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izakaya bincho.

So Evelyn was in town and we wanted to deviate from our traditional Sanuki No Sato standard (well… we went there on Friday) and try a new place! How adventurous. And adventurous it was. After reading numerous good reviews, we headed to the Redondo Beach Pier to Izakaya Bincho. The place was tiny, no signs… [ READ MORE ]

l.a. food tour.

So we had a crazy idea for Labor Day weekend… let’s put on our own food tour of L.A! We decided we were going to try all new places we have never been before. Starting at 8:30am… and going through lunch… we *literally* ate our way across LA. Here we go… We skipped the places [ READ MORE ]

redondo to solano.

One of the great things about living in California is the many day road trips you can take up and down the coast. Here is Laura talking about a trip we took. Yesterday, we took a road trip down to Solano Beach (just north of San Diego). They have a design district called Cedros Avenue. [ READ MORE ]

captain kidd’s fish market.

Laura and I have been adventurous all weekend! Trying new places… no plans. This little place was on the Redondo Beach Pier. Food was good… but a bit pricey. You can order fresh seafood and have them fry, steam or saute it. They have plenty of self sitting both inside and patio outside. Fun place [ READ MORE ]

felix continental in the little town of orange.

Laura likes paella. And when one of her co-workers told us about this great place in Orange, CA, we had to go try it. My mom and Angie were with us so it was a family event. The little town was really cute… a bit of old town Americana. Loads of antique stores. The restaurant [ READ MORE ]

la bbq fest.

I am always on the lookout for good BBQ in Los Angeles. So when the LA BBQ Fest came to down… I was excited to try it. My friend Kevin Chang hooked us up with VIP passes. But the VIP passes couldn’t make the food any better. There were only 8 vendors packed into the [ READ MORE ]

the boiling crab.

We went down to Garden Grove to pick up some fancy filing cabinets Laura bought. There is this great crab place called The Boiling Crab. Except I don’t like crab But they had yummy fried catfish (though a little fishy) and SWEET POTATO FRIES! You can’t ever fault any place that has sweet potato fries. [ READ MORE ]

biking redondo beach to santa monica

Whew. So for Memorial Day this year, I decided to bike from Redondo Beach and meet Laura who was staying with Angie in Santa Monica. Sounds like fun, right? It was a goregeous day and it was great! The boardwalk by the beach is mostly flat so it was an easy ride. Mapmyrun.com said it [ READ MORE ]

frank's charbroiler

I had breakfast at this little place across from the Grove this morning. They have a SUPER hot salsa that is by request only. 363 S Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036 Phone: (323) 655-[ READ MORE ]