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LA: West 4th/Jane
In the middle of Santa Monica, West 4th/Jane sits in homage to a transplanted New Yorker’s memory of Corner Bistro, a couple thousand miles away. I didn’t get to go in, so I can’t say how well the...
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LA: Japanese Toilets
The Mitsuwa in Torrance has Japanese toilets! I wonder if the one in Jersey does. Not that I need one, but it would be pretty fantastic….
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LA: Santa Monica Pier
The pier at Santa Monica sits on the other side of the Pacific Coast Highway from the Downtown area. Walking down the wide wooden pier reminded me of a mini-Coney Island. There are shops, a restaurant...
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Food Finds: Big League Chew
Mitsuwa, Torrance, Los Angeles. 2009. Who knew they still made this? It seems decidedly unwise to sell gum designed to look and chew like chewing tobacco. But there it is, still on the shelves...
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LA: Kogi
I’ve been putting off my Kogi post (for months!) because there is just so much already written about the phenomenal hype surrounding the truck. You’ve heard it all before. It’s been on the food blogs,...
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LA: Metro Rail
Back when I went to Los Angeles over the summer, I explored the LA Metro a little more. Last time, I was too intimidated by the lack of turnstiles to go very far in for a look. This time, I braved my...
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Lunch: Is Go Go Going?
It’s a testament to my priorities in the world that the first reports that Hideki Matsui was leaving the Yankees for Los Angeles, all went something like this: “What about Go Go Curry?” The hazard of...
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Los Angeles-less
The powers that be have decreed that I won’t be making my annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles this year. What’s funny is that, I dreaded going to LA my first couple times out there, but after getting my...
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Quick Bite: Stuffed Squash Blossoms at Rustic Tavern
Rustic Tavern, Santa Monica, Los Angeles. 2009.
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