This year I am taking part in the fangtabulous Coffin Hop Blog Extravaganza. Over a hundred masters of horror all sharing their work with the world…
The Foodie Club was inaugurated at Melisse, and as such, it holds a unique place in our fatty little hearts. This week the restaurant ran a special “guest chef” tasting menu with Michelin starred Christophe Dufau…
Sons of Anarchy could be loosely described as The Sopranos with bikers, but like anything, it’s execution dependent, and in this case the execution is awesome…
A good villain is neither black nor white. Take Pastor John Parris. Is he a villain or victim? Well… villain, but even the most evil come from somewhere. In this short story, we explore some important questions about the creepy little man…
I wasn’t originally going to play Mists of Pandaria, but once I zoned into the gorgeous Jade Forest it was hard to stop…
Lately I’ve become more and more obsessed with gazpacho, southern Spain’s cold vegetable soup. It’s tasty, healthy, like a salad in a glass…
Pacific Palisades might be a tiny little village nestled between Santa Monica and Malibu but it’s host to not one, but two, dueling frozen yogurt joints…
Post modern pastiche of the classic teen horror that succeeds in being both funny and a genuine horror film in its own right…
In honor of the coming invasion of demons, witches, and the like, I and The Darkening Dream are participating in Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read, an event supporting Neil Gaiman’s All Hallow’s Read…
When the hedonists saddle up and head out for Spanish, the extravaganza includes 60 year old Rioja…
N/Naka continues to up its game — which is one helluva a game indeed — high end small course modernist Japanese Kaiseki. Never the same meal twice, but always delicious…
The final Chris Nolan Batman draws upon the comic mythos and reinvents itself with a dark nihilistic 21st century zeitgeist. Stripped of camp, free of post-modern self-reference (which The Avengers is packed with), shorn of sentimentality…
I return to this flavorful fortress of Southern Italian flavor for some hearty good stuff…
If you are interested in politics, economics, history or just being human you owe it to yourself to read this book…
Today brings us a new trailer for The Hobbit!
My upcoming novel, Untimed, features an amusing cast of characters, so I gathered up their likenesses into a rather oddball “family” album…
Every Wednesday through the summer and early fall Il Grano has “tomato night,” where a crazy bounty of the fruits are used in every conceivable dish…
If you are out East and in the mood for some upmarket bakery-lunch fare, the place is solid…
A series of questions and answers about the origin of Jak & Daxter…
25 people, 30+ bottles of blockbuster wine, and over 20 courses of homemade Syrian food! One of my most epic meals yet…