Magnolia House: The Food (Charlie’s POV)
So, I slept in a little today. OK, fine! I slept in A LOT! So much that I was late to our brunch this morning. My mom made pancakes that…
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April 12, 2024
Magnolia House: The Place (Charlie’s POV)
Marianne and I have been meeting up for dinners lately as that seems to work for our busy schedules. This time around, we decided to spice things up by going…
April 12, 2024
Magnolia House: Summary/Overall Impressions (Mari’s POV)
If I hadn’t met Charlie for brunch that day at Magnolia House, what would I have been doing instead with my Sunday? Probably what I do every Sunday: preparing for…
April 7, 2024
Magnolia House: The Drinks (Mari’s POV)
Along with your brunch at Magnolia House, you get to choose either a mimosa or a Bloody Mary for just $8. There are other interesting-sounding cocktails on the drinks menu…
April 2, 2024
Magnolia House: The Food (Mari’s POV)
Years of snoozing till the last possible minute and then rushing furiously through my morning ablutions to make myself semi-presentable to the outside world have conditioned my body to not…
April 2, 2024
Magnolia House: The Place (Mari’s POV)
For this month’s gastronomic adventure, Charlie and I thought we would mix things up a bit and do a daytime thing instead of our usual dinner; specifically, we decided on…
April 1, 2024
DAMA: Summary/Overall Impressions (Mari’s POV)
Happiness only real when shared. In the movie, Into the Wild, the main character graduates from a prestigious university only to abandon a seemingly promising future in law, leaving behind…
March 2, 2024
That pinacolada was gone too soon...
DAMA: The Drinks (Mari’s POV)
When you’re at a Latin-American restaurant and piña coladas are on the menu, you’re almost obligated to order it. So, at the risk of being branded a cocktail conservative who’s…
February 29, 2024
DAMA: The Food (Mari’s POV)
DAMA’s food menu lists an intriguing variety of “Small Plates” and a much shorter catalog (i.e., five dishes only) of “Large Plates.” It almost seems like customers are being subtly…
February 26, 2024
DAMA: The Place (Mari’s POV)
What a bizarre, chaotic, surreal, random, incomprehensible place Los Angeles is. In any other city, a lovely restaurant like DAMA would be situated alongside others of its kind, and one…
February 26, 2024