Spago and Baco Mercat: Connecting the Dots via Video
Friday night I ate at Spago, Beverly Hills. It far exceeded expectations and then I wondered why expectations wouldn't have been the ...
The D Blogger Does Dessert - ReDux
First and foremost, thank you for reading this. Tonight, I saw that after one short month of Dabbling in blogging, I've had 4500+ pag...
BYOB, Free Corkage and Two Great Wines
My Dad used to listen to Frank Sinatra sing, "The Best Things In Life Are Free," lyrically glorifying the moon and the stars. The...
Where Should We Have Dinner?
Now that I Dove back into writing restaurant reviews, I recall how much vibrancy there is in the city's Dining scene. Years ago, I wrote...
AOC, It's Easy As 1 2 3
This will be an easy review. Dinner was perfect. The end. OK, you Deserve more than that and so does AOC. After all, it's not the e...
F + F = D
(* Note to iPad viewers: the slideshow of photos that is embedded within this post is not visible on an iPad because it needs Flash. To see...
Wine with Dinner #3
"A person with increasing knowledge and sensory education may derive infinite enjoyment from wine." - Ernest Hemingway The thir...
Personality and Perception: Izaka-Ya by Katsu-Ya or Katsuya
The Izaka-Ya by Katsu-Ya on West Third Street in Los Angeles is a walkable neighborhood haunt for me. I confess to cravings and inflated ra...
A D Blog Bestia Photo Update
This Doesn't really count as an update for two reasons. One is that it is only pictures and captions. No, you are not on Pinterest. An...
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