LA for Dinner, LA for Breakfast
A good guide is one who picks you up from the airport and says,“You hungry? Great, I know delicious Thai place. It’s a total dive.”The thing I love about a 12-hour trip is that you have a very short...
View ArticleFive Things to Do in LA
I recently went to LA and mostly stayed in Topanga Canyon, a village-like community nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains. While I was visiting, the cops found 5,000 tons of marijuana plants growing in...
View Article5 Places for Brunch, Lunch and Coffee in LA
I am visiting LA more and more, and each time finding new ways to start my day. Enjoy: Guerrilla Tacos This taco truck is putting everything fancy and good on a taco like they don’t give a fuck. Oxtail...
View ArticleWeekend in LA
Yes, I live in the Bay but I go to LA like every two weeks. Hey, it’s sunny, the boys are cute, and well, it’s so big with so much food. Here are the hits from this trip: Brunch Malibu Farm Cafe,...
View ArticleAlmost 24 Hours in Downtown LA
We started with a juice and a tumeric-ginger shot at Crafters, and then armed with the make-believe nutritional permission to eat and drink mostly things that are bad for us, we walked into Spring...
View ArticleMy Favorites From Tacolandia
With 140 taqueros I was officially overwhelmed at LA Weekly’s Tacolandia event last weekend. Luckily, there was a lady handing out shot glasses and I always have something to put in one. This was the...
View ArticleOaxaca Raw: Mexican Food at the Mar Vista Farmers Market
I usually roll my eyes at anything advertised as raw food or vegan. Neither of those labels indicates that a meal will be balanced, healthy or taste good. In LA “healthy” food trends have arrived to...
View ArticleTwo Spots for Ramen in Los Angeles
Is it ever ramen weather in Los Angeles? Not like I really need an excuse. Here are two ramen chains in L.A. to get your slurp on. Shin Sen Gumi Hakata Ramen Shin-Sen-Gumi is a chain from Japan...
View ArticleThree Bowls of Soup in LA
Trump is President, it’s cold for us California babies, and everyone I know is sick. We need soup, y’all. Here are three places to get a bowl of soup in the Culver City/Palms area in LA. Sunny Blue For...
View ArticleA Few Favorite Tacos from Taqueando, and where to find them
I mostly avoid food festivals these days (long lines, hungry people, ugh) but a festival called Taqueando? Of course I was there. The all-you-can-eat taco festival featuring chefs and taqueros mostly...
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