French fries. Synonyms include: happiness, tears of joy, hangover cures, drunken nights out, giving zero fucks, everything that is good in the world, proof there is a God, etc. I’m on a roll with this “indulgance” thing this month and there’s no better city and no better time than now to get down and dirty...
Category: FOOD (+ BEVERAGE)
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Where Majestic Meets Magic | Perch, Downtown
We’re in the middle of what Andy Williams and others may consider to be “the most wonderful time of the year” when the weather is ever so slightly crisp, lights everywhere are twinkling and glowing through the haze, and there is an overwhelming desire to cozy up, skip workouts, and be merry. I have...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… Places Just For Dessert
My sweet tooth is out of control. There’s some people who say that, ‘they have one too’ but then follow that confession with ungodly words like, “oh but I don’t like cake.” or. “I have the biggest sweet tooth too! But I don’t like sour things” … see, this is where me and the...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… | Most “LA” Places Where Drinks and Debauchery May Ensue.
LA is known for hush-hush hideaways where only the well connected and wealthy find entertainment and 2013 proved to be quite the year for a few of these local high-profile watering holes. Standards for being what we may consider to be “totally LA” are most certainly a speak easy-esque appeal, no signage, guest list...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… | Random and Obscure Activites
December 7, 2013November 2, 2018FOOD (+ BEVERAGE), FUN, Trending : LA Shoppingby Caroline @ Love & Loathing LA
I was inspired to make this list today because a friend who’s staying with me for a few weeks was a little freakishly excited that our whereabouts were in close proximity to the “Museum of Jurassic Technology”. It’s on her list of things she “MUST” do in LA… uh, well, as we can all probably...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… | Best Trivia Nights
If you habitually sit through commercials in Spanish to watch marathons of Cash Cab on Nuvo TV like me… then this is the list for you. I live with a know-it-all, and I’m a stubborn wish-I-was-a-know-it-all, so you can only imagine the team me and my significant other make in games of trivia, but none...
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Simple Perfection | Upper West, Santa Monica
Upper West is the perfect restaurant. The End. Ok not really “the end“, but I whole heartedly meant that in my humble yet wise opinion Upper West in Santa Monica really is just one of those restaurants I truly consider to be perfect? Ambiance, food, crowd, location, space, drinks, attitude, menu, everything, it’s all...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5…. | Places To Go On A Monday
“Best ___ of 2013”, and, “Top ___ of the year!” lists are out everywhere this time of year. We’re getting down to the last days of 2013, therefore what better time than now to look back and recall all the great restaurants and bars, new and old, Los Angeles has entertained our taste buds...
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Being Bad Never Tasted So Good. : Beer Belly, Koreatown
There’s something so beautiful, and yet so dangerous about walking in to Beer Belly knowing there’s zero chance in hell you will be ordering food (and beverages) rabbits and models usually get down on. The Beer Belly menu is full of every kind of plate you know you shouldn’t order… but there’s this inner...
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High Tea On A Sunday Afternoon, Downtown : Chado Tea Room
So hey! High Tea is still a thing and it’s still a fucking blasty blast! (Gentlemen, feel free to skip this post, I totally understand if words like “hot tea” and “scones” don’t do much for you… but LADIES.) Ladies. If you haven’t had high tea, let alone High Tea at Chado Tea Room,...