White Boy/White Dog Move To Skid Row

Certified Beach Dude Moves To Downtown Los Angeles

Yes, I am happy a Johnny Rockets opened downtown- and I will frequent the one in Little Tokyo occasionally. But it it not that good of a burger place (I lived across street from one in Manhattan Beach and it could not stay in business and moved inland- I guess people at beach are […]

…but only on my DIET!  After dinner at Tranquility Base on April 12th, I have had a craving for greasy food (not that Tranquility Base has just greasy food, but I enjoyed their mini-burgers and fries the most).  I fought it for awhile, but I rationalized that I could eat bad for a week and then […]

I took a date to the “1st Annual Spring Cocktail Party” on Saturday, April 12th at Tranquility Base. This was a such a strange “event” (non-event) that it’s hard to put into words. I think the best I can do is throw out some thoughts from the evening and let you be the […]

Tranquility Base restaurant/lounge, in the Sky Lofts building in South Park, has started off before- Rich over at Angelenique was lucky enough to try the place as it geared up for a grand opening on Feb. 14th, and he had pretty good things to say about the place (Rich’s Take). Ah, but the best-laid […]

After seeing many amazing reviews of this tiny Italian restaurant in Little Tokyo, I decided to take a friend there.  The atmosphere is both romantic and crowded, if that makes sense.   But the evening quickly went downhill once we were seated.
The reviews spoke of great “homemade sangria”- sounded perfect but the waiter had never heard […]

I was ready for a “bah, humbug” Christmas- I really don’t like the holiday too much.  Out of nowhere, an old friend called on Christmas Eve and said that she was blowing-off her family festivities due to some disagreements, and what was I up to?  When I said “nothing” she said “great, I’m coming downtown”.  I […]

I went with a friend to Morton’s tonite- I’ve been to the one in Beverly Hills but not downtown..  We actually went to The Palm first but it was a 1 hour wait, and it was 45 minute wait at Morton’s but they served the full menu in the bar, so we ate at the […]

I really like the Edison, with all of it’s cozy places to sit, out of the way, without extremely loud music that you cannot talk over.  It’s starting to feel a little like “Cheers” to me, as I enjoy going downstairs for happy hour (40% off) and getting a couple of amazing shrimp cocktails and […]

… the ones with patios would provide a little service outside.  I would like to eat when I walk my dog sometimes, but there is only one place I can think of where I can go “solo” and order on the patio (Pete’s, but they have fallen out of favor for me as I get terrible service).  Most […]

There’s been a lot of buzz about this restaurant in the downtown blogging community - the anticipation of it’s opening centered around jokes about it’s rather funny name (”I want my ‘gina!”, etc. was heard often).  Many bloggers joined for a dinner shortly after the restaurant opened and it seemed that everyone enjoyed the food and […]