How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Andy Richter

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Andy Richter has found his place.The Chicago area native previously lived in New York — where he first found fame as Conan O’Brien’s sidekick on “Late Night” — before moving to Los Angeles in 2001.

Three years ago, he moved to Pasadena.“Now that I live here, I would not live anywhere else,” he says.There are some practical benefits to the city.

“I am such a crabby old man now, but it’s like, there’s parking, you can park when we have to go out,” Richter says.“The notion of going to dinner in Santa Monica just feels like having nails shoved into my feet.”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.But he mostly appreciates that Pasadena is “a very diverse town and just a beautiful town,” he says.

For Richter, most Sundays revolve around his family.In 2023, the comedian and actor married creative executive Jennifer Herrera and adopted her young daughter, Cornelia.

(He also has two children in their 20s, William and Mercy, from his previous marriage.)Additionally, he’s been giving his body time to recover.Richter spent last fall training and competing on the 34th season of “Dancing With the Stars.” And though he had no prior dancing experience, he won over the show’s fan base with his kindness and dedication, making it to the competition’s ninth week.He hosts the weekly show “The Three Questions” on O’Brien’s Team Coco podcast network and still appears in films and TV shows.

“I’m just taking meetings and auditioning like every other late 50s white comedy guy in L.A., sitting around waiting for the phone to ring.”This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity.7:30 a.m.: Early risingIt’s hard for me at this advanced age to sleep much past 7:30.I have a 5 1/2-y...