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Shunji Sushi – Nonstop Nigiri

September 8, 2014 | 5 Comments

LA has so much great sushi, and Shunji is surely among the top for straight up traditional nigiri…

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Totally Totoraku

September 5, 2014 | 4 Comments

OMG, this was one epic dinner, 20+ people, probably a whole cow worth of beef, and perhaps 40 wines!

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The Last Kingdom

September 3, 2014 | 1 Comments

If Vikings whet your appetite for some conquest and plunder, you’ll find far more exciting detail here in this first rate historical novel…

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Newport goes Westside

August 31, 2014 | 1 Comments

One of the San Gabriel Valley’s premier Chinese restaurants launches a new Beverly Hills branch and the Hedonists are there before it even opens…

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Eastern Promises – Robert Morris Inn

August 29, 2014 | 0 Comments

The building hasn’t changed in over 200 years, but the food certainly has…

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Eastern Promises – Pope’s Tavern

August 27, 2014 | 0 Comments

More Eastern Shore goodies, this time slightly more upscale. But there is still crab to be had…

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Untimed Free!

August 25, 2014 | 2 Comments

The Kindle E-Book versions of Untimed will be FREE Monday, August 25 and Tuesday the 26th!

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Big and Bold on the Beach

August 22, 2014 | 2 Comments

Our summer blind tasting at master host Eric’s Malibu pad…

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Revenge is Best Served Cold

August 20, 2014 | 0 Comments

A fabulous fantasy action book with very human characters, but just a hair less great than the First Law trilogy…

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Factory Kitchen – Fabulous

August 18, 2014 | 3 Comments

Hands down the best, most authentically Italian, pasta I’ve had in LA — coming from a pasta fiend!

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Amazing Akbar

August 15, 2014 | 2 Comments

Back to Akbar for more top flight and unusual Indian — and wine of course!

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Warlords of Draenor Cinematic

August 14, 2014 | 2 Comments

Blizard released the Warlords (WOW expansion 5!) cinematic today!

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Food as Art – Shiki Sushi

August 13, 2014 | 2 Comments

Wow. LA has lots of great Japanese, and I have good sushi all the time, but this was particularly awesome…

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Hedonists at King Hua

August 11, 2014 | 3 Comments

King Hua is such good dimsum that the Hedonists had to hit it up for a mega brunch extravaganza…

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Guardians of the Galaxy

August 8, 2014 | 6 Comments

If you like galactic romps, this sure beats watching a battered video of Ice Pirates…

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Words of Radiance

August 6, 2014 | 1 Comments

The Stormlight Archive harkens back to Eddings, Jordan during their glory days — but somehow much more modern…

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Chili Crab Craze – Starry Kitchen

August 4, 2014 | 1 Comments

Singaporean Chili Crab is just one of those amazing dishes, and not easy to come by outside of its homeland. Plus we threw done 30+ wines!

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Sauvages at Oliverio

August 1, 2014 | 2 Comments

Who says you can’t drink 21 bottles of wine for lunch?

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Saddle Peak Again?!?

July 30, 2014 | 1 Comments

During summer, the patio at Saddle Peak Lodge makes for an idea place to grub down some meat and kill a whole lot of bottles of great wine…

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Amazon Wins Again

July 28, 2014 | 1 Comments

Well, I’ve once again made my books Amazon exclusive. I’ve been debating it for a while, and the new Kindle Unlimited served as the tipping point…

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