Since March, the entire country has been under a self containment plan. People who weren’t considered “essential” worked from home. Finally California started lifting restrictions, and as of Friday, June 19, we entered stage 3. I had the day off and decided to go on a day trip […]
There’s nothing more exciting like the post season. It doesn’t matter what sport you root for, the post season is the road to the championship, and the quest to win the trophy. For hockey, our season (including post season) is about 9 months, as long as a pregnancy. From […]
Nature Connects is an award winning exhibition now touring North America. Created entirely with LEGO brick pieces, this show features larger-than-life sculptures built with LEGO bricks by New York artist Sean Kenney. The South Coast Botanic Garden will be the only Southern California stop for this nationally touring […]
The Ducks had an early Playoff game at 3:00, which meant it was going to be dinner time when the game let out. I didn’t want to travel too far for dinner, yet I didn’t want to stay too close to the Honda Center because the Angels had […]
It’s your typical mom and pop coffee shop with grandma’s wood tables, condiments already on the table, and a huge breakfast selection with huge portions to match it. It is located in the back of a dilapidated strip mall, next to a Dollar Tree, and behind a Starbucks […]
My dog Lulu (@PerritoLulu) is a Cairn Terrier (think Toto from Wizard of Oz, or Fred the dog from I Love Lucy) and she requires grooming every 4-6 weeks. Last month, my groomer of 16 years decided to retire, and move to Virginia to be with her daughter. […]
Food trumps the service here at Grits. This hidden Fullerton gem is located just outside the boundary of Downtown Fullerton off Harbor Boulevard and Chapman. There’s a tiny parking area in the front, but if you go to the next driveway, there’s ample parking in that lot. If […]
Following our visit playing tourist in Hollywood, my visiting East Coast friends wanted to have lunch “where Walt Disney ate at”… at Tam o’Shanter. He ate there? Really? Who knew! Apparently, this local girl knows very little about SoCal compared to tourists. I already knew it was currently […]
I’m born and raised in Southern California and it took a tourist to tell me about this place… probably because its in the heart of the touristy Hollywood and Highland. My friends were visiting from the East Coast and saw this on a tv show and asked me […]
On a lazy, rainy Saturday, we decided to head to the 4th Street Market in downtown Santa Ana for a bowl of phó at Sit Low Pho. The last time I had the standard bowl, but this time I decided to have Stephen try the phó with the grilled […]
The Disneyland Resort is divided into 3 sections: The Downtown Disney area is a free area for restaurants and shopping, the Disneyland theme park, and the Disney’s California Theme Park, or DCA for short. I was at DCA on April 2nd for the Disney California Food and Wine […]
The original Carolina’s is located off Chapman in Garden Grove. This local favorite has been around since 1978, serving up hearty portions. I used to visit often with my ex, back in the day you went next door to the liquor store to get your wine. The down […]
The last time I was here was back on Memorial Weekend, and the place was packed. I came here on a Tuesday night and we were seated immediately. In fact, 3 of the group members were able to be seated without all of us there. We had 6 […]
I first discovered Peris back in 2014, after they moved from Cerritos to this Hawaiian Gardens location. The menu has everything but the kitchen sink. There’s Persian food and there’s American food, from burgers, steaks, to all day breakfast. Over the years, owner Mike listened to his customers […]
My friends and I were at the Citzens Bank Arena and wanted to get a bite after the hockey game. It was about 8:45 pm on a Saturday, and my friends were in the mood for pizza, while I wanted chicken. Pieology and Blaze was too far, and […]
This season, the LA Kings and the Anaheim Ducks moved their minor league teams closer to home… in fact, in the same state! Previously, the Ducks had their minor league team in Norfolk, Virginia, making it difficult to call up a player. Now, the player is only 1 […]
Hidden in a strip mall off Ball and State College, behind a “Puddles” car wash is dönerG, a Turkish / Mediterranean restaurant. We came here on a Saturday and arrived before the lunch rush. Stephen and I both decided on the dönerG Pita Special that was posted outside, which […]
