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TYOLD Day 100(!): Food Frenzy

To celebrate my 100th day of Differently, I decided to to go all in on a food frenzy. I started with a little restaurant not far from work called Boulevard Burgers.  I had been by it a million times but never stopped and so today I did.  Weird little place run by...

TYOLD Day 89: Block Party

My new favorite restaurant in Los Angeles, Warren’s Blackboard, had a “block party” today, where they basically converted the front drive of the Beverly Garland Hotel into a party space and had wine, craft beers, and a several of Chef Warren’s...

TYOLD Day 86: Disappointment, Thy Name is Cupcake

I was craving a cupcake today.  Okay, I crave cupcakes all the time, but I don’t always do anything about it.  Part of it is because I know if I had a cupcake every time I wanted a cupcake I’d weigh roughly the equivalent of a compact Japanese car, but...

TYOLD Day 61: Rick’s Mom’s Chili Cheese Dip

There’s this stuff that I make for parties that is known affectionately as Rick’s Mom’s Chili Cheese Dip.  My mother made it for parties when I was a kid and I adopted it as an adult and put my own spin on it. Originally it required a can of chili...

TYOLD Day 39: The NoHo Farmer’s Market

Every Saturday for years now there’s a little farmer’s market that happens in North Hollywood, about a mile up the street from me.  I went for the first time today. It’s cute – small (only about a block long) and therefore manageable with some...