An updated review of the offerings from this Pacific Palisades Bistro. Maison Giraud brings classic French food into a much needed culinary vacuum…
One of Crash’s more dedicated fans used the action figure toys to create this crazy little stop motion fan film set in the Crash Universe…
Hugo and Nebula wining author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Windup Girl, brings his unique vision of the future to YA…
Saam is the private room behind Jose Andres’ cutting edge Bazaar restaurant, and it continues to serve up 20-25 course Spanish molecular “theater”…
West Los Angeles is full of Italian restaurants and this is one of the best — albeit most overpriced. Packed with celebrities, and packed in general, this is the place to go to overpay for truffle risotto…
This new Spider-Man has to be one of the fastest reboots in film history. Ten years, just five since the wretched Spider-Man 3! So valuable is this franchise that in recent decades, Sony Pictures has only made money during Spider-Man years…
This food and wine extravaganza at the Saddle Peak Lodge was an evening of unparalleled hedonism. Twelve of us brought bottles of top shelf trophy wines and paired them with a host of meaty pleasures.
Finally, the Westside gets it’s very own top grade New wave Neapolitan pizza joint!
The Iron Lady and W.E. have more in common than being 2011 films about 20th Century Britain, both are well done historical biographies, and both have 21st Century “box stories” that attempt to frame the historical action. But why?
Il Grano was just as impressive on this second outing. Not as long (9 instead of 16 courses), but fantastic modern Italian all the same…
Life for the Barbarian in Diablo 3 Inferno mode is brutal. Close in, you have to take the hits, and the hits are hard…
The Foodie Club returns for the “Farewell to Foie” dinner. California is on the verge of banning that most delectable of duck livers due to debatable animal rights issues. Chef Ms. Niki Nakayama has whipped up an entirely foie meal to celebrate the last month of foie…
The Darkening Dream$0.99 sale and giveaway week is over and was a resounding success. It’s time to announce the winners: Grand Prize Winner: Amy Eye $100 Amazon Gift Card, a signed paperback copy of The Darkening Dream, a signed copy…
With my parents in town I couldn’t resist taking them back to A-Frame. This Westside hipster reinvented “picnic” food joint as some really tasty grub.
After a bit of a hiatus the Foodie Club returns to this amazing Omakase only Japanese haven. Talented young chef Ms. Niki Nakayama has whipped up…
This week, Monday June 25 through Friday June 29, the Kindle version of my novel The Darkening Dream is on sale for just 99 cents! To celebrate I’m running a cool giveaway…
I have to show off this bit of geekery: A truly amusing ode to George R. R. Martin our favorite writer of extraordinary talent but glacial slowness.
Three years in, still hip, chic, and largely unchallenged for the post of LA’s most theatrical great eats restaurant…
Watching John Carter got me to reread A Princess of Mars. This is some serious old school pulp adventure, but I used to love that kind of stuff as a kid…
A second trip to this Arcadian shrine to all things dumpling and noodle turned out to be just as good. I’ve compiled this all together such that it covers at least half the menu. A pretty amazing amount of incredibly cheap incredibly tasty Chinese!