Conca D Oro is a family owned Italian restaurant here in the OC since 1960. It’s a little hard to find, but worth the effort. The service is friendly and always accommodating. As soon as your sit down, garlic bread arrives promptly. It is severed warm to your table and never runs out. Everything [...]
Today there are a few people I cannot seem to get off my mind. They are living rent free up stairs and need to be released. Here is my creative outlet to do so. Kate Spade (always,) J Crew (Spring Catalog just arrived), Arik Kastan (Jewlery Designer) and the beloved Glenda Gies (purses and pretties). [...]
What day is it? It’s almost February? Huh. Feels like I’ve been spit out of a black hole in the space-time continuum. Adjusting to West Coast time after pulling too many all nighters on the East Coast can wreak havoc on those circadian rhythms. Today we are catching up, so I can get a grasp [...]
The mid-west was both nice and cold by all accounts this week. I had never seen my Grammie’s home buried under a foot of white pristine snow. It seemed appropriate that the cold weather came with the cold hard task of packing up her precious belongings. That is where I spent the last 5 days. [...]
Airplane Food. Oh my. This weekend I’ll be flying across the county to a very cold destination. I don’t mind the 20 degree weather as much as I mind the to and fro in-flight meals. Julia Child once said that she’d rather eat a peanut-butter-honey sandwich than suffer through airplane food. Even when it was [...]
I had never done this. Live Crab? I don’t know how to cook live crabs. The thought of boiling Mr. Crab alive made my heart wince. Visions of standing over boiling water, not being able to drop Mr. Crab to its demise were strong. I’m a sensitive shellfish type – wimpy wimpy wimpy. The answer [...]
Itching for a little surf and turf for upcoming foootball game playoffs? Need to know where to buy live crab and lobster at a reasonable price? Look no further, straight from the surfers who surf our Pacific waters, here are two favorite fresh fish markets in Orange County. Dory Fishing Fleet Market 110 McFadden Pl [...]
Hello friends. Today is going to be short and sweet. Tonight we are off to Nick and Step’s Steakhouse in downtown Los Angeles for a night on the town. If you would like to come along you can find my Instagram feed at Ksugarandspice. Here are the first two weeks of 2012. Enjoy. Have a [...]
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