There’s room for improvement, particularly in terms of the staff’s ability to add up customers’ charges, but ultimately, I had an enjoyable dinner at Manuela, and, like Charlie, I would…
And now we come to the main reason I’d totally go back to Manuela: their extensive cocktails list. Y’all should know by now; I do love me a delicious cocktail!…
So as not to leave anyone in suspense, let me start off by saying that dinner at Manuela was overall delectable, although the appetizers were much more memorable than…
We needed to pick someplace special this month because December is Charlie’s birthday month. Plus, since 12/30 turned out to be the one evening most convenient to us both, our…
The ingenuity of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven lies chiefly in how the novel weaves together its characters’ seemingly intertwined destinies, setting readers up to anticipate a climatic reveal…
Beetle House offers nine signature cocktails that were created perhaps more to captivate the eye than to please the palate. In fact, a couple of these cocktails are chilled with…
Notwithstanding the truly menacing Chucky running around the place wielding a razor, for me, the scariest thing about that evening was the food. I don’t mean that it tasted horrible;…
You don’t go to Beetle House on Hollywood Blvd. for the food. Yes, they serve entrées along with the entertainment, but you go mainly because you love Tim Burton’s films…
Fall is probably my favorite season, and this was a perfect fall day—it was sunny, but there was a cool, almost chilly, breeze blowing through yellowing trees, an unmistakable sign…
Although I dislike “day-drinking,” I thought it might be rude to claim a spot at the bar without ordering any of the bartenders’ concoctions, particularly at a restaurant that calls…