Paul Davidson

LAist has noticed a startling development in the current food trends of the greater Los Angeles area. That trend -- that the once unique and sparsely-distributed "chicken wrap" has now infested every nook and cranny of LA's food service world. The emergence of the classic chicken wrap originated in the mid-90's when restaurants like California Chicken Cafe started rolling their juicy morsels of chix up in tasty packages. There was chinese dressing and croutons...

LAist often spends Monday mornings thinking back fondly to the time when our parents and their parents tumbled out of bed and stumbled to the kitchen and poured themselves a cup of ambition, and yawned and stretched and tried to come to life...It's just too bad for them that coffee wasn't the big business that it is today. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf #4 12930 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA 91604 Hours: Monday-Friday 4:30...

It has been a massive six or seven weeks in the making via HBO's complicated episode-per-season equation. It has kept some of us on the edge of our seats while others have simply sat back wondering, "When's something good going to happen?" Either way, HBO matriarch "Six Feet Under" ("The Sopranos" is, of course, the patriarch) and it's snotty little second-cousin twice-removed, "Entourage", wrap up this weekend in, most likely, a not-so-neat little bow....

With the low-carb, low-calorie craze currently going on, LA's population is always first in line to give up the good things in life -- like ice cream and doughnuts for things like protein burgers (no bun) and chicken-wraps (low carbs). Along the way, mainstream doughnut companies have decided that if people aren't going to eat their products as often, what's the harm in simply selling cold doughuts versus what we all remember -- warm,...

LAist knows that writers are paranoid about other people stealing their ideas, yet some don't think twice about discussing their newest epics out loud at local LA establishments to people they're trying to impress. We're not saying they're good ideas and we're not saying they're bad ideas — we're just providing you a glimpse into the minds of LA writers whose latest projects could very well turn out to be the next Academy Award-winning...

LAist knows that when you work on the Westside and have exhausted your lunch options at places like Jack Sprats, The Farm and that wonderful little Quiznos on Olympic and Bundy — well, places like the somewhat-new Lemon Moon might give your tastebuds a welcomed vacation. From chefs Josiah Citrin (Melisse) and Raphael Lunetta (Jiraffe), Lemon Moon (12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, 310-442-9191) is tucked right into the business park on the southwest side of...

Although Mondays which are holidays aren't as technically stressful and annoying, people still need their coffee in their local neighborhoods. And so, LAist is here, to continue our tradition of The Coffee Buzz. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf #3 11049 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025 Hours: M-F 6:00AM-10:00PM Sa-Su 7:00AM-10:00PM This week's coffee haunt is one that could be dubbed the commuter's coffee shop as it is located just East of the...

LAist is not only a daily weblog of all things Los Angeles, but also an avid friend to animals great and small. This, of course, includes our friend the dog. But here in a metropolitan monolith of steel and brick our furry friends don't have as many places to romp freely. There are dog parks, this is true — but which ones are worth visiting and which ones are, no pun intended, a bunch...

LAist was fascinated with this week's Premiere of FOX TV's groundbreaking slave-labor, fix-up condo monstrosity "The Complex: Malibu" in which eight couples are given demolished condos to live in, fix up and sell in the most beautiful city in all of Los Angeles -- Malibu! Taking place in glorious Malibu (as witnessed in the above photo from FOX.com which was obviously provided to give out-of-towners a Cliff Notes' view of the city itself) the...

LAist knows that most Angelenos have a need for speed, but don't usually have a bankbook to handle the high-priced photo-enforced fines. Thankfully, Photozones allows Angelenos the ability to search and log each and every photo-enforced red light location across all of the Southland. With over 119 results in the LA area, drivers with a heavy-foot will have no worries knowing which red lights are safe to go through and which red lights might...