Archive for March, 2011
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: GROM GELATO
GROM GELATO On a lovely day at the beginning of January, right when I returned from a month in blizzard-filled New York City, a pal and I took a drive up PCH to Malibu to join in the fun opening of new gelateria, Grom. But gelato is more of a
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TELEVISION: DANCING WITH THE STARS, FIRST RESULTS SHOW
DANCING WITH THE STARS, FIRST RESULTS SHOW I could not be more disappointed with last night’s results. Mr. X and I never heard of Mike Catherwood before, (as I’m sure is the case with at least 90% of the viewers,) and expected to really di
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SPORTS: MARCH SPORTS WRAP-UP, MAINLY THE FINAL FOUR
MARCH SPORTS WRAP-UP, MAINLY THE FINAL FOUR OMG! I love this year’s NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament so much! My only problem for next week-end is that, although my two favorite teams (outside of UCLA, that is,) are still
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: LET’S BE FRANK
LET’S BE FRANK Let me be frank with them, and say that these are among the worst hot dogs I’ve ever eaten, if not the worst! I also hate that this place is listed in the famed Zagats restaurant guide. I really feel that food trucks should
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TELEVISION: DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 12 PREMIERE
DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 12 PREMIERE I would have posted this review the day after the seasons premiere, but I wanted to take a day to process what I saw on Monday night. And then Elizabeth Taylor died so I felt the need to pay tribute to
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KAREN’S MUSINGS: CHRIS BROWN
CHRIS BROWN MUSINGS I’m so sick of people ragging on Chris Brown--almost as much as he is! Enough already. His troubles are very old news, he’s done everything he was supposed to do to satisfy his court sentence, and now let’s all move o
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TRIBUTE: ELIZABETH TAYLOR
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Elizabeth Taylor has died. And, as I’m sure many of you are also experiencing, I’m surprised at just how awful I feel at her loss. Just the other day, a premonition that she was not going to be here much longer washed
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: HALDI ROOT DINNER
HALDI ROOT DINNER On a recent rainy evening (which could have been any of a number of them, with all this rain we’ve been experiencing!,) a pal and I ventured out to Woodland Hills for a dinner party at new-ish Indian restaurant Haldi Root.
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: FIG & OLIVE OPENING
FIG & OLIVE OPENING After a few years of being fixtures in the New York restaurant scene (with three locations in Manhattan and a recently-opened one in Westchester,) Fig & Olive has finally moved west. And not just move--arrive on ton
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CELEB SIGHTINGS: CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS 9
CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS 9--JANUARY 2011 Even though we’re now in the middle of March, this year has been so juicy with events to tell you about that I never even got to let you in on February’s top Celebrity Sightings! Shame on me. So, he
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