Several of the IAAL•MAF faithful gathered tonight at LaFayette Park for a chilly bike ride over to the recently opened Indulge Cafe at Pico and Redondo whose proprietors ran the dearly departed Mo’ Better Meatty Meat Burger stand. Though I never got the chance to sample their wares, if the fabulous burger (above) and The …
It was Jo Gillis and the miracle of her “Charlie Brown” peach tree that got things started. Shortly after reading that post near the end of July I plopped into pots the pits of a pair of peaches (say that three-times fast) to see if they might grow, but so far nothing yet. Jo later …
Perhaps it’s because I’m guilty of having been rather proficient behind the fountain counter at the old Beverly Hills Swensen’s Ice Cream Shoppe where I worked during high school, but the $5 milkshake that I had Saturday at the vaunted Milk on Beverly Boulevard left a lot to be desired. Like a shot of bourbon …
I’ve been curious about a gangly tree shrub growing in the neighbor’s backyard next to the fence that separates the two properties since I moved in with Susan almost three years ago. Situated between the lowquat tree and a large cactus, each spring there appears at the ends of many of its spindly branches a …
Well The farewell episode of The Sopranos pretty much sucked supreme, but at least our last supper with Tony & family didn’t disappoint.
So my baby gets home and she’s getting dinner ready and I walk into the kitchen and she remarks how she’s going to have a glass of wine before dinner. I indicate a willingness to do the same but let it be known that the fixings have been acquired from which mojitos could result and …
Susan and I are back from our trip to Orange County where we had lunch at the dim sum palace known as Sea Food Paradise in Westminster, at the entrance of which I found this concrete truth: Â And inside I had plenty of this: Â I had incorrectly called the above “butter encrusted shrimp” in the …