When I travel, I love to experiment and taste the local flavors, while at the same time maintain a healthy weight. I truly enjoy foods of all kinds and I&
It's a good time to be a restaurateur in Downtown Santa Monica. With all the overdevelopment occurring it seems like the city is going for some kind of
Just under 3 million corned beefs on rye, 6,386,129 pickles and 4,635,512 matzo balls. These are the calculations Izzy's Deli approximated by taking their
Last month my family and I spent some time in our lovely San Bernardino Mountains. Early one morning we took a yoga class at an outdoor amphitheater. Under the shelter
In Europe, many of the best restaurants are located in hotels. This has not been the tradition in the U.S., but it is gaining traction, especially in Santa Monica
WILSHIRE BLVD — It's a fast food place with fish that could be served as quality sashimi. It's a restaurant chain that is growing throughout California and
OCEAN AVENUE — Stephen Francis Jones, founder and CEO of SF Jones Architects, designed the recently opened Del Frisco's Grille at Ocean and Colorado avenues, as well as the
OCEAN AVE — Running a daily newspaper with a full-time staff of only three is stressful and time consuming, so when I do get a chance to kick it one of
For quite some time a crumbling, dingy white building on the northwest corner of 14th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard featured a "Coming Soon" sign for Truxton'
PICO BLVD — Tucked away in the parking lot of the YWCA is a small pop-up stand serving something not commonly found in Santa Monica: pupusas.
For the past three months,
Last February, the Michelin restaurant guide awarded a third star to the sea-side restaurant La Vague d'Or ("Golden Wave") in Saint-Tropez. The chef, 35-year-old Arnaud Donckele,