Over the last two years, I’ve read lots of books on the publishing business, and this one has the largest volume of useful information. Sure it’s mixed with a lot of random other stuff and considerable repetition. But a must read and very cheap. Just skim the parts you don’t need.
Today’s post is just a quick update to my entry on Drago. We went there again last weekend and I added three or four new dishes. Click here if you are itching for more Italian. Or for all the LA Restaurants.
Restaurant: Bouchon Beverly Hills [1, 2, 3] Location: 235 NORTH CANON DRIVE | BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 | 310.271.9910 Date: October 15, 2011 Cuisine: French Bistro Rating: Good, but expensive _ In the last three-four years there’s been a bit of a…
I wouldn’t have expected to like this — other than the promised nudity — but it was rather sly. This ensemble show follows nine or ten British sixteen-seventeen year-olds studying, loving, and partying (not in that order) somewhere in nowhere Western England. Each episode picks a particular cast member to focus on, using them as a POV into the group dynamics.
Any business is about the flow of money. This is a keystone for understanding them. Dean Wesley Smith, one of self-publishing’s very vocal bloggers has an excellent article on the subject of the differing flow of money in both the traditional and…
I’m plugging away on my “after the gap” read of The Darkening Dream. At the 60% point, so I should hopefully be done by the end of the week. There’s only one scene I need to go back to and…
Restaurant: Go’s Mart [1, 2] Location: 22330 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303 818.704.1459 Date: October 11, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Possibly LA’s best sushi! _ This is my second visit to the unassuming Canoga Park sushi temple that is Go’s Mart. You…
I started a new read through and edit on my first novel, The Darkening Dream yesterday. I’m waiting for feedback on my newer book and wanted to cleanup the first one so I’ll have it ready to be proofread for possible self-publishing….
The best part about the 26 hour fast of Yom Kippur is breaking it! Best to start with some wine on a really empty stomach. Parker 91. “Bottled the week before I visited, his 2005 Morey-St.-Denis en la Rue de…
As is fairly obvious from my umpteen food reviews, I take a lot of pictures of food. For such a static target, for a number of reasons, the plate isn’t so easy to photograph. Mostly this comes down to light…
Restaurant: Saam [1, 2, 3] Location: 465 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.246.5555 Date: October 1, 2011 Cuisine: Spanish influenced Molecular Gastronomy Rating: Awesome, even better than The Bazaar. _ I’m a bit of a Jose Andres groupie as not only have I been…
This is one of those eternal writer questions, getting into the heart of the creative process. For those of you who don’t know, a “plotter” is someone who plots out (outlines) their entire story before writing it and a “pantser”…
The creator of so many of our toys and tools has passed away. He may have been controversial, kooky, and perhaps a pain to work for, but he was undeniably brilliant and touched all our lives. Probably his fundamental product genius was…
So I’m about halfway through my last polish pass on my third major draft of Untimed. [Update 7:44pm, finished the polish] This is one of the umpteen revision passes. Only another day or two to go before I send it off…
Since 2005 we’ve been hosting the family feast for Rosh Hashanah. And what is a traditional holiday dinner without an excuse to do some cooking. Rosh Hashanah occurs in September or October and so it’s traditional to include fall produce, particularly fruits which…
Just another quick update, more than doubled the number of dishes pictured in The Hungry Cat review. Sorry for the small posts, but my parents have been in town. But I have lots of gluttonous photo sets queued up. Picca, Saam, Ultimate Pizza, and…
