Food blogger slideshow

Forbes.com has a slideshow of 8 female food bloggers. I hadn't heard of any of them except for Deb. Additional food resources are always welcome!

Related: I made this spinach and chickpea dish tonight and it is VERY GOOD.

Catty sidenote: there are some bad eyebrows in this slideshow. Ximena, make an appointment at Benefit already!

Suggestion to people selling Coachella tickets

Sell them for less than face value! If I wanted to pay face I could just buy from Ticketmaster. I know you don't want to lose money in this transaction, but that is not MP (my problem).

LA Vendy Awards

If you are in town on May 15 I suggest you go to the Vendy Awards (all you can eat truck food for $50) and tell me all about it (via).

Fun fact from the Vendy website:
We’ve been running this event for five years, and no one has ever gone home hungry or thirsty. We’ll stop selling tickets when we reach our limit. Because vendors can only work so fast, you will have to stand in line, but that is where you make new friends. One couple even got married after meeting in line at the Vendys! Results may vary, however.

Get the heck out of here ... This man is a lunatic

Words from the greatest direct mail marketer of our time, Karl Rove!

I smell like garlic

because I had lunch here at the recommendation of the LAT. It was tasty but did not change my life. In the words of Jenny, it's no L'as du Fallafel.

Big ticket divorces

In the latest McCourt story, and this depressing Patricia Cohen profile, the ex-wives seem like greedy, vengeful shrews. Is this unique to exes (of the extremely wealthy) or part of the human condition?

DJ MG

Check it. (pic via).

Mmmmm pasta

I want to make all of these and this. I have 2 lbs of little red potatoes and a bunch of fennel I need to get rid of. Any suggestions?

Little Jenny is 22 today!

No grumpets, only kitties.

LA Marathon this Sunday March 21

Sweet new Stadium to the Sea route! Watch out for street closures.

Tittay Citay

Thanks Mike.

Warning: this link takes you to an NSFW corner of the internet.

Surly Goat

Last night I went to the Surly Goat. It is a decent-sized place with a front and back patio, with a lot of beers ont ap for $5-8. It was not too crowded, and most people were young. It falls somewhere between 3rd Stop and Village Idiot, without a kitchen, though there is a hot dog cart on the back patio!

Pro tip: Park at a meter on Fairfax south of Santa Monica and walk up.

Let's go to the beach

Who's ready to get down on May 9?

I am!

Prepare here.

Adventures in public transportation

Picture me rolling!



Update on 3.18: This trip was easy, and I would do it again. Highlights include listening to the people next to me talk about how tarot cards are from the devil and racist tattoo artists. Walking by this bus stop today I saw a guy clipping his fingernails while skateboarding.

Ugliest creature in the LA area

Occaisonally, I see possums in my neighborhood. They look like runty ROUS's and make me want to barf.

Clarence Thomas GTFO

I've said it before and I am sure I will say it again: Clarence Thomas go home! Resign, bail, whatever.

Hiking to Escondido Falls in Malibu

See you there (thank you LAist)!

Living in Teartown

Nobody knows why we cry, but we do.

Latest stories to make me cry:

• Researching the Holt and Stone Weeks fellowship


• My second read of "The Dime Store Floor" by David Owen in the New Yorker.

Jenny sent this to me. I should buy her this out of gratitude.

Good laughs from BBC World News

I laughed out loud when I heard these stories last night:

• Karl Rove is proud of waterboarding. A true patriot.
• A group of Australian navy sailors created a competition to see who could sleep with the most women. "Sex on a pool table or with a lesbian reportedly scored higher points."