Jonathan Frakes

Dinner at Nic’s: Friday when I get off work, I go to Nic’s, a restaurant run by Larry Nicola in Beverly Hills on Canon Drive. It’s got great food, great jazz, great drinks. My wife, [actress] Genie Francis, and I can always get a table there and have a nice conversation over the Nicola oysters, which are infamous.

Special Request: Saturday mornings we go to Art’s Deli in Studio City with our two kids--who are 4 and 18 months--and they specifically request Julie or Suzie to be our waitress. You have to get one of those two.

Grown-Up Time: If we’re lucky and we have a baby-sitter, my wife and I will sneak off to the Beverly Hot Springs spa on Oxford Avenue in Koreatown. Or there might be some antique shopping in there, or a trip to Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. Genie knows antique stores everywhere, and can find them even in cities where we’ve never been.

Laid-Back Saturday Night: Later, we collapse with the kids at home in Coldwater Canyon. If the kids haven’t melted down, we’ll see a movie. Or have dinner with another couple to have some adult conversation.

Sunday Treats: Sometimes on Sundays we take the kids down to Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier, but it’s better to do that during the week when it’s less crowded. Somewhere in there we get iced blended mochas from the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Not a weekend goes by without at least one of those. That night we get take-out from Xian in Beverly Hills--scallion pancakes, veggie moo shu, Szechwan string bean and orange shrimp. That’s the best Chinese food in L.A.