This just in... DUNKIN DONUTS IS COMING TO CALIFORNIA! Did I say that loud enough? I grew up in Connecticut, and I started drinking coffee at Dunkin' Donuts when I was in high school and my bus stop was right in front of one of their locations. I've been a devotee of the … [Read more...]
Four Seasons’ Lobby Lounge Says “Delicious” in Italian
For a special occasion, you could do a Sunday brunch. To get authentic Italian food, you could go to an Italian restaurant. Or even Italy. But why bother with any of those things? Right here in Westlake Village, the Four Seasons Hotel's Lobby Lounge creates an Italian … [Read more...]
East Coast New Year’s Eve
Time is relative. Lucky for beer drinkers, it's always after noon somewhere, and the same idea applies to midnight on New Year's Eve. For us parents, at any hour of the evening it's always midnight somewhere. That means that we're not forced to a) hire a babysitter, a nearly … [Read more...]
Zen Monkey’s Instant Healthy Breakfast
There is a small company here in Los Angeles that has reinvented breakfast. It seems simple, really. It's just a little cup of oatmeal with yogurt and fruit. That's it. The remarkable things about it are as follows: -The oatmeal is not cooked - it's soaked overnight in apple … [Read more...]
Christmas Day Our Way
When I was growing up, Christmas Day went like this: -wake up, really excited about opening presents, but also nursing sugar hangover from sweets-filled Christmas Eve party -open presents, then be hurried off to get dressed -visit first set of grandparents -visit second set of … [Read more...]