Here’s my idea of dessert: it’s the part of the meal that you don’t want to skip so you mysteriously always have room for it in your tummy even after a hearty dinner. It’s the end of the supper that leaves your experience on a good note. “Wow, that was so gooood,” you’d say while…
Category Archives: Dining
Foodies, Start Your Eating: Dine LA's Restaurant Week Winter 2010
It’s that time again when cheapskate foodies rejoice: Huzzah! Dine LA’s Restaurant Week when you get a chance to try out your favorite restaurant or one that you’ve always been curious about a la prix fixe. That way you can get a taste of all courses from apps to dessert at a reasonable price. Always…
This Weekend: Princess Leia Fan Dance, $4 Gin Cocktails, Happy Bday Elvis
A busy weekend with a lot of the events going on today! I’ll be too busy fretting about the 13.1 marathon on Sunday woo! but you go and have fun doing the following. I wanna see that Star Wars burlesque, though. Thursday, January 7 Free Food at Doughboys At first this seemed too good to…
Bar Food, Take 2: Now With All Night Happy Hour, Whiskey & Trip to Dublin
5 of 25: Sure, first impressions count but if you went into Bar Food in Brentwood last year when it first opened, you probably were confused by its Japanese restaurant remnants paired with the gastropub menu and the Irish owner. And even though it serves up wonderfully unique bar food and has 24 beers on…
This Weekend: Champagne Cupcakes, Detox Cocktails, Penguin Swim
Here we are; the end of 2009! Yippee! And tear. Happy New Year, crackheads! May you have an awesome holiday and an even better 2010. You all be safe out there! Wednesday, December 30 Champagne Cupcakes at SusieCakes This cupcakery is so smart! It has created cupcakes with which to toast the New Year and…
The Tar Pit: Swanky Times Are Here Again
We were going to crash the Tar Pit‘s press party no matter what. It was essentially a sneaky peek of the brand-new La Brea Avenue bar by famed mixologist Audrey Saunders (Pegu Club, NYC) and chef Mark Peel and Jay Perrin (Campanile). And this would be a hot ticket as press was swirling the Interwebs…
Best of L.A. Cupcakes Tour With Bloggers and Chevy
Happy National Cupcake Day! Yup, that’s today. And last Saturday I celebrated it early with a bunch of bloggers via a “best of L.A.” cupcakes tour thanks to Tara of Tara Met Blogs/LA Cupcake Meetup and Chevrolet. She normally does cupcake meetups at one location at a time but the carmaker was willing to supply…
Blogger Holiday Treat Exchange 2009
Just last year I started my first ever holiday dessert exchange for me and my friends where we each bring over a dessert and recipe to share with everyone. At this intimate gathering, after we drink cocktails and nosh on savories we stand around the table ladened with all these incredible homemade desserts and go…
Fig's New Taco Bar Brunch + Lots of Bacon
Tacos for brunch, the perfect hangover cure, I say. Fig in Santa Monica gets that and has just added a brand-new taco bar to its Sunday brunch. It officially debuts this Sunday the 13th but I got a chance to check it out last week courtesy of the restaurant. The taco menu features a wide…
This Weekend: Santa Barhop, Punch Competition, Poketo Mas
Why oh why is everyone and their mother having their holiday party this weekend? Well, if you feel like coming up for air, here are the following to-dos to consider. Thursday, December 10 Checkers $4 Partida Margaritas Mmm, margaritas on a nice December day. It could happen. Especially when we’re talking Partida margaritas for only…
