Via his decades-long profession, Nick Lachey has accomplished all of it in Hollywood — he’s acted, he’s launched solo albums, he’s led campaigns with manufacturers (together with Purina) and he’s reigned on the fact TV circuit, internet hosting the courting reveals “The Ultimatum,” “Excellent Match” and the phenomenon that’s “Love Is Blind,” which wrapped up its ninth U.S.-based season final week.
In Sunday Funday, L.A. individuals give us a play-by-play of their very best Sunday round city. Discover concepts and inspiration on the place to go, what to eat and the right way to get pleasure from life on the weekends.
However via all of it, he retains returning to 1 ardour challenge: 98 Levels, the swoon-eliciting boy band that catapulted him to stardom within the late ‘90s.
“I’m actually blessed to have the ability to be part of some unbelievable reveals,” Lachey says. “However really all of it comes again to the band for me. I nonetheless proceed to like to try this and carry out with these guys, so hopefully that may proceed for an extended, very long time.”
Earlier this yr, 98 Levels launched their first non-Christmas album in additional than a decade, “Full Circle.” It options reworkings of their most iconic songs — together with “I Do (Cherish You)” and “The Hardest Factor” — together with 5 new tracks.
Exterior of labor, what’s paramount in Lachey’s life “is being a dad and being current for my children, and actually being concerned of their life,” he says. He and his spouse, Vanessa Lachey, who’s additionally his “Love Is Blind” co-host, have three younger kids: Camden, Phoenix and Brooklyn.
The Cincinnati native and die-hard Bengals fan takes us alongside for his good Sunday in L.A., the place he’s lived for greater than 20 years. It entails soccer (after all), an indulgent brunch with waffles, stress-free at a Malibu seaside and studying a print copy of the L.A. Instances — an exercise that we are able to completely get behind.
This interview has been flippantly edited for size and readability.
7:30 a.m.: Espresso and the L.A. Instances
I often get up round 7 or 7:30 a.m. I’m conditioned to rise up when the youngsters do, in order that’s sometimes the time even on a weekend. The very first thing I’m doing on a Sunday is getting a cup of espresso. I’m type of old-school. I nonetheless get the print paper. So I’ll stroll out of my entrance door and go seize my L.A. Instances and my cup of espresso, and hopefully have just a few moments to myself to learn the paper earlier than my children rise up and harass me.
9 a.m.: Soccer time
Are we in soccer season? That’s an important query. If it’s my dream Sunday then we’re in soccer season so round 8:30 or 9 a.m., I’m turning on “NFL Countdown” and we’re preparing for the Sunday slate of video games. The Cincinnati Bengals are my crew. I grew up in Cincinnati so I’m type of a fan by start, if you’ll. Now, the Bengals are fairly good. For almost all of my life, they’ve been completely horrible and I’ve simply been caught with them, however it’s type of enjoyable now that they’re truly aggressive [laughs].
12 p.m.: Take pleasure in waffles at brunch
We’re stepping into the afternoon and preparing for lunch. A spot my household and I like to have lunch or perhaps a late brunch is Extra Than Waffles, which is type of an Encino establishment, if you’ll. I often get a skillet or an omelet, then mix that with a waffle. I don’t eat that nice, however if you happen to’re ever gonna eat unhealthy, Sunday is the day to do it, so that you gotta get the waffle. You gotta get the whipped cream and the strawberries. Go for broke.
2 p.m.: Hang around on the seaside
A great Sunday is heading out to the seaside. I’d take the youngsters to Zuma to see the ocean for a bit of bit even when it’s only a drive. It’s good to take the drive down that method, see the water and really feel the wind in your face. I’m not a giant get-in-the-water man. If I’m within the Caribbean or someplace, perhaps. [laughs] It’s a bit of chilly for me, so I’m extra of the lay-on-the-sand, take-in-the-scenery type of man on the seaside.
5 p.m.: Burritos and margs for dinner
Let’s get again to the home to take a bathe after which we’d hit Casa Vega. That’s one other certainly one of my favorites within the Valley. My entire household loves it. I just like the oven type rooster burrito smothered. You gotta get the chips and guac. You gotta get a home margarita blended, no salt, and also you’re good to go.
8 p.m.: Household assembly
We all the time have a household assembly on Sunday nights to prepare for the week and type of go over what’s happening. So we’d get the household again to the home, sit down with the youngsters, and type of go over the expectations for the week and plan it out. Then you definately’re into bathe and bathtub time as a result of it’s a college night time.
10 p.m.: Mommy and daddy time
As soon as the youngsters are down, perhaps Vanessa and I’ll absorb no matter present we’re watching at the moment. That’s a very good cap to a Sunday. I simply completed watching “Excellent Match” on Netflix, which is a traditional. I like all of the Taylor Sheridan [shows]. I’ve already watched all of them.
