Dig Lounge

Dig Lounge: Sutter Creek Edition

This edition brings us to the small town of Plymouth, CA. My parents had been raving about a new restaurant called Taste and I couldn’t wait to try it. Taste was recently named one of the Sacramento areas top 12 restaurants by the Sacramento Bee. The restaurant was opened by former St George Hotel [...]

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Taco Tuesday: Taco Tour Downtown

For today’s Taco Tuesday we head downtown for our first official Taco Tour. Our Taco Tour takes us on the Metro to Grand Central Market and Olvera St. We get off on the Pershing Square exit and we cross the street to Grand Central Market. For those of you who haven’t been, Grand Central Market [...]

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A history of Los Angeles bars and restaurants

While doing some research for my upcoming early Oktoberfest celebration at Lowenbrau Keller before it changes ownership, I came across this great web site called LA Time Machines. It contains all kinds of info on old bars and restaurants. While it’s not going to win any design or usubilty awards, it’s chocked full of information [...]

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The Dude Abides

The time has come, the dude has spoken, Lebowski Fest LA has finally arrived. It coincides with the new book release titled, I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski. The party kicks off at the Knitting Factory on Friday October 12th with music by Totally Radd (and more TBA), then a screening of the movie, natch. [...]

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Free Rilo Kiley show at Eagle Rock Lanes

LA band Rilo Kiley is throwing a free not-so-secret show at Eagle Rock Lanes tomorrow, Aug 10. But you can’t just show up, you’ll need a wristband. How do you get a wristband? Well if you want to go through all the trouble here is how: Writsbands will be avalibe for pick up after 4PM (NO [...]

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Taco Tuesday: Marielas Tacos

Welcome to the first edition of Taco Tuesday. LA is a great place for Tacos. People dedicate entire blogs to the LA Taco lifestyle. On almost any day of the week, into the wee hours of the morning, you can get a taco somewhere. Whether it’s a concrete taco shack sitting on a corner or [...]

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Aunt Kizzy’s Back Porch

When you think of Soul Food, you probably think of Leimert Park in the Crenshaw district. You probably wouldn’t consider Marina Del Ray a place you’d find fried chicken, collared greens, black-eyed peas and corn bread, especially in a mini mall next to a Panini and Jamba Juice. But we were destined to eat fried [...]

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