Freshly arrived in Portland, and hungry. Our hosts are Anne and Chris, although they were both out of town when we arrived. Luckly, Portland is terribly easy to traverse with public transportation, and we found our way to their home in the Southeast without any issue. Chris recommended the two pubs near us for good [...]
There was a time when Los Gallos charged for their basket of tortilla chips, regardless whether you ate in or to take away. That bummed a lot of people out, including me. And considering a burrito was an easy $10 setback, I wasn’t too enthused to eat here, ever. But times have changed. Here was [...]
Ted and Nik did a videoshoot all day, and I attended the small wrap-up drinks and food at Dargan’s. Plus, it was Friday, a good day to head downtown for a swift half and a nibble regardless. I had the fish and chips, which I’ve eaten before. This time, the batter was more crisp, this [...]
The prior restaurant here, the Brown Pelican, was a go-to place to bring out of town guests for breakfast. The food was acceptable and the views spectacular. Hendry’s Beach is also a great place to walk, especially if you are okay with dogs lopping around. A while back, the Brown Pelican closed and the space [...]
Being a member of KCRW has its benefits. Sure, there are aggressive pledge drives twice a year on the radio station, I don’t mind that. I do mind all the postal mail I receive year over year – each time saying the donations are needed more urgently now than ever, rote – as it’s a [...]
We whiled away some free time in Silverlake. An attempt to visit the spice shop was fail, turns out it’s closed on Tuesdays. Finding a place with wifi was also a blocker. Most of the places that advertised it, either their wifi was broken or we simply could not get it to work. Oh well. [...]
The Far Western holds a special place in my list of food favs. It takes effort to get to, and that greater efforts yields a greater sense of reward. My family started coming to the Far Western since childhood, on the yearly camping trip to Los Osos. The annual trek has fallen to the wayside, [...]
This was food stop #2 on the Great Hwy 33 Loop I took last weekend. I’d never heard of the place, and it wasn’t until we were looking at the online map of the driving route when we saw there was a little square of civilization on Hwy 33 a dozen or so miles before [...]
I’ve been coming to Bill’s Surf Dog stand on and off for years, especially when I worked in the Carp area. He’s always been friendly and chatty, always offering a piece of red licorice and everyone’s generally in a good mood. His business has probably gotten even better once the Carp bluffs got developed with [...]
There are some local cafes that do an admirable job of supporting the arts. Muddy Waters is one of them. The music has been great (Fanfarlo, for a recent example), and they are constantly offering group exhibitions of art work. Like Dios de los Muertos around Halloween, and this past weekend, the Bar Napkin Biennale. [...]
