What a difference a day makes – last night’s PaleyFest attracted an entirely different crowd from those who attended Modern Family the previous night. I was familiar with some of the Lost fansites – but that still didn’t prepare me fully for the Lost fans themselves. (I should have known, based on the fact that [...]
One of LA’s not-so-secret-anymore secrets is the PaleyFest. Run by the Paley Center for Media, it’s an annual event in its 27th year that focuses on notable television shows. Usually, the shows are new ones in their first season, but the festival also recognizes ones like Lost and Dexter that are ending a run or [...]
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Modern Family is without a doubt the best show on the air. A perfect cast and incredibly funny writing makes me long for each Wednesday evening. As far as I can tell, the show doesn’t go out of its way to signal its location (as opposed to Flash Forward or Dexter, for example). The focus [...]
The food truck craze continues in LA. After my initial experience at Kogi, I’ve been looking for opportunities to try more. The Frysmith truck has piqued my curiosity ever since I read about it last August. But their delays in opening, as well as a schedule which has them mostly in LA, kept us apart. [...]
Once I got it into my mind that I was headed for Borrego Springs, I next turned to that crucial question – where to stay? My Google search on Anza Borrego lodging turned out to be a godsend, for it pointed me to a New York Times article on the area, and then toward The [...]
Situated a mere 40 miles as the crow flies from Palm Springs, Borrego Springs seems a world apart from its ritzier cousin. But while Palm Springs got the railroad, the celebrities, and the crowds, in Borrego Springs, you can still see the desert all around you. It may not be as polished, but it’s certainly [...]
