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Or, What We Did On Our Birthday Vacation Thursday (our birthday weekends start early, by necessity) Tour a school that we might want Baguette to attend next year. Decide that we do not want Baguette to attend that school (it… Read moreAnatomy of a Birthday Weekend
You know that thing? The one where the people you love make your eyes roll extra hard? Yesterday afternoon, my father-in-law calls to ask if we want to join them for dinner. “It’s too hot to eat here,” he says,… Read moreFine Dining at Bargain Prices
This week’s Monday Listicles is “10 Fantastic Smells.” At first, I thought that the topic wasn’t really grabbing me. But then Baguette spent the night throwing up, and I realized that what really smells bad is vomit on your couch…. Read moreThat Smells Wonderful
Let the cheeseburger-eating commence! Actually, it already has, because I ate a lot of cheeseburgers on our Thanksgiving trip to visit family. Here are the contenders so far: In-n-Out Automatically excluded. It’s just not fair to the other cheeseburgers. Carl’s… Read moreCheeseburger Challenge: Round 1
A friend introduced me to a tiny bakery that just opened up in Westwood Village: Eat Sweets Pastry. They have a carefully selected array of baked goods; I enjoyed the shortbread cookie with strawberry filling, and want to go back… Read moreEat Sweets Pastry
So in the Burger Wars, Five Guys has mounted an assault on In-n-Out. In our part of town, that means that they opened a store on the opposite side of the Costco driveway from In-n-Out. Five Guys is new to… Read moreFive Guys Named Meh
It’s been a long time between posts. So let’s go to the highlight reel, shall we? Recently we were introduced to Fabrocini’s Italian Restaurant in Tarzana. Best chicken piccata I can remember. Little Toni’s in North Hollywood has great pizza–we… Read moreA Whole Lot of Food in One Post
I came home with a headache and didn’t feel like cooking, so we went to In-n-Out. There’s a lot of discussion about what In-n-Out does well, and generally I agree. However, there is one thing that–mystifyingly–they do badly. The fries…. Read moreIn-n-Out