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What isn't hard to read is crispy pork with basil. It's Thai basil and crispy pork. Is this pork belly? It's fatty and crisp and delicious so let's pretend it's pork belly because it feels as indulgent as bacon.
Really cool corner for Thai. Next time I'll go back for a noodle soup.
Van Nuys, CA 91406
(818) 787-5440
Thai Tom Yum
Category:
Thai
Neighborhood: Lake Balboa
Northridge, CA 91325
(818) 717-8190
Wrappidup
Category:
American (New)
Neighborhood: Northridge
I did the best I could to be healthy and ordered a chicken wrap that was grilled instead of deep fried. Good stuff. I must go back and get their #1 dish even if it will literally kill me.
Wrappidup is a big F.U. to traditional notions of wimpy wraps. Looks like a great place for CSUN students with greater metabolisms than mine. My sandwich came with a free drink.
I'm giving it four stars for unique concept and number of food comas caused per day.
I chose a chicken pot pie for my first meal here. Wholesome - and charming to eat out of the precious white pie cup. I'd like to see them play around with herbs (maybe a thyme or sage chicken pot pie of the day).
I was plenty full from my chicken pot pie so I ordered a slice of Chocolate Cream Pie for takeaway and did not eat it until later that night as I watched a DVD. Chocolate heaven. Pie delivers a deep chocolate experience.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 661-7294
Silver Lake Liquor
Category:
Beer, Wine & Spirits
Neighborhood: Silver Lake
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 660-2255
L & E Oyster Bar
Category:
Seafood
Neighborhood: Silver Lake
The ambience: lightling, marble oyster bar, small intimate setting is exactly what I want when I'm sitting on a bar stool romantically thinking about heady ideas. While feasting on luxurious foods.
Here's a blog about the wine: http://bit.ly/IAUDfu
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 308-7866
Booshkee Children's Resale Shop
Categories:
Children's Clothing,
Discount Store,
Used, Vintage & Consignment
Neighborhood: North Hollywood
There should be children's resale shops in every neighborhood. Children outgrow their clothes and shoes far more quickly than they wear them out. I assume theirs a secondary market of girlfriends, sisters, and aunts that circulate gently used clothes.
Thankfully for those of us excluded from the secondary markets, there's a resale shop in NoHo that takes on the feel of a boutique vs. a second hand shop. Benefits go both ways as you can either sale your child's undersized clothes on consignment or go to pick up a gift for a niece.
Parents and friends of parents should check this place out.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(818) 453-9900
Townhouse Kitchen & Bar
Categories:
American (New),
American (Traditional)
Neighborhood: Sherman Oaks
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-3466
Natural History Museum
Categories:
Museums,
Landmarks & Historical Buildings
Neighborhood: South Los Angeles
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3/5/2011
First Fridays at the Natural History Museum combines my favorite things:
* Animal dioramas
* Hip party atmosphere way larger than any I can fit in my apartment or even manage to muster in terms of sheer number of friends
* Live music
* Walking around museum exhibits after hours with alcohol in hand
The most delightful surprize was that although I had not purchased concert tickets (couldn't figure out how to do that online - suggestions?) what I assumed had been a private concert is pumped through speakers and displayed on two filmscreens in the main chamber for auxiliary viewing. No ticket, no problem. You can still enjoy the show.
The ticket I did have let me in the place. I grew up outside Washington, D.C. and have fond memories of the taxidermied African animals behind plexiglass that fascinated me as a kid. These displays still fascinate me - all the more so because I'd just watched Bear Grylls exploring Zimbabwe on Man vs. Wild. I saw the world through his eyes.
Survival wasn't that hard as there's a full bar and snacks in several rooms with relatively short lines.
I arrived late and missed a lecture my friends attended on biomimicry so next time I'll cut out of work early. By the time I arrived, 7:30, families and children had left.
Good range of attendees from families, to 20s, hipsters, to museum members.
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