Last week I tried Salt, the new restaurant in the shopping plaza at the corner of Agoura Road and Las Virgenes. I wrote up my experience for cbsla.com: Calabasas Can't Hide New Restaurant Salt "Standouts were the wild mushroom mac and cheese, which elicited groans of pleasure, … [Read more...]
A Month of Reading – Day Three, Query
This is the third post in "A Month of Reading" December third. This being Monday, it was time to get back to business. I had writerly business, homemaking business, school business, and monkey business to take care of today. Once I got the kids to school, I tackled the … [Read more...]
Lots of Happy Babies
Saturday afternoon, May 7. The 2011 Help a Mother Out Mother's Day Diaper Drive. I had spent the entire day outside the Westlake Village Fresh Brothers Pizza, which is in a fancy outdoor mall and trafficked by fancy people, most of whom looked at me oddly as I chirped "I'm … [Read more...]
Commuter Snob
In the less than one year since we moved from the San Fernando Valley to Agoura Hills, I've become increasingly more reluctant to drive east of Calabasas. Previously, a trip "over the hill" was bad enough, now I have to drive an extra 20 to 30 minutes to even attempt such a feat. … [Read more...]
Quality Pies Discovered At Fresh Brothers Pizza
I'm a pizza snob. I grew up in the New Haven, CT area, which is known for its very distinct and delicious pizza. Nowhere in the world have I found pizza like I could get in my hometown. It was a travesty for a great while, but over time I've come to accept it. When I find a … [Read more...]