Casita del Campo
There’s been a lot of buzz about Mexican fine dining options in L.A. Mostly the buzz started talks of where NOT to go and options to replicate a certain restaurant’s menu. I know… Continue reading
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1950s Chinese Restaurants
Yesterday, I spent about 45 minutes trying to figure out the 1950s Chinese restaurant menu. Being born and raised in LA by parents from Hong Kong, I thought I knew Chinese (at least… Continue reading
Street Food Mondays at Angeli Caffe: Priyani
In January, I hosted a Sri Lankan crawl where I discovered Priyani. I was saddened to learn the restaurant is now shuttered. However, Evan Kleiman and Bill Esparza starting hosting Street Food Mondays… Continue reading
Mindshare LA
I attended my first Mindshare LA event last week. I was motivated to go when I saw Micki Krimmel, a Derby Doll was speaking about her website, Neighbor Goods. You know me and… Continue reading
Sexy Singles Soiree Summer Party at CASA
This past Saturday, the Vixen and I hosted our third singles soiree at CASA. We had about 30 singles mingling in the gorgeous space, happily sipping on discounted $6 margaritas. We played Singles… Continue reading
San Francisco Dim Sum: Hong Kong Lounge
The one thing I told Carina I really wanted to do on Sunday was to get some great dim sum. I was informed that Chinatown would not be the place to find it… Continue reading
Castro: Poesia + Gays & Dolls in SF
After checking out the Farmers Market at the Ferry Building, we had a hard time deciding what to do about dinner. Carina’s friend Lauren was joining us for the Gays and Dolls crawl.… Continue reading
Bum Fights and Cocktail Bars
As a cocktalian, I’m always looking for the next cocktail. I love the classic cocktails and the reimagined ones as well. I had heard so much about Rickhouse that I knew I had… Continue reading
Battledish Meets Minty Crawl
A few months ago, I received a note from Tracy of Dishcrawl and Battledish. She and her crew of foodies in the San Francisco Bay Area have been going on food crawls they… Continue reading
San Francisco Desserts
During my four-day trip last week to San Francisco, the city by the Bay, I hit up what seemed like an innumerable amount of bakeries, ice cream shops and chocolate retailers. By the… Continue reading