Friday, September 28 LF Store’s 3-Day Blowout Sidewalk Sale Help LF Store out by clearing out their remaining 2007 spring and summer fashions so they can make way for the upcoming season. Pleassse? They’ll give you 75-90% off selected merchandise. Think about it, $200 shoes are now $18. And it’s all for a good cause:…
Category Archives: Dining
Red Mango's Fugetsu-Do Mochi Has Arrived
I wouldn’t have made a special post for this if we weren’t talking about Fugetsu-Do mochi but, yes, Red Mango is now offering the delicacy to top your fro-yo. But back to F-D, I have been meaning to check out this well-known Lil Tokyo mochi place ever since someone at Hawaiian Ryan’s tiki bar opening…
Upcoming Food Fests: It's a Foodie's Paradise
Ever wish you could eat your way through L.A., or America for that matter? Well now you can in just four days. Next week is a big one what with all the food festivals, including the mutha of all, the American Wine and Food Festival. Yup, that’s a lot of food, but would it make…
Luna Park's Starving Artist Mondays
I. Am. Stuffed. Last night at Luna Park I gorged myself on goat cheese fondue with bread and sliced Granny Smith apples ($8.25); grilled salmon with black Beluga lentils topped with blood orange, Kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, garlic and basil ($16); and for dessert, chocolate gelato sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies ($7.25). Except I…
Crumbs Bake Shop Opening Confirmed
Flickr Shot by Hagoody This just in: The new Crumbs Bake Shop in Beverly Hills IS opening on Monday, according to the store’s West Coast PR person. But since it’ll be a “soft launch” the shop will open at 1pm instead of its usual 8am. Regular hours will be 8am-10pm Monday through Thursday, 8am-11pm on…
This Weekend: Wine, Green Beer or Pink Martini?
OK, now it feels like the official end of summer what with the Bowl season and the cemetery screenings ending this weekend. Don’t be sad. Keep the party going and pick your poison from the events below. Friday, September 14 Pink Martini at the Cocoanut Grove/Hollywood Bowl Saturday’s show, the one I’m going to, is…
The Starling Diner: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, that and the 3pm sugar jones, so I was more than delighted when I visited the Starling Diner (formerly the 3rd Street Cafe) in the LBC. I’ve done the Coffee Cup Cafe (which I love despite that dreaded cash-only rule), Magnolia Cafe (seniors central) and Eggs, etc….
NY's Crumbs Bake Shop: 90210 Grand Opening
Flickr Shot by roboppy All right, no one told New York to stop sending cupcakes over here dammit and now one of their famed cupcakeries, Crumbs Bake Shop, is opening up a scant two blocks down the street from Sprinkles in Beverly Hills. Gasp! Scandalous. I wonder if that 26-person line outside of Sprinkles will…
Must Love Cookies: I Do! I Do!
My co-worker John has a friend, Annette, who used to bake him cookies to bring to work all the time. And oh. My. God. The best cookies EVER! She made these particularly scrumptious chocolate chip cookies that were moist and thick with oatmeal, pecans and melty chocolate chips. It always made my day whenever John…
The Really Gay Brady Brunch at The Boulevard
With nowhere to go on an early Saturday afternoon after Micky’s burned down last Tuesday, my bro Gerard, my bro-in-gay Chris and their roommate Mutha happily agreed to meet me and Nancy at The Boulevard for its Brady Brunch. Nancy had told me about it before, saying it was fabulous, gay fabulous. The draw here…
