A beer and cheese tasting? Sounds like bloated city, baby, but when we’re talking beers and cheeses made by monks? Diet schmiet! The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is hosting a very special tasting, “Heavenly Beers and Cheeses — Made by Monks,” where guests can partake of what amounts to the nectar of the gods…
Category Archives: Los Angeles
SaMo Suds Showdown: West 4th/Jane vs. 5th Amendment Alehaus
A sample of sound from West 4th/Jane. You may not know it but there are a couple of newish gastropubs that are duking it out in Santa Monica. They themselves probably don’t know about this feud but after visiting both over the weekend, one is already my favorite over the other. In one corner we…
The Edison's Midnight Breakfast Debuts Tonight
The Edison Downtown is certainly doing its part to keep me fat! Maple-candied bacon? Ayeeee! Tonight the downtown hotspot debuts its Midnight Breakfast menu for those with late-night munchies. Going forward, breakfast will be served every Friday and Saturday from 11:30pm to 1am. However, since those are the busiest nights for the Edison, good luck…
Fuego at the Maya: Spiked Horchata and Mexican Ice Box Cake
El Presidente Cadillac Margarita “You came all the way down here for my birthday?” my friend Sarah asked me after the cocktails just arrived at our table at Fuego in Long Beach’s Hotel Maya, formerly Coast Long Beach). “Of courrrse!” I replied. We’ve been through a lot together, dressing up like French maids in Buttonwillow’s…
This Weekend: F Yeah, Ferris vs. Pee-Wee, KCRW Music 24/7
Woo hoo! Holiday weekend! I’m gonna do that Barnsdall Swingers event and the Vincent Thomas Bridge run. What are you kids up to? Saturday, September 5 Los Pobladores: History Walk to Los Angeles 2009 I’ve always wanted to do this historical walk and retrace the steps of those who founded our city back in 1781….
Barnsdall Outdoor Movie Nights: Swingers and Silverlake Wine Beer Tasting
Thanks to my co-worker and guy about town, Glenn, for giving me the heads-up just now about this really awesome-sounding event at Barnsdall this Saturday. For this weekend’s Barnsdall Outdoor Movie Night, not only will they screen one of my fave L.A.-based movies, Swingers, but Silverlake Wine will present a beer tasting of four artisanal…
Reservoir: Savory Succotash, Sylvester!
I thought Reservoir in Silver Lake was going to be really fancy and high priced considering its chef, Gloria Felix, came from the hallowed kitchens of A.O.C., Grace, Jar and Lucques. “Thank gawd this is a hosted dinner, else I wouldn’t be able to afford a thing,” I thought as I sat in rush-hour traffic…
A New Challenge: Conquer the Bridge 2009 5-Mile Race
Flickr shot by sryffel Sure, you probably love driving over the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro on your way to the LBC but how about running that long ascent on your own two feet? That uphill not so fun, those expansion grates kinda tricky. But this Conquer the Bridge 2009 race was two years…
Mmm, Gourmet Junk Food: The Fig's Santa Monica Pier Centennial Menu
Wow can you believe that our Santa Monica Pier is gonna be 100 years old? An amazing feat in a city that rails against age and is big on “out with the old and in with the new.” The actual Centennial Day ceremony takes place on September 9 at the pier and involves a 100-foot…
Colorado Wine Company's White Trash Wine Tasting 2009
It’s baaack! Colorado Wine Company’s White Trash Wine Tasting where wine aficionados need to just get over themselves and surrender to the unusual pairings of tater tot casserole and Pinot Noir. This annual down-home wine event, brilliantly conceived by CoWineCo owners Jennifer and John Nugent, offers all of the education of a wine tasting with…
