after being rejected TWICE bc we went during the twentyseconds they are closed between lunch + dinner, we finally made it to the five-cent diner just in the "nick" of time to snag their last maple bacon doughnut!
yummy sweet + salty combo. the two bites i had were fan-tabs. not sure i could eat a whole one by myself without feeling guilty tho.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
21. maple bacon doughnut @ nickel diner
23. red line metro barhop
first time on the LA metro, and honestly it was more pleasant than i thought it would be. i could totally imagine myself taking the metro to work, home, and stopping at the local watering hole along the way except:
1. i don't live along the metro line
2. i don't work along the metro line
3. i can't commit to a watering hole along the metro line
here are a few spots we hit up along the way. i know this isn't a legit on-and-off barhop, but i'm too LA to ride public transportation. sorries. :p
- rotating bona vista lounge @ the top of the westin
- bar 107: tricky! this place is hidden + really deserves its own post. :)
- the varnish: alas, it was not meant to be. will need to return another day.
34. carne asada burrito from tacos tumbras a tomas @ grand central market
what. the. shizzzzz. someone please tell me why it's taken me this long to stumble upon this amazing market.
loveloveloving this place. and altho i had already eaten possibly one of the.best.tacos. west of vine earlier that day, the mexican food at tumbras a tomas was totes mouthwatering and well worth the wait.
i chow'd down a pollo taco the size of my face, then ate nearly half the carne asada burrito. then proceeded to k.o. from food coma.
it was bomb-dot-com.
86. ringside @ lucha vavoom
i say lucha, you say vavoom!
fun, fun times. thank you midget mexican masked wrestlers and tranny burlesque dancers who know how to work a hula hoop.
you've really, truly, inspired me.
xoxo,
~a
16. bowling @ shatto 39 lanes
i'm not sure what the draw here is, except for $4 cocktails?
shatto 39 lanes is a family friendly institution in the heart of k-town which is kinda random seeing mexican families mingling with drunk high school kids. i mean asians.
personally, i prefer xtreme bowling @ amf mar vista.
adios, muthaf*a!
49. blood + sand cocktail @ tiki ti
tiki ti! what a gem of a joint off sunset in h(word)-friendly hollywood/silver lake. owned by a father + son duo, you can smoke inside this kitschy bar. how euro.
the best part about ordering the blood & sand cocktail is when they yell "toro! toro!" i think of otoro and it makes me smile.
i will be returning to get lei'd. thanks.
46. late night danger dog
dirt cheap bacon-wrapped hot dogs. what is not to love?
all you haterade drinkers: simmer down. no one's forcing this down your throat.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
68. turkey dinner at clifton’s cafeteria, don’t forget the green jello
after the esotouric jaunt, we wandered around downtown for a maple bacon doughnut, only to find nickel diner closed!
happily, we found our way to clifton's cafeteria, or what i like to call the Downtown Ski Lodge. seriously, this shit was straight out of a '70s log cabin. i'm talking lincoln log style. rustle up a cowhide rug and call it a day because after you eat this tryptophan sludge you are going to want nothing more than some mulled cider and a long nap. word.
72. real black dahlia tour by esotouric
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
52. double chocolate croissant pudding with jack daniels sauce @ milk
haven't visited this place since it opened .. oh, yay years ago .. but decided to revisit with an old friend.
me: do you have a double chocolate croissant pudding with jack daniels sauce?
cashier: a what?
[i repeat myself]
cashier (to other worker): ey, we got a double .. chocolate (mumble mumble) with .. what sauce?
me: jack. daniels. sauce.
other worker: jack daniels sauce? .. no, i ain't never heard of that, but it sure sounds damn good.
me: .. tell me about it ..
so instead, i settled for their ultimate chocolate bread pudding a la mode.
done and done
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