Category Archive: minty life

Hot Bartender Crawl in SaMo

Last Friday, 15 women descended upon the bars around the Santa Monica promenade. You recognized us by our tiny tiaras and shiny beads. We loved all the comments we got: “Whose birthday is… Continue reading

Nina’s Foods Fundraiser at Angeli Caffe

A couple weeks back, Carina and I went to Angeli Caffe for lunch. She had the gnocchi which turned out to be an awesome choice. I had a rather boring sandwich and soup.… Continue reading

DTLA Art Walk

The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk is the second Thursday of every month. I really enjoy this event though it’s gotten so wildly popular you can expect quite the crowd at the various… Continue reading

La Descarga: I’m in Cuba!

I’ve always been a bit fascinated by Miami. I went for the first time last year and mean to go back. But what I’m more fascinated by is the past. Specifically a time… Continue reading

Taste of the Nation Recap

Yesterday, I attended my first Taste of the Nation event. I had no idea what to really expect. I knew there were over 40 chefs from celebrated LA restaurants and that it was… Continue reading

Celebrating LA Pride’s 40th Anniversary

Last night I attended Mayor John A. Heilman of West Hollywood’s reception for LA Pride at the London. It happened to be the 40th Anniversary for LA and the 25th for WeHo. In… Continue reading

There’s Spinach in Your Teeth

Anytime I go on a date, I think about Douglas Adams and his Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books. He talks about how even if you didn’t eat spinach that day, your… Continue reading

Gays & Dolls Hit Silver Lake

After the success of my Hot Bartender crawls, I created a companion crawl called “Gays and Dolls” where we roamed gay bars. The first was in West Hollywood in March.  I will be… Continue reading

Ludobites 4.0 Faves

About a month ago, I went to Ludobites at Gram & Papa’s and had a great time.  I also had reservations for last week and knew I was going to have fun. If… Continue reading

Silver Lake Jubilee

After my Ramen Run on the 22nd, I plan to head over to the Silver Lake Jubilee. I’m way too excited about the 30+ plus food trucks (even though I know I’m coming… Continue reading