The Velocity Diet – Week One

Posted March 31st, 2009 and filed under My Life.

At this point Kelly and I are now officially through the first week of the Velocity Diet, and I have to be honest with you: It’s been tough. It is unbelievably surprising just how much I sincerely miss chewing food. I’ve now had forty-three protein shakes — 39 chocolate and 4 strawberry — and a… Read more »

The Velocity Diet

Posted March 20th, 2009 and filed under My Life.

My buddy Kelly and I have been going to the gym for about a year now. I have always been in pretty good shape — I have run the LA Marathon three times; I rowed for Florida Crew in college; and I have been lifting weights pretty regularly for more than a decade — but… Read more »

Post-Workout Power Shake

Posted February 26th, 2009 and filed under My Life.

And now, for your fitness fix, here is the recipe for the mega-awesome shake I had after the gym tonight: 4 ice cubes 1 cup 2% milk 2 cups water 1 banana 1 4oz Häagen-Dazs Coffee Ice Cream 1 raw egg 2 scoops Cytosport Chocolate Muscle Milk Throw everything into a blender. Hit the ice-crusher… Read more »

E. Baldi

Posted December 24th, 2008 and filed under Los Angeles.

Just around the corner from Spago in Beverly Hills is a terrific little establishment named E. Baldi. (It’s the sister restaurant of just about the best place to eat in Los Angeles, Giorgio Baldi.) I had the amazing garganelle with meat sauce tonight, and didn’t realize until I was walking out the door that I… Read more »

Visiting Atlanta

Posted October 13th, 2008 and filed under travel.

Last Sunday we had lunch with the Tobers at Six Feet Under in Atlanta. I had a terrific fried catfish po’ boy and about six gallons of sweet tea. You just cannot get sweet tea in Los Angeles anywhere, so it was a treat. Then on Tuesday, before the presidential debate, we had dinner at… Read more »

Twizzlers v. Red Vines

Posted October 3rd, 2008 and filed under My Life.

There is one major difference between Twizzlers and Red Vines: People who prefer Red Vines will eat Twizzlers and claim that they’re very similar. People who prefer Twizzlers hate Red Vines. ‘Nuff said.

Rude Fortune

Posted August 1st, 2008 and filed under comedy.

A few weeks ago I wrote about how annoying it is to get an “affirmation cookie” instead of one with an actual fortune. Well at lunch today one of my co-workers got what we thought was a horribly rude fortune cookie. Instead of the usual mindless drivel, instead of even a useless affirmation, the “directive”… Read more »

Good Fortune

Posted July 10th, 2008 and filed under My Life.

For a long time now my friends and I have been complaining about “affirmation cookies”. Fortune cookies just aren’t as cool as they used to be. It seems like all the fortunes we get now have messages that aren’t … well … fortunes. Instead they say things like, “You are a kind person,” or, “People… Read more »

Body Bakery

Posted May 13th, 2008 and filed under comedy.

Who in the world doesn’t want to eat bread that looks like human body parts?

Contextless Content: Episode #25 (Cottage Cheese)

Posted April 16th, 2008 and filed under comedy.

kelly: You eat cottage cheese? GatorDVG: never kelly: Ah. Too bad. GatorDVG: as far as I’m concerned, it’s just some sort of cheese and spoiled milk combination. two of my least favorite things on the planet. kelly: Excellent for breakfast and before bedtime. Just the right blend of slow digesting carbs, protein and fat. kelly:… Read more »

Night Golf at Porter Valley

Posted April 7th, 2008 and filed under Los Angeles, sports.

On Saturday night Kelly and I played in a “Nite Lite” golf tournament at Porter Valley. One word: Awesomeness. The format was a Texas Scramble, which basically means everyone hits a ball and then decides who had the best shot. Then everyone hits from there as if that was his shot. We got to use… Read more »

Disappointing Food

Posted February 12th, 2008 and filed under rants.

Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality