Food + Drink

Recipes, Retail Therapy

Interior Therapy...

Interior Therapy…

I am spending more time indoors, writing my blog. Taking mental breaks to stimulate my mind, I wander around our apartments…no more houses. I had 2500 square feet in San […]

Restaurant Reviews

Makin' The Trek To Take On The "Little Beast"...

Makin’ The Trek To Take On The “Little Beast”…

I was up most of the night. The Yankees lost in 11 innings to our nemesis, the Boston Red Sox.  I am also prepping for an impending storm front at […]

Recipes, Retail Therapy

T3...Toby, Trader Joe's and Target...

T3…Toby, Trader Joe’s and Target…

 My name is Toby and I am a Trader Joe’s and Target addict. I enter these product laden stores and I start to sweat… no, it isn’t menopause, it is […]

Restaurant Reviews

Pleasin' Pu Pu Platter...

Pleasin’ Pu Pu Platter…

Since Tuesday is Restaurant Day, I am serving up a Pu Pu Platter of tasty options. These are geographically desirable, delicious destinations. Los Angeles-Marina Del Rey and great restaurants is […]

Entitlement, Recipes

You Can Cure Stupid...

You Can Cure Stupid…

I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore. Maybe it is because my patience has worn thin with bad manners and the reign of […]

Restaurant Reviews

I Left My Heart in San Francisco Eateries...

I Left My Heart in San Francisco Eateries…

  It’s Tuesday so this week it is time for some San Francisco treats. I lived in San Francisco for 12 years and besides the views, restaurants were definitely on […]

LifeStyle, Recipes

Cha, Cha, Cha Changin'...

Cha, Cha, Cha Changin’…

I was tooling around LA during the holiday weekend with the top down and radio blasting (I have never grown tired of this) when Fleetwood Mac’s, “Landslide” came on the […]

Recipes, Travel

Fun and Frivolity on the 4th...

Fun and Frivolity on the 4th…

As Huey Lewis and the News sang, “Picture This” scenario… I am up by 5:30am, dressed in my spinning finest and on my bike by 6:15am. I am feeling mighty […]

Restaurant Reviews, Travel

Living' and Lovin' Life in London...

Living’ and Lovin’ Life in London…

            If it’s Tuesday, it has to be all about food. In honor of Wimbledon and summer vacations, I shall bypass fish and chips and […]

Health + Fitness, Recipes

It's All About Me...for a moment...

It’s All About Me…for a moment…

Yesterday, I had to drive to Pasadena to have Madison, my Golden Lab, go to a ‘doggie car wash’ or in veterinarian dermatology speak, Therapeutic Oxygen Bath, a treatment for her […]