California – Page 2 – Peaches to Apples

Baby Blues BBQ

By: tkonter May 10, 2019May 12, 2019

California, Continental, Restaurants/Bars, UncategorizedBBQ, The SouthLeave a Comment

BBQ in LA

PSA: Tumbleweed and Dandelion

By: tkonter May 8, 2019May 7, 2019

Bits & Bites, California, PSAsDecor, French, Home Decor, StoresLeave a Comment

Antiques on Abbot Kinney

Bay Cities Deli

By: tkonter May 3, 2019May 3, 2019

California, Italian, Restaurants/BarsSandwiches1 Comment

Excellent Italian sandwiches in Santa Monica

Superba

By: tkonter May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

Bakery/Cafe, California, Continental, Restaurants/BarsBreakfast, BrunchLeave a Comment

Superba…is superb

The Rose

By: tkonter April 30, 2019April 30, 2019

Bakery/Cafe, California, Continental, Restaurants/BarsBrunchLeave a Comment

Would a rose by any other name taste as sweet?

Travel Journal: San Diego – Part 2, Food

By: tkonter September 4, 2018

Bars, California, Continental, Mexican/Latin American, Restaurants/BarsActivities, Tacos1 Comment

All the food we ate in San Diego (guess what: it was a ton of tacos)

Kreation

By: tkonter June 5, 2015June 1, 2015

California, Continental, Mediterranean/Greek, Restaurants/BarsHealthy, TravelLeave a Comment

The one LA trend I did not want to give into was the health craze. Everything there is organic, free range, GMO free, pilates. B.S., I say. But after a workout on Sunday morning I needed to stop somewhere before passing out and Kreation was the closest place I could walk into. It was pretty…

Blue Plate Taco

By: tkonter June 2, 2015June 1, 2015

California, Mexican/Latin American, Restaurants/BarsMexican, TravelLeave a Comment

One of my main missions in LA was to eat as many fish tacos as possible. It’s one of those quintessential SoCal dishes that has not been perfected on the same scale on the East Coast. On our first day in Santa Monica, Albert and I sought out the local treat and went no further…

Gjelina

By: tkonter May 29, 2015May 28, 2015

California, Continental, Restaurants/BarsTravelLeave a Comment

I wanted most of my trip to LA to be about discovery. I didn’t want to plan too much out because I had the hopes of just stumbling across local favorites. There was, however, one place I had heard about for so long that I was dying to go. Gjelina was listed as a favorite on…

Playa Provisions

By: tkonter May 27, 2015

California, Continental, Restaurants/BarsTravel1 Comment

Since our Saturday and Sunday evenings were already scheduled with wedding events, Friday night was all about hanging out with Greg and Susan – it’s so rare that I’m in Cali (rare = never) that we needed to take advantage. They were spending the weekend moving from their Marina del Rey home into a new…