Easing Gas Pains
Having trouble stomaching high gas prices? Do I what did before heading out to SummerMash LA yesterday. Eat a taco while you pump gas then you’ll feel like you’re getting gas, dinner, and screwed.
Schmooze and Booze
I lost my social media virginity tonight at SummerMash in LA. I went for two reasons – to get my college friend Daniel out and exposed to new start ups that might be hiring and to meet social media folks in the Los Angeles area. I had no clue what to expect. Would people be …
Oreo Crumbling
After a couple of months of pushing away hardcore junk food, I finally submitted to Oreo cookies. I wish stress eating allowed one to only eat one cookie and then put them away. But alas, it was not so. I only ate about ten of them…yeah, I guess ten is a lot at one sitting. …
Fast Food Tour of LA
In high school, we rented a bus and drove to the best eateries in Los Angeles. Mr. Sutro was the most eccentric of Government teachers. He was rumored to have come from an extremely wealthy family, always wore a three-piece suits, and had a PhD from Stanford. And, although being as skinny as a rail, …
Make It Happen: Salmon
I posted a picture of my lunch today to Twitter and TwitPic and got several comments and an invitation to help finish remaining portions of it so I thought I’d share the quick recipe. Oh, and amongst the comments was a tweet from Matt Armendariz, writer of the incredible food blog, MattBites (http://www.mattbites.com). 15-Minute Grilled …
Simple Evening
We had my sister-in-law and the kids over for dinner. We had leftovers from last night’s BBQ. We haven’t had people over for a weekday dinner for a long time. Even V made it here after work. She’s usually attached at the hip with her boyfriend and we don’t see her for days on end. …
That Really Hit The Spot
The Spot in Carpenteria, CA is a great little, well, um, spot. It’s about a block away from the ocean and has excellent burgers, fries and onion rings. Damn, I have to rate it very high on all three and probably give it the august Jesse Award for the best burger on the Central Coast. …
Victoria’s Fourteenth
We hosted Victoria’s 14th birthday today and had a house full of family and fun. We barbequed carne asada and hot dogs that we ate with plenty of chile (red and green) and tortillas. All the aunts brought salads and drinks so we had quite a feast going on. At one point I counted twenty …
Slurpee, Racism, and the Boys of Summer
Since today is 7/11 and free Slurpee day it reminded me of my first experience with blatant racism. My cousin Jonathan and I lived on the same street growing up as kids. Only I lived down next to the freeway while he lived north, at the base of the mountains. Home prices and household incomes …
Eating for Two
Today I grabbed lunch from a fast food taco joint (I won’t mention their name lest they put me on some new marketer’s to-do list to follow me on Twitter, Plurk, FriendFeed and Facebook until the right time to get me to promote them or ask me to keep blogging about their mediocre product). Ok, …