Flickr Shot by Sosidesc The big weekend is coming up: Labor Day Weekend, the end of summer. Le sigh. Wanna get out of town without having to deal with airline hassles or freeway gridlock on your last beautiful weekend? Have you thought about taking a train? The one time I took AmTrak (and I’ve been meaning to take…
Category Archives: Los Angeles
Doing Up Vegas in L.A. Through Sick & Sin
I ain’t a gambler but I was still looking forward to Vegas in L.A. way back in April ever since Dan from CozmoCard told me about it. Wine and food tastings, a dj, and partyers hoping to evoke Sin City in Santa Monica — sounded like a blast. My friend Dre, a foodie and wine…
2007 L.A. Marathon: I Think I Can, I Think I Can…
I’m finally taking the plunge. I’m going to start training for next year’s L.A. Marathon, something as a 15-year Angeleno I’ve wanted to do but had always put off until “I got in better shape” or “could run farther than 5 miles.” My friend Jules motivated me to join her in registering with the L.A. Roadrunners, a training program that…
Katsuya Brentwood: See and Be Seen Eating Sushi
The too-hot-to-trot Hollywood scene seems to have found its way to Brentwood, with Katsuya taking over the old El Dorado restaurant on San Vicente. And I just had to see how Sam Nazarian’s newish venture, a Philippe Starck-designed sushi restaurant showcasing master sushi chef Katsuya Uechi’s talents, heats up an old, almost-forgotten space. Gone are…
Sunset Junction Street Fair: What's Your Function?
Every year the Sunset Junction Street Fair comes around and every year I feel its pull of its music, food and people but then dismiss it. Too far, too crowded, too much stress. It’s easy for me to dismiss since I live in West L.A. but now that my friend Julie has opened up my…
Ma'Kai Lounge: A Sad Little Luau
Last year Ma’Kai Lounge in Santa Monica was one of those places that almost made it on my list of places I would never show my face in again because of its ugly-people meat market situation and weak, high-priced drinks. I forget how it escaped the list but that was so long ago. And I…
Hipcooks.com: Culinary School Made Simple
I used to love cooking, baking and entertaining but ever since I fell out of love with my kitchen, I stopped cooking altogether. Fortunately, my foodie friend Julie turned me onto Hipcooks.com. Her friend Monika teaches cooking classes out of her loft in the Brewery district. There she’ll school an intimate number of students in…
Saucy's Sunday: A Day of Leisure in L.A.
My friend Saucy Burnaz (his drinking name) has the same basic rituals every Sunday and this time he kindly enough invited me along to witness his fancy day of rest. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone enjoy L.A. quite in this neo-Rat Pack kinda way before. Saucy Sundays start with a dry steam…
Holly's West: How To Be an Unpopular Popular Girl
Last night my peeps from LA.com threw yet another one of their wonderful free-drinks-and-appetizers parties promoting their food newsletter, Fooditude. They always pick a hot new restaurant for the venue and this time it was at Holly’s West in Santa Monica; the Westside sister to Hollywood hotspot Holly’s. Hollywood Holly’s is popular among the poopular Hollywood kids…
Taix French Restaurant: Bargain Chicken Dinner
In celebration of its 79th anniversary, Silverlake’s Taix French Restaurant (pronounced “Tex”) is offering a roasted chicken dinner for only $7.95. That’s right, every day (except Saturday) 5-7pm through August 31, you get soup du jour, house salad, potato, vegetables, a chicken dinner and dessert sherbet, all for under $8. To give you an idea…
