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Los Angeles Cooking Class February 28th, 2007 @ 9:57 am PDT

For Valentine’s Day this year I enrolled my girlfriend and myself for a class at Los Angeles’ coolest cooking class: hipcooks. Our class was “The Surprise Guest”, the only one available when I registered. We made an endive appetizer, roasted honey pear salad with tarragon dressing, pistachio-crusted swordfish with a light curry sauce, herbed couscous, […]

The Perfect Victim February 27th, 2007 @ 3:13 pm PDT

Another night out in Los Angeles

Digital Shower February 27th, 2007 @ 9:29 am PDT

On being George Jetson

The Best of Bob Dylan February 27th, 2007 @ 8:26 am PDT

How’s this for an impossible task? Last night my girlfriend asked me to make her a Bob Dylan mix CD. I have exactly 100 Dylan songs in my iTunes library, and one can only fit about 73 minutes of music on a standard audio CD. Deciding which tracks to include has proven to be a […]

Next Man Up February 26th, 2007 @ 3:28 pm PDT

An interesting book if you love the Ravens

Free WiFi in Los Angeles February 26th, 2007 @ 3:00 pm PDT

I added my house to Hotspotr. If you are desperate for free WiFi in Los Angeles, feel free to sit in my driveway and use some of my bandwidth. I have had a Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router with no password for years and I’m also broadcasting with the free FON wireless access point I got […]

Seeing Stars in LA February 25th, 2007 @ 5:18 pm PDT

Seeing celebrities in Los Angeles is still pretty cool, even though I’ve lived here for 6+ years now. It seems like they’ve been coming out of the woodwork lately. Here’s a quick summary of the last week or so: On President’s Day I saw Chad Lowe at the Coral Tree Cafe in Brentwood. On Friday […]

Oysters vs. Chocolate February 23rd, 2007 @ 9:19 am PDT

This excellent experiment comparing oysters and chocolate in terms of sexual arousal comes via megnut. Meg writes a delicious “foodie” blog which is great fun and chock full of reviews and recipes for anyone that enjoys eating. In the blue corner, oysters, eight dozen of them. Hailing from Puget Sound by way of Wild Edibles […]