Thursday night has finally arrives and with it the serious consumption of traditional Thanksgiving fare. Last night we whet our whistles, CLICK TO SEE, and you’ve seen the echos of the past, but here is the real thing. Blow by blow. When I arrived…
Restaurant: Umbria Location: 7131 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia. 215-242-6470 Date: Nov 24, 2010 Cuisine: Modern American Our traditional family feast, which we could dub the Thanksgavin, begins with the Wednesday night forefeast (to borrow a term from the Greek orthodox). In 2010 it…
A historical and pictorial chronicle of the Thanksgiving dinner plates from the last 10 years of my epic all homemade family feast…
On Friday, Nov 19, 2010 we went to a special event at the Getty Villa. The Making of a Satyr Play Villa Education presents a workshop on Sophocles‘ play Trackers, the second most completely preserved script of a satyr play, featured…
Restaurant: Riviera Country Club Sunday Brunch Location: 1250 Capri Drive Pacific Palisades, California 90272. Ph: 310 454-6591 Date: Nov 21, 2010 Cuisine: American Some member friends of ours graciously invited us to join them for some Sunday gluttony at the…
Retarded title aside, this is a pretty good film. Caveats, however, abound. If you haven’t seen all the previous installments or read the books — forget making sense of it. But then again, who hasn’t?
Restaurant: Hatfield’s [1, 2] Location: 6703 Melrose Ave, Los angeles, Ca 90038. 323-935-2977. Date: Nov 18, 2010 Cuisine: Modern American I went back to Hatfield’s with friends to try it again. You can read about our PREVIOUS MEAL HERE. They…
Restaurant: Hatfield’s [1, 2] Location: 6703 Melrose Ave, Los angeles, Ca 90038. 323-935-2977. Date: Aug 27, 2010 Cuisine: Modern Cal French Last night I ate at Hatfield’s, so as a sort of prequel I dredged up last summer’s meal here….
The good news is that the comments from my Nov 13 draft came back Tuesday and they were very positive, and a lot less extensive than the previous three batches. So hot off an intense 8 day mega redraft, followed…
Restaurant: The Hump Location: Santa Monica Airport — Now closed! Date: Dec 5, 2009 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi _ For twelve years the Hump was one of my absolute favorite LA restaurants. It combined cutting edge LA Japanese, unparalleled ingredients, a cool location…
Restaurant: Rustic Canyon [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 1119 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, Ca 90401. 310-393-7050 Date: Aug 25, 2010 Cuisine: Farmer’s Market Californian ANY CHARACTER HERE Having lived for 16 years in LA I’ve watched the evolution of California Cuisine….
For early 80’s television, the show holds up amazingly well. Sure the picture quality of the DVD transfer is mediocre, and it would’ve benefited from wide screen shooting, but it’s still better than most TV today. Some of the acting, particularly reaction shots, still retains that 70s/80s cheese factor. But the 2 hour pilot plays more like a movie, a Michael Mann movie, in fact.
Restaurant: La Cachette Bistro [1, 2] Location: 1733 Ocean AveSanta Monica, CA 90401(310) 434-9509 Date: Nov 13, 2010 Cuisine: (Cal) French Rating: Great food, good value for what you get. We’ve been going to La Cachette in Century City for…
This afternoon I finished the rough cut of my 7th major draft of my novel, The Darkening Dream. In my process, a rough cut is a draft (in this case v4.55 — yes you can tell I’m also a computer programmer)…
Restaurant: Sushi House Unico (SHU) Location: 2932 1/2 Beverly Glen Circle – Bel Air, Ca 90077 (310) 474-2740 Date: Nov 12, 2010 Cuisine: New Style Sushi Rating: A great “Nobu” clone with some dishes of its own. Nearly 15 years ago…
Superficially this book might seem very Hogwarts, a young girl’s parents die suddenly, and then she is bundled by her mysterious grandfather off to a creepy gothic prep school in Maine. But it’s anything but derivative.
Restaurant: Sam’s by the Beach [1, 2, 3] Location: 108 W. Channel Rd.(PCH)Santa Monica, CA 90402. 310-230-9100 Date: Nov 7, 2010 Cuisine: Cal French International Rating: Stellar food and unparalleled service. ANY CHARACTER HERE We’ve been regulars at Sam’s for about…