Behold, The Bacon Flower
Great news! Culinary horticulturists from Alpine, California, have at last succeeded in producing the elusive bacon flower. This flower can be enjoyed as a thing of rare and exquisite beauty. Or you can fry it […]
Tag: Southern California
Bad Advice Friday, 4-07-17
Today is once more Bad-Advice Friday. I shall be dispensing bad advice to all comers. The advice will stupendously bad. RP asks: Pop Tart wine pairings, please. Dear RP: While many people and all […]
Just How Long Is That Beach?
As the unofficial long-winded, self-proclaimed expert on all things lengthy in Southern California, I feel it is long past the time to address the elephant in the Basin: Long Beach. Ahh, Long Beach. The […]
Get Me A Massage…Stat!
Here in Los Angeles, everyone wants a massage all the time. To hear people talk, you’d think that it ranks right after air on the list of basic human needs. The problem is, where to […]
Hot? Again?
Here is something that happens every October in Southern California that I’ll bet most of the country never has to experience: a heat wave. Temps are forecasted to be in the 100’s by this weekend. […]
Mayberry, L.A.
When people think of Los Angeles, they probably envision endless miles of concrete, infinite strip malls that test the definitions of beige, and a Kardashian snapping a selfie on every corner. But if you ever […]
L.A. Does Too Have Seasons
This time of year, I often hear people spouting popular misconceptions about the Great Southern California Basin like erroneous factoids spewing out of a Fox News cornucopia. For example, the constantly repeated refrain, “L.A. has […]
I Know Southern California History When I See It
I back this up with absolutely no credentials or merits of any kind. I am unqualified beyond belief. But since moving here many years ago, all my out-of-town friends ask me questions about The Great […]