Update: Jake took his biceps to the Farmers Market for some greens today. He's pictured here with Busy Philipps, fellow godparent of Matilda Ledger. Thanks to the tweeter for posting the picture.
Yesterday (19 June), Jake Gyllenhaal took a break from going out all the time by going out. This time, it was brunch with mum Naomi at Lamill's in Silver Lake - one of those cafes where you have a very small table and have to put lots of glasses and cups on it and end up with the condiments in your lap. These pictures also prove true the well-known adage that there is no better way of getting Jake's attention - short of throwing a snickers bar at him - than borrowing a big dog and waving it at him. This demonstrates too why Jake may have moved on from Urth Cafe which, in my experience, is visited by patrons with rabbits. A no no.
Many thanks to IHJ for these lovely pics, there are many more there.
Jake Gyllenhaal on his extra-curricular activities: 'I meditate. I cycle for hours. It’s not a physical activity for me as much as it’s a mental activity. I practice kung fu and wing chun.' Proving that this is indeed the case and Jake's not just reading from the Foreword of his You Too Can Look Like Me GyllenGuide, yesterday Jake was seen leaving the Wing Chun Kung Fu Studio in LA, looking a little sweaty.
Regrettably, these pictures show Jake talking in a doorway having completed his Wing Chun and not actually doing it. But thank heavens for PoP promo - my knowledge of kung fu was stricty limited to the No 1 super guy Hong Kong Phooey but now, thanks to Jake Gyllenhaal yet again, I have learned so much more.
Sidenote: Robert Downey Jr, a good friend of Jake's, has said on more than one occasion about how Wing Chun has helped him get back into physical and mental shape.
It is most definitely true that, as a movie star, one is more usually filmed leaving somewhere than actually doing the thing that one went there to do. This was also true on the night of 17 June when Jake was seen leaving Dan Tana's, an Italian restaurant in Hollywood. Here is the menu which almost approaches Oxford prices. I also can't help feeling intrigued by this: 'PENNE ARABIATA, a la Michael Kane'. Wouldn't Michael Caine be more pie and chips? There is a video of the exit but you have to put up with Ryan Phillippe's tantrum first.
Also rather interestingly (bear in mind I haven't actually been outside today to experience the world for myself, concentrating instead on perfecting my pale World Cup viewing complexion), Jake gets into a car that carries a Lakers flag but also has a soccer/football on the floor - an Italian one. Has Jake split his World Cup affiliations? Adam Levine, always gorgeous, was also with Jake for nosh. I think Adam must go out with Jake so that he doesn't get recognised himself. He uses Jake like camouflage.
Talking of coming and going, this video shows Jake and Adam and friends arriving at the finals game. Jake turns up just after the 3 minute mark but you can tell he's on his way because of the people yelling 'Jake! Jake! Jake!'. A familiar refrain.
Many thanks to IHJ for the pics! There are more there from yesterday.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon went out for lunch yesterday at the R+D Kitchen in Santa Monica, a restaurant famed for its 'Reubenesque Sandwich, Chicken and spinach salad and Three-layer carrot cake with toasted walnuts and mascarpone icing'. Jake demonstrates that he is adapting to life without The Hat very well indeed and he also once again shows that there is no-one more suited to write the definitive Guide on How to Wear a T-shirt. This is how it's done...
ETA: If you don't mind pap videos, you can see one at X17 from R+D. The direct link doesn't appear to work but, for the moment, it's on their front page (thanks to Monica!).
Update: Thanks to IHJ, we now have more pictures of Jake leaving R+D's while putting the H (not to mention the O and the T) into a three-letter word.
