Thanks for the nice article bringing attention to Vietnamese food in Van Nuys! However, my neighbors and I all much prefer Pho 999 to Pho So 1. It is right across the street on Sepulveda, and I woul...
Once again, I feel I am not the demographic for this blog (even though I am a contributor) -- no mention here of the super-well-reviewed new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility on PBS Ma...
The only reason to ever go to Toast is to take visitors from the midwest who couldn't get tickets to be in the audience for The Price is Right. It's an alternative way of giving them the feeling they...
I loved Enchanted almost as much as I love non sequitors!...
Alexis, you truly made my day yesterday with that joke, thank you thank you. Hipsters and everything "too cool for school" have always been the thorn in my side. ...
My polling place was super challenging to find, a building behind an apartment building with a tiny sign pointing to the alley leading there. I could only find it with a neighbor's help. Maybe I jus...
I can't make a case for S any better than minthemiddle did. I will add my favorite LAPL librarian quoting Kurt Vonnegut: "The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries." ...
I am not a consumer of fro yo, but my $0.02 is: I am supportive of anything unhip. Live it, be it, dream it. In fact, I call for a string of posts on guiltiest pleasures/least politically correct pu...
Wait -- why couldn't you be trapped *outside* the valley and needing to get back?...
Yes, one of my jobs is right near that dang Sprinkles place, so I drive past it often. There is a line every time. I don't eat cupcakes, so I can't know what the fuss is about, but my guess is that ...
Woot is not yet in the Oxford English Dictionary. This means it might exist in spoken English, but it has not yet been documented (and submitted to the OED) in written form from a "published" source ...
a. LOL! b. duh....
Hear hear!...
I ♥ S'Oaks! Though I like to call it "Van Nuys adjacent". Beautiful post, Zach....
I ♥ S'Oaks! Though I like to call it "Van Nuys adjacent". Beautiful post, Zach....
Thanks for the tip on Intelligentsia! They list their chai ingredients on the web site and interestingly, it contains molasses. I've got to check that out....
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