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Lakers Victory Parade

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 up [...]

Santouka Ramen: Best Shio Ramen

Mmmm.. the shio ramen here is amazing.  Their salty ramen with chashu is hands down the best I’ve had in LA or anywhere in the US for that matter.  Everyone has their favorite ramen in socal, and while I still probably choose Daikokuya as my go-to ramen spot, Santouka is a good alternative when [...]

LA Film Festival 2009: We’ve got Johnny Depp, Megan Fox, and Anime

Here it is again, for the 15th year!  Welcome into town the Los Angeles Film Festival.  Time to head out to Westwood and enjoy some flicks, music, and shmoozing.

WHAT IS THE LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL? (taken from their website)
Now in its fifteenth year, the Los Angeles Film Festival is widely recognized as a world-class [...]

An adult’s way to celebrate a five year old’s birthday

Tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 5/31) at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, there will be a food event called the GOURMET FIVE YEAR OLD PARTY.  It’s a gathering of over a dozen of LA’s hot and chic dinner spots as they offer up samples of their cuisine.

Guests include the restaurants owned by [...]

Pinks: Those Famous LA Dogs

Traveling or living in LA, there’s almost no doubt that you’ve heard about Pink’s Hot Dog stand on La Brea and Melrose.  It’s famous for two things: its ridiculous hour long waits and their delicious hot dogs.

This is the typical scene on a Saturday night just past midnight.  Don’t be fooled by the photo, the line [...]

UMAMI: Japanese for “damn, this is a tasty burger”

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 [...]

The Little Door: Someplace Fancy

Listen guys, as awesome as it would be to land a girlfriend as hot as Tamara (aka the chick in the blue dress in the Carl’s Jr. commercial), there’s just no realistic chance that they’ll be impressed with you taking them to Carl’s for a steak dinner.  In fact, this commercial bothers me because she’s just [...]

LA 2nd Annual BBQ Festival

Coming up in May is the 2nd annual BBQ festival, held at Santa Monica beach.  I went to the inaugural event last year in September and found it to be a smashing, finger-licking good time.  If you know me well, I always enjoy outdoor festivals.  Every year you will probably find me at the Garlic Festival [...]

Philippe’s and Cole’s: Battle for Dip Supremacy

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 quarter [...]

Wurstkuche: Not Your Typical Brat

(taken from Yelp)

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 [...]