When Mr. Sandwich and I were married, but before we had Baguette, we made many pronouncements, as you do. Some of them still hold, like leaving the restaurant when we...
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We Don’t Want to Be THAT Family
Disclaimer: I’ll bet this little girl is a smiling charmer most days. When my brother and I were small–ages 4 and 6, at the most–our parents took us to a...
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Panini Cafe
Sometimes I go to a restaurant just often enough to know what I like, but not often enough to want to go beyond that. Right now, that’s the stage I’m...
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Shanghai Red’s
For the life of me, I can’t figure out the name of this place. There is absolutely nothing Chinese about the food at Shanghai Red’s. A friend suggested that we...
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Quincy’s BBQ
Quincy’s serves “the best BBQ under one woof,” which is a little cutesy. However, the pulled pork is quite good, and the chicken is really tender. After several trips up...
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TGIF
This week seems like it has lasted forever, but it’s finally done! J took the day off but is working this evening. I guess that’s not much of a day...
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Well, That Was Exhausting
Yesterday afternoon, J and I drove down to Redondo Beach. The day before a race, we like to do a practice swim and practice bike ride, to get more familiar...
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What’s With the Strange Apostrophes in Restaurant Names?
I came home from work to find J napping on the couch–he had come home early with a mild migraine. He was still feeling poorly, so I checked e-mail and...
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Super Chicken
The punctuation is odd, but the food is great. Roscoe’s House of Chicken’ n Waffles is an L.A. institution. The original location is in Hollywood, but we frequent the Pico...
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More Disappointing Than Tragic
What does a girl have to do to get a meatball sub in this town? Yesterday J set out for adventures with friends, and these adventures included using the car,...