Oaks Gourmet

The search for Los Angeles best burgers brought us to The Oaks Gourment and with the Laist name dropping it as #5 in our city. Pictured here is a dry aged burger, topped with taleggio cheese, black forest ham (cracked out baconness), red onion, tomato, and a smoked jalepeno-pineapple compote served on a brioche bun. Yum. So juicy and tasty, my goodness it gets an A-. This little shop has an elaborate beer selection and cheese selection as well. I will surely be coming here pre-hollywood bowl nights to collect exotic cheese, fresh snacks, and barrel aged beer. Oh Los Angeles I'm yours.... More burger reviews to come. Oh and their cream soda was also delish!

An Economical Breakfast

Yes, we're all doing our part through these economical times in saving money here and there, so that we can enjoy the finer things in life such as concert festival attending and vacational experiences to the unknown. Pictured above is my interpretation of the best breakfast sandwich one would get, at the oh so amazing Cafe Los Feliz. If I would've felt fancy this morning, I would've spent about $12 or $13 on such a decadent morning delight, but I didn't. I walked to my work for free coffee to acompany by free croissant(which I aquired from closing and the left over pastry adoption program) as well as the other resources in the fridge that were lying around. You too can create such a scrumptious breakfast just like me by having the following:

-1 croissant (toasted)
-2 eggs (cook over hard or scrambled)
-motzarella cheese (or whichever you prefer)
-sliced chicken breast (or if you're lucky and have bacon, I'm jealous of you)
-avocado
-dash of pepper and sea salt

Prep time- about 5 min
Deliciousness scale- 9 (if I had bacon, a 10)

Serve and enjoy!

The National-Fake Empire

We Are the People

A Friday where I played Leslie Feisty and accomplished a new dishwasher, garbage grinder, and a pantry for our apartment. Bottle of wine shortly followed with the people and a two minute stroll to catch I Love You Man. GO SEE IT NOW! We laughed our asses off and later we had a momentous jam session. Flo owns in poetically devouring her catchy cute songs and Mark just wales the way Jeff Buckley did, revealing his soul in song. Next came the beer and more people came over to join in our festivities and dance right round. 1am appeared upon us in a dark room, where a Blues Jr and Les Paul were reverbed up into an oblivion, Eugene hammered out love into a keyboard, and I owe and awed my vocals on top of the two lying on the floor. It was one of the loveliest musical experiences I've ever had.

Saturday brought forth a morning with cycling and steep incline treading and next came four hours of hell at the Cove and excitement to the night that would soon begin. Peruvian food is better than I had imagined, meaty and unique at best. All the people then went Downtown, where the streets have been beautified in recent years and the bar/food scene has improved drastically. Library Bar... A place to go with good people and have quite good beer on tap, with no pretentious people in sight. Who'd a thought there'd be such a place in Los Angeles?

Sunday Bloody Sunday. You might be my favorite day of the week! Hiking with H in the morning, meandering up in the hills, with Wild Flowers spread about, and adorably cute Hungry Caterpillars clinging onto nearby plants. No Sunday in my current life/lifestyle would be complete without Farmers Market. Yes, I've become one of those food snob elitests... With all the hipsters and people who like to get their produce fresh, and all in all, the fruits and veggies taste a million times better than the grocery store. Tangerines, strawberry tomatoes, green beans, and by Johanna's recommendation, the Flor De Sel Carmel Ice Cream. Oh, and flowers for my girlfriend who came to visit me on her way up to SLO!

Firefly followed... Tortilla Flats and Huevos Rancheros. Blues music was provided by my fav. guy who worked his 6 guitars (acoustic, 12 string, steel string...) and his harmonica friend, who had a case of 8+ bad boys. Why is brunch always so perfect here?

My lovely Bella and I headed to Whole Foods to polish off our afternoon, and it was AMAZING. 10bucks to get drunk and try 5 different wines. 5bucks to try 5 different beers, plus the guy gave us some samples of cheese. This Whole Foods in Pasandena is like a foodie Costco on crack with all the samples they hook you up with.

I rejoice in the world, adventure in the world, and surround myself with the best people in the world. We are the people.

Empire of the Sun-We Are the People

Food for Thought

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I wondered where the hell I could actually get a bagel around here. Once you have a good one, you can never really go back to the mediocre being a foodie and all. Noah's Bagels on Beverly and Larchmont is by far my favorite place to buy one of those round things with a hole poked in the middle. The line tends to get a bit poppin on the weekend, but with good reason, as you can get away with the perfect start to your morning, for under five bucks! I keep getting the same old thing when I go, Chocolate Chip Bagel toasted with Blueberry Cream Cheese... Mmmmm, and a coffee will do too! Something about a NY Bagel franchise, they do it right. Go treat yourself, please!

Morning Music from Goldfrapp and Voxtrot
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Voxtrot-Honey Bee