If you don’t mind a somewhat limited selection for table wine, Ralph’s is the best place to buy it. On the way to lunch at The Loft I stopped at the Ralph’s wine section and couldn’t believe the prices! Not only were the regular prices (of mostly California wines) several dollars below what you’re gouged [...]

Flying in over the LA basin today revealed how chromatically dull the city looks from the sky. In the brilliant sun a narrow palette of grays and browns prevailed, streaked with blacktop streets and freeways. It was very difficult to find any real color across the entire vast stretch of concrete and buildings save the [...]

I finally got a free roundtrip ticket on Southwest and I’m using it to have Thanksgiving at my mom’s in 80-degree suburbs of LA. It is stupidly hot here now. However, being here without Safa and without many daily concerns save the stack of papers I brought with me, I should have a good deal [...]