this place Greenleaf. Let's check it out. Looks like a very solid lunch, people. Thank you. Let's go explore Hollywood. Thank you. All right. Holy Jesus. Um, so current update is we are just about to go into Ralph's to do a shop. And Ralph's is great because when we used to live in Isla Vista, we would always go to Ralph's. Uh, it's like so delicious, there's such nice food, and yeah, it brings back good memories. So we're gonna go in here now, see what we can find, and I'm very excited because the food— like, the grocery shopping in America, you don't understand how much fun it is for Irish because they have so much cool stuff like that, you know, zero-calorie ice cream. Not zero-calorie, that low-calorie ice cream that I showed you the other day. So, all right, let's head in. Yep, salad bar looks immense. Oh my God, chocolate chip cookie, 5 for 1. That's going straight in my basket. Carb balance tortillas, 6 grams of carbs in a wrap. Why isn't that a thing in Ireland? Diet Cherry 7-Up, um, yes please. What the hell, the selection of diet drinks here is— it's blown my mind. After watching Christian's Summer Shredding, I genuinely know the macros to a Power Crunch bar off by heart. There is the groceries. I am gonna go through them with you guys because There's some very tasty stuff in there. So there's everything we got. We're gonna start from the left. So we got some Powercakes. They're like a protein flapjack waffle mix. Gonna make pancakes out of them. Frosted Cheerios. The macros on these were actually really good. Sugar-free syrup to go on top of that. Powerade Zero, which we do not have in Ireland. And some kind of, you know, zero-calorie spray just for basic cooking. Chicken breasts, chicken breasts. Apples, salsa, jalapeño mustard. Again, it says zero calories on it there. Some fat-free ranch, some really good condiments. Salsa, highly recommend that to add flavor to your meals because who likes to eat bland meals? Turkey bacon, cashew milk, which I've never tried before, 25 calories per serving. Diet 7-Up, I've never even seen that. Loads of kind of high-protein yogurts, so that one's called like Carb Master. It's kind of a funny name, but it's like, you know, low carb, high protein. Some wholemeal bread, 45 calories per slice. That really, really high fiber tortilla— tortilla— Fiber One brownies. Just a big bag of classic garden salad. And then these things, they're called egg beaters. They taste like whole eggs, but they have the macros of egg whites. So it's like pretty much just Pure protein, less than a gram of carbs, 5 grams of protein, zero fat. Epic. Some Skinny Cow cookies and cream ice cream sandwiches. Again, 150 calories per sandwich. We're probably going to eat out a bit, but you know, this should definitely keep us going for a while anyways. Thank you so much for watching. I'm going to wrap things up here. I hope you're enjoying these LA vlogs as much as I'm enjoying making them. I'm like, it's just, I love this place. Honestly, I get such a kick from just like going about my day here. Anyways, keep it real. I'm out of here. Goodbye.
