Posts Tagged ‘Westwood’

800 Degrees

I’ve been watching the old Daphne’s Greek Food space for a while.  It was transforming but into what?   800 Degrees Pizza?   Sounds cool but will it be good?   Finally there were clues.   I saw this post of LA Eater and this one at LA Times and got excited.   I’ve never been to Umami burger but […]


Walking

Been getting into walking a lot lately.  I already walk to work every couple of weeks.  It’s a good walk.  Takes me about 45-50 minutes there and a bit longer back (uphill on the way back).  I love it.   You see so many things while walking than in a car.    And, like working out, it […]


Saturday Walk and Caramel Apples

It was a nice overcast day today.  Took a walk to Brentwood to have breakfast at the Tavern.  It’s about a 2 mile walk.   After we got home (2 miles back!) I made caramel apples with some mini crabapples I got a whole foods.  They’re about the size of a cherry and look like cherries […]


Marissa M.

I have been mourning the loss of the Mann National movie theater since they bulldozed it in 2007.  It opened in 1970 as an iconic symbol of 70’s modernism and large screen goodness.  The lot on the corner of Lindbrook and Gayley has been vacant since the theater was torn down.   I walk by the […]


View to A New Year

I love the view from my desk. I never get tired of it. I get to see the entire Wilshire Corridor in Westwood. Seems every couple of years there’s a new building going up but it’s just beautiful. What a nice way to start 2010!