Eat out on Feb. 24th...and help a good cause

Its a win win....you get to eat out...which you most likely will be doing anyways...
but your dollars are going to suppor the Serra Project.  The Serra Project is a 24 hour care group, hospice for those who are battling destitution due to HIV/AIDS.  In other words...they are better then we are...and they need our help.

So check out this link...pick one of the many places to go eat...and well...GO EAT.


Heres a few places that are among the many choices:

Astro Burger
DarMaghreb
Hamburger Marys
Mexicali
Old Venice
Taste on Melrose
The Foundry on Melrose
and
Vincenti Ristorante

there are many more places...

You have no excuses!!!!


Hope you are having a nice rainy day LA!!!!!
I kinda like it... I love waking up to the sound of rain on the roof.

Bodega

YUM!!! YUM!!!! YUM!!!!

So last night after work I met my dear friend Nikki, who I had not seen in soooo long for an after dinner drink.

We met at Bodega, Hollywood.

Its the third location, and the newest.  The other locations are Santa Monica and Pasadena.
So pretty much if you live in or near Los Angeles Proper...you are not too far from a Bodega location.

Okay...so we randomly picked last night... Wednesday night.  But I may never go another night...
They have a great happy hour till 7pm...didnt make it for that...but then each night is a special.  The special on Wednesdays is, every bottle of wine is $20...WhaT??? thats crazy you say... it is I know.

Let me proof it even more...
a glass of wine at Bodega is either $8, $9 or $10....so
lets do the math... 2 glasses of wine is at least $16.... so... for a whole bottle $20 is a ridiculous amount!!!!
RIDICULOUS!!!!!


Also... I was starving and ate probably one of the best grilled cheeses I have ever had the pleasure of eating..... so good... Brie Cheese, apples, panini bread!!!!!!!


So I guess basically what I am saying is...
Who wants to meet me next Wednesday at Bodega?

New Year...New me...okay not really

I am still the same dorky pretends she the bom diggity girl I have always been.

Okay...
so I am working a lot....a lot!!!
which is good and bad, do you know how hard it is to relearn to get up in the mornings...
I mean once you get used to sleeping in... its hard....

So I am going to slowly get my posts going....

and in honor of that....
Someone buy me these....

FLYING SQUIRREL PAJAMAS!!!!!!

I mean how cute is this....
the tail might bother me when I sleep but its worth it.....SO Fing CUTE!!!!!
Cushzilla is an awesome sight... Ill take one of each please

the Monster pajamas are super cute too...

see it would be so worth it...cause they would pull double duty....
Sleeping and Halloween party.....
hello.

Favorite Things- Downtown...and a girls gotta eat...and drink

Okay...so I dont venture Downtown all that often...but I was down there last weekend for last minute shopping and my friends and I were hungry...so we ambled on over.... I ambled they walked... see I was rebreaking in some boots I havent worn in a lonnnnnng time, and my heels were hurting....so I ambled...it wasnt a pretty site....

anyways... we went to our go to place...

Petes Cafe and Bar.

They have great drinks... pretty cheap bottles of wine and great food... I am not kidding when I say they have great Mac and Cheese.

It was nice cause they were all decorated with Christmas decorations and it really put us in the holiday spirit.... it was very nice... they place has a great old time feel to it with dark woods and small tiled floor...but it has a very classy contemporary feel about it as well.

I can tell you that the food is great, the service is great and the prices are greatly reasonable.... does that work?  greatly reasonable?  I was trying to make it flow... I know Im a nerd....
But the prices are very reasonable....


So.. if you find yourself downtown and you are getting hungry... head on over to Main and 4th...and pop into Petes!!!!



Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Favorite Things- my cupcake obsession is ridiculous

Its very hard for me to make this decision... but I am confident I have made the right one...

Crumbs is my favorite cupcake place in Los Angeles....OMG...thats the first time I have admitted that...
I am sorry Yummy Cupcakes... I am sorry Frosted... those are my other two favorites...

but seriously... Crumbs.. is the best!!!!!!

They have such awesome flavor combinations, they melt in your mouth... its such yummy goodness....

So... looking for a gift?  Cupcakes!!!!!!
Want something sweet?  Say a treat for yourself?  Cupcakes!!!!!
Gonna start the new year off healthy so you have decided to stuff yourself full of carbs before January?  Cupcakes!!!!!

I am more serious then I have ever been when I say Crumbs is AWESOME!
And yes I may have gone slightly overboard with the photos... I just wanted to make your mouth water...
hopefully these pics have done that!!!

Just one more!!!!

Okay... now I need a cupcake...

Favorite Things- Coffee at the pig

Okay... Los Angeles has hundreds if not thousands of coffee shops... and that is not including Starbucks and Coffee Bean... both of which I am a patron at.... but I do love being able to support the little guy....

I have a bunch of coffee shops I like to give my business too...depending on what area of the city I am in.

Today... lets talk about one in particular...
The Bourgeois Pig.  (it took me a long time to figure out the spelling on that one... I felt so accomplished I bought a coffee.)

They dont have a website...so check out this link to Chowhound that has hours and address and such...
Now... they make a mean cuppa joe...and of course they have all the teas and fancy coffees you could want...
what I love is that if you get tea, you get a pot with all the fixins... love it!!!!

Also... this place is magic... in the back they have a pool table... but in the back there is also  a doorway...that leads to a forest... I am serious... a dark room with couches and antique foresty looking furniture...
my favorite spot in this room... is a little cove to sit in... its a tight squeeze but its got room for two...and its like a tiny little playhouse.... its hard to explain.. you have to go...and check this place out....
its magic.

Favortie Things- Wine!!!!!

Okay... rainy days got you down?  Need a couple hours to do what you want?
Well... wine tasting is not so far away... Malibu has great wines... I did a whole post on it a few months ago... for any of you who are actually reading my blog.


But... need a good bottle of wine... but are not sure you wanna spend that much on a bottle without tasting it?
Cornell Wine tasting room... in Malibu.... in the hills...a nice drive... a beautiful old rustic building... an afternoon to do something for yourself before you continue shopping for others, working, going to parties....

Plus wine is always an acceptable gift... people love wine... so if you are looking for a gift for a hostess, or a white elephant party or just want to bring something with you to a holiday dinner... consider wine... and consider a good bottle....

Cornell will not dissapoint... plus next door is a fancy steak place...oh and down the street is  a little deli with an outdoor patio if lunch is on the menu but you do not want to spend that much....!!!!

Oh and wine is easy to wrap... just throw it in a gift bag, or just wrap a ribbon around it... people love it!!!


PS- if you see the elusive white peacock... send me a pic... I saw just a glimpse of her when I was there... shes amazing.