Face it, we all make mistakes in life.  It happens.
We make bad decisions that come out of not knowing enough of a situation, or we make poor use of the information that we do have.  Such decisions are made nearly every day in life.  Some of them are fixable, such as returning that shirt that [...]

I know I have at least one reader out there who will probably see the title of this entry and say “it’s about damn time you ate at Langer’s!”  Yes, for any sammich lover out there, Langer’s has got to be first or near first on the list of must eat sandwiches in Los Angeles.  [...]

LA’s restaurant week has arrived.  Two weeks of restaurant specials, actually, from Oct 4-9 and Oct 11-16.  Book your reservations now!
I’m going to eat at Kendall’s Brasserie in Downtown and Craft in Century City.  Hopefully eating at Grace Restaurant or BLT Steak, as well.  If only I didn’t have class three nights a week, I [...]

It used to be that when I thought of Soap Box Derbies, I think of a boy and his pops building something out of scrap metal and discarded bicycle tires in their garage.  Then I watched Cool Runnings and the idea of making a push car totally caught me for a few weeks.  Well, this [...]

If you don’t know this man, first you should watch the video below.  You might not want to eat hot dogs for a while though.

In the video, he had set the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog eating record at 66 dogs in 12 minutes, but this past July 4th, he broke his own record which is [...]

So, I am thinking of making a move to the Westside in two months.  Once classes start, It’s probably going to be too much to bust my butt from Downtown or Hollywood to Westwood four times a week.  This makes me sad because I love it on the East side–Downtown, Hollywood, and everything in between [...]

Please stop banging those Taiko drums…
When you’re nursing a Sunday morning “headache”, it’s definitely not the most welcome sound outside your window.  This, however, only reminded me that Little Tokyo’s annual Japanese-American celebration, Nisei Week, has snuck up on me.
For those that missed it over the weekend, there was a two-hour parade through Little Tokyo [...]

During my last trip to New York, I had pizza from 4 different places, fully satisfying my desire for “true” New York style pizza.  All respect given to Chicago and their carbtastic, deep-dish pizzas, New York has the best pizza there is in our great country.  Why is that?  Well, I just saw an episode [...]

Tucked inside the famed Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood lies a tiny burger bar called 25 Degrees. It’s called 25 degrees because that is all the Celsius that separates beef from being rare to well done.  Pretty clever for a burger bar.
A group of 10 friends decided to start here before catching the Fourth of July [...]

Shh.  Listen up, I’ll let you in on a little secret.  Tucked away in fabulous Bel-Air, there lies a secret garden.  A secret Japanese garden that will power up your zen and leave you with a feeling of inner peace should you find it.  I’m sharing this with you because, well, I found it and [...]