A quick business lunch downtown requires a quick meal. Gino’s to the rescue. Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza. Good stuff. Gino’s 12 W Figueroa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Today was a planned business lunch, and we decided to check out Olio Pizzeria, the latest eatery from the folks of Olio e Limone downtown. It’s located where Video Schmideo once was (*sniff* R.I.P.) and redecorated with detailed stone and woodwork. It’s designed to be a casual atmosphere, but is suitable for business lunches or [...]
A co-worker who has recently returned from holiday in Italy brought back some lovely hazelnut chocolates, Gianduiotto. They are a well-known Piedmontese chocolate,and more specifically a specialty of Turin. My point and shoot may be getting old, but it still does macro well!
I had an appointment elsewhere in the Funkzone that afternoon and rather than schlepp myself all the way back to Ellwood for the last half hour of the workday, I hunkered down at Reds with their free wifi and finished up my work there. Turns out they have happy hour from 3-7 pm during the [...]
Some friends who are #1 fans of food brought us here for dinner on a Saturday night. We also got the prix fixe with assorted supplements. Damn. It was my best meal in Portland. Tabla brought out the subtle purity of its ingredients and the wines paired well. On the chalkboard near the front door [...]
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. [...]
I love lemons, it’s such a useful and versatile fruit. For drinking, baking, flavoring, even household cleaning. Sometimes I go through so many lemons in one go, particularly when I’m juicing, that I have a great abundance of zest. I keep a few tubs of zest in my freezer, too. Not wanting to let that [...]
Post-market coffee and nibbles with Nicky, we hit up le French Press for a change of pace. Ran into Ove in the back patio seating area and had an invitation to join him and his daughter for a pastry, but we opted to sit out front and discuss massage plans. I had a cappuccino, with [...]
Nathan, Erin and I met up on the Mesa at one of Nathan and Erin’s friends and got our hands right into another round of sausage making. R&R’s place was lovely, with a well-appointed kitchen and plenty of room to work in. I brought most of my own spices, but many of them were already [...]
