Category Archive: minty life

Lazy Sunday: DTLA

A couple of Sundays ago, I was enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon in Downtown Los Angeles. Most people think of DTLA as a ghost town after 5 p.m. when all the office drones… Continue reading

Cocktails at the XINO Get Lucky Singles Soiree

The Get Lucky Sexy Singles Soiree at XINO is now two weeks away! Besides complimentary appetizers the first hour, XINO is proud to present three Valentine’s Day cocktails created especially for this event.… Continue reading

Fiending for Feng Mao

Shortly after pig’s head dinner at the Gorbals, I started wondering what bizarre food could I eat next. Feng Mao is often tittered about because they serve bull’s penis. Yeah, I know. Considering… Continue reading

Sexy Singles Valentine’s Soiree at XINO

The Minty presents the Valentine’s edition of the Sexy Singles Soiree! On Tuesday, February 8, The Minty plays cupid and invites you and all your single pals to party at XINO, a cool… Continue reading

The Top (and Bottom) Minty Posts

I’m kind of amazed by numbers. I’m not going to go in-depth like Sippity Sup did in his post but I thought it’d be interesting to list the top 5 Minty Posts along… Continue reading

New Year, New Camera

In late 2009, I started this blog after months of deliberation. I had a food blog back in 2006 but it was mostly text and bare bones accounting of where I went and… Continue reading

Santa Monica: Border Grill

I recently had a late-night nosh over at the Santa Monica Border Grill. The original, the grand dame. I’ll visit the new one in Downtown eventually. That one took over the old Ciudad… Continue reading

2011 The Minty Food & Booze Crawls

2011 is fast approaching and I’ve been contemplating my next events. Here’s a rough calendar for the first quarter of the year. Food crawls to be announced! January 22– Pretty Please, Pupusa Crawl… Continue reading

Happy Holidays: Fig

Each year, three of my friends and I go out for a special holiday meal instead of getting each other presents. We started this tradition a couple of years back. Our first restaurant… Continue reading

PDX: Le Pigeon

On our last night in Portland, we wanted to go to a really iconic PDX restaurant. Le Pigeon kept coming up in conversation and we decided to go for it. I hadn’t looked… Continue reading