The Immortal Cheesesteak
Ah, Philadelphia. City of Brotherly Love, home of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, where Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, where Rocky ran up some steps waving his arms in...
View ArticleEating New York
“Wait,” said my friend Scott a couple years back when I mentioned I’d never been to New York, “YOU have never been to New York??” It was as if I had told him that I’d never seen a sunset or walked on a...
View ArticleIn the Spiritual Birthplace of Buca di Beppo
Boston is the birthplace of a lot of things. Benjamin Franklin, for example. Cream pie and the American revolution. As I discovered recently staying at a sweet Airbnb next door to the 17th-century...
View ArticleThere Are Hipsters in the San Gabriel Valley
I don’t want anyone to be alarmed, but there are hipsters in the San Gabriel Valley. They’re hard to escape these days — bearded, tattooed young guys wearing Vans and cool t-shirts emblazoned with...
View ArticleThe Sierra’s Gambit
When I was a kid, I was regularly subjected to bribery at the hands of my father. The man was forever running the most tedious errands around the west San Fernando Valley — shopping for bricks and...
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