Sometimes, a girl’s gotta get out of L.A. And we girls and boys that live here are lucky that we live in a state where a variety of fun and interesting places are only a short drive away, making a weekend getaway incredibly easy.
Now I was born and raised on the Central Coast, so [...]
So my husband and I had absolutely no plans today. He spent the day at the computer, I spent the day cleaning house and exercising. Suddenly, the evening was almost upon us and we had absolutely nothing going on. He turned to me and said “Hey, what would you think about going and trying to [...]
The Village Idiot may have to be my new “local.”
When I was just out of college, I went to live in London on a work permit for a little while. One of the things I really loved about England, was how you always had a local. Every neighborhood had a pub or two or three [...]
I’ve recently returned from travels in Japan, and my husband and I are experiencing some serious nostalgia already. Accordingly, we’ve had to eat a lot of Japanese food in the past month. So one of the things on our “to do” list was to check out Gonpachi on La Cienega. Gonpachi is a true import [...]
I took a little jaunt downThird Street last weekend in order to do some necessary shopping and to try out the new annex to the Little Door, the Little Next Door. You don’t really need to read this whole review. All you need to know is this: it is like the French version of [...]
I’ve been meaning to write up Angeli for quite some time, and I figure it’s only appropriate that I finally do after my Valentine’s dinner there, since this is more of a love letter than a review.
I’m going to disclose from the beginning that Angeli is my favorite restaurant in Los Angeles, if not the [...]
Back in October, I played a little game with myself (yeah, I don’t have a lot of friends). The game was called “Guess the Next Food Trend” and my guess, for the successor to cupcakes and “natural” frozen yogurt, was gourmet donuts. Well, the food gods must have been listening because a couple of weeks [...]
Pizzeria Mozza is a new kid in town, a collaboration between Italian superstar chef Mario Batali and local baking hero Nancy Silverton. Located on the corner of Melrose and Highland, Pizzeria Mozza is one part of a restaurant complex that sometime next year will also house a more upscale sibling called Osteria Mozza. A peek [...]