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 [...]

Lakers win the championship!  Time to celebrate!
Despite all of the negativity swirling around the parade in our city during a time of economic recession, I believe it’s important for us to have a parade.  Your team wins the championship, you throw a parade.  It’s just what every city does.  It also does much to bring [...]

This fancy burger joint has been hotter than Megan Fox on the Yelp charts for the last two months.

My foodie friend from NY came down a month ago and had read all about this place (even across the country), so we decided to come down on a Friday and grab lunch.
Down the 10 and off [...]

There are two restaurants in Downtown LA that claim to be the originators of the French Dip. Both were established in 1908 and have histories as rich as the cities in which they lay their bricks on. Think about it, they were both selling french dipped sandwiches since they were going for a [...]

Wurstküche.  Purveyor of Exotic Grilled Sausages.
That’s what they call themselves, and here in LA, there is no place like it.  Yep, that’s right.  That says “rattlesnake” right there.  Well, there’s rattlesnake and rabbit meat in that sausage, actually.  Topped off with onions, sauerkraut or your choice of other toppings and wrapped in toasted shell.
Wait, it [...]

When it rains, it’s time to take shelter indoors.  I had these great ideas for V-day that included a nice afternoon spent wine tasting followed by a nice dinner, but those notions will have to be scrapped for another day.  We couldn’t even make it to the theaters and opted for whatever was on TV [...]