Food to EAT, Things to SEE, Places to GO
Now that the Thanksgiving turkey is well behind us, there’s still time to turn our attention to the holiday get-together! We have been coordinating a monthly ladies luncheon for the last three years so we’ve got a pretty good list of great places to check out if you are thinking […]
We had a special treat for our November Ladies’ lunch. Chef Suzanne Tracht opened her acclaimed LA restaurant, Jar, for us (it isn’t normally open at lunchtime) and prepared a delicious meal featuring some of the dishes for which she is most known. Jar, opened in 2001, is a modern […]
Recently, Princess Cruises announced an upcoming partnership with celebrity chef, Curtis Stone to open his first ever restaurant at sea. The announcement was made in Los Angeles and I was privileged to attend and see some of the behind-the-scenes preparations . Before the party started, I had […]
A summer heat wave started just in time for our August lunch, and although it was a bit warm, the plant and light filled greenhouse (fortunately air-conditioned too) that houses Koreatown’s Commissary Restaurant on the second floor of the Line Hotel was the perfect compliment for the weather and our […]
Chef Suzanne Tracht’s restaurant, Jar, has been in West Hollywood for 13 years, but I had not had the opportunity to go there until now. Sometimes, it takes something like DineLA to give that extra push to make the drive over the hill (since I live in the San Fernando […]
I went to Murph’s during the January, 2015 DineLA for a fun lunch with some friends—we had met getting involved in our children’s middle school music program and hadn’t seen each other in while. It was a warm, sunny day in LA and it was a great place for this […]
Not long ago, I spent three weeks on jury duty downtown. It was really interesting! Of course, very few people want to spend THAT much time away from their “regular life”, but once I was stuck for the jury, I decided I was going to make the most of my […]