Posted on October 2, 2018
The dogs hate nothing more than when random cats show up at the front door.
Posted on October 2, 2018
Took an Alabama client out to dinner and we ran into a vendor and our UPS driver to prove LA is a small town.
#13 Done
Posted on September 23, 2018
#13: Try 10 of Gold’s 101 best LA restaurants.
Gold put this former taco truck , Guerrilla, on the map with his LA times review, so they reciprocated with a booth mural after his sudden passing. . He was the first food critic to win the Pulitzer and his 2018 best restaurants list will be the last. Although we tried another 10, we’ll keep it up until we try all 101.
- Vespertine
Providence(Top notch Seafood and truffle)
Spago(Wolfgang’s original. Remodeled and as good as ever)
Lukshon(Culver City Asian Fusion)
- Taco Maria
Spring(Downtown French)
Trois Mec(Tasting meal. Second time wasn’t as good as the first)
- Cassia
Mozzaplex(All three restaurants are excellent)
Rossoblu(Favorite new DTLA Italian spot)
Rustic Canyon(Farm to table)
- Shibumi
- Q Sushi
- n/naka
Lucques(Loved it, but it’s been about eight years)
Cut(There are better steak places. Great asparagus dish)
Bestia(Great small plate Italian)
- Lasa
République(Another great small plate French place)
Animal(Animal centric, but the snapper collar was the best)
- Kismet
Manuela(Farm to table in the Arts District)
Night + Market Song(Best Thai)
- Shunji
Alimento
Here’s Looking At You(Serving whatever the Chef found that day)
- P.Y.T.
- Guerrilla Tacos
- Chengdu Taste
Orsa & Winston(Italian/Japanese from the Mexican chef building a DTLA empire)
- Michael’s
Otium(Swedish minimalism)
- Vincenti
Broken Spanish(Gourmet country Mexican. I ate cock’s comb)
- Soban
Pizzana
- Sun Nong Dan
- Mélisse
- Holbox/Chichén Itzá
- Baroo
Officine Brera(Elevated Italian)
The Bazaar(Jose Andrea’s LA spot)
- Gjelina
- Salt’s Cure
Alma(A young chef succeeding)
Salazar(Señora style Mexican. All outdoor)
- Sqirl
- The Tasting Kitchen
Odys + Penelope(One of my favorite sharing plate restaurants)
Petit Trois
- Sea Harbour
Redbird(Another sharing plate staged in a convent)
- Jitlada
- Girasol
Sotto(Excellent Italian)
- Le Comptoir
- Park’s BBQ
Gwen(Australian chef, Curtis Stone’s meat restaurant)
Jar
- Meals by Genet
Church & State(DTLA French bistro)
- La Casita Mexicana
Maude(Curtis Stone’s ingredient a month restaurant)
- Brobard Chateau
A.O.C.(Simply great)
Asanebo(Best sushi anywhere)
- Kobee Factory
Craft(Consistent Century City lunch spot)
Connie and Ted’s(#2’s casual seafood spot)
- Rosaliné
- Erven
- Angelini Osteria
- Adana
Little Sister(Best Vietnamese spot in town)
- Mian
- Drago Centro
- Aburiya Raku
- Locol
71Above(Best views in DTLA)
Grand Central Market(Great variety)
- Coni’Seafood
Kogi BBQ(The Godfather of the food truck. Korean/Mexican)
Guelaguetza(Most authentic Mexican. Biggest mezcal collection in the US)
- Manhattan Beach Post
- Rice Bar
Bellwether(Had a great Nashville hot chicken sandwich)
- Playground
- Colonia Publica
- Attari Sandwich Shop
- Irenia
- Tsujita
- Gjusta
- Garlic & Chives
- Valentino
- Mariscos Jalisco
Union(Pasadena’s gem)
- Sapp Coffee Shoo
- Mayura
Howlin’ Ray’s(Two hour minimum wait for some decent Nashville hot chicken)
- Marouch
Langer’s(The king of the Pastrami sandwich)
Travel
Posted on September 13, 2018
My passport is one of my favorite processions. Unfortunately, it is time to retire my current one for a fresh one. Growing up, I was enamored by alamanacs and globes. I dreamed about traveling the world, but didn’t get my first passport until I was 35 years old. I’m pretty sure the delay is why I go to places like Mongolia. R.I.P first passport.
Stamps in order:
Paris, France
London, England
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Madrid, Spain
Rome, Italy
Nairobi, Kenya
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Montreal, Canada
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Prague, Czech Republic
Nassau, Bahamas
Milan, Italy
San Miguel Allende, Mexico
Havana, Cuba
London, England
Cardiff, Wales
Dublin, Ireland
Seoul, South Korea
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Rome, Italy
#85 Done
Posted on September 9, 2018
#85: Go to the mountains
Spent the day in Wrightwood, CA soaring above the treetops.
#13 in Progress
Posted on September 7, 2018
#13. Try 10 of Gold’s top 101 LA Restaurants
Barbette in West Hollywood. A traditional but delicious French Bistro.
It was a 4lb plus Labor Day Weekend
Posted on September 3, 2018
Need to return to the discipline this week.
#13 in Progress
Posted on September 2, 2018
#13: Try 10 of Gold’s top 101 LA Restaurants
Cheat day at Pizzana in Brentwood. Great, but Desano’s and Barones are still tops in LA.
Dinner at Eveleigh
Posted on August 23, 2018
Eight years later, we finally tried Eveleigh. Celebrated the end of our friend’s daughter’s internship with us.
#21 Done
Posted on August 20, 2018
PJ from henry james on Vimeo.
#21: Go to Wrigley
I envisioned a game, but this was way better. Favorite band. Favorite venue.
Gene and Judes
Posted on August 18, 2018
IMG_4258 from henry james on Vimeo.
Always the first stop in Chicago.
Posted on August 16, 2018
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com | August 15, 2018 10:30 AM
Nineteen days are all that remain on the full-season Minor League calendar.
Last Friday, Toolshed blended some individual accomplishments with team goals to look at which prospects could have a major impact on playoff races across the Minors. This time, the column keeps its focus squarely on the players themselves.
While the Major League landscape focuses on which NL Rookie of the Year candidates will pull away (seriously, how good have Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña Jr. been?) or who might beat out the injured Mike Trout in the AL MVP race, this Toolshed looks at the statistical races happening across Minor League leaderboards. Some are well-known (like a certain Blue Jays prospect’s chase for a special batting average). Others less so. One thing’s for sure — these storylines will add even more excitement over the final three weeks of an already memorable season.
ERA
Leader: Alex Fagalde, 1.42
Contenders: David Parkinson (1.51), Osvaldo Hernandez (1.81), Garrett Whitlock (1.85), Ramon Rosso (1.86)
Fagalde was a 30th-round pick out of UC Riverside last year but has made his first full Minor League season a potentially special one. The 24-year-old right-hander has allowed just one earned run over his last six starts (36 innings), good enough for a 0.25 ERA in that span, to claim this spot. Even since moving from Class A Peoria to Class A Advanced Palm Beach, he’s only given up the one earned run in 18 frames, striking out 17 and walking three. Of course, one even OK start could change the leaderboard here, as Parkinson learned when he gave up two earned runs in five innings for Class A Advanced Clearwater last Friday, causing his ERA to “jump” from 1.41 to 1.51 and thus moving him out of the top spot.
This isn’t just his level either, he leads the entire minor league system.
#19 Still Going
Posted on August 10, 2018
#19 Read 8 Non Fiction Books
A pretty good historical fiction noir novel. Heard the Eric Larson true story of the same name is better.
#29 Done
Posted on August 5, 2018
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#29. Go to five live music venues in LA
Gypsy Kings at The Greek makes five.
1.Hollywood Bowl
2.Saban
3.The Forum
4. Hotel Cafe
5. The Greek
Posted on August 1, 2018
After tying the franchise record with seven straight strikeouts, Alex and his 1.63 era was promoted to Class A Advanced in Palm Beach.
Posted on August 1, 2018
Back home after a 36 hour Tuesday. Time to try out all of these Korean beauty products.
Late night performance
Posted on July 30, 2018
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Performance 3 from henry james on Vimeo.
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The last performer specializes in traditional throat singing. Pretty remarkable.
#39 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
dinner from henry james on Vimeo.
#39: See a sunset
Celebrated our final night with a dinner at the Flaming Cliffs at sunset.
#4 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
#4. Do something I wouldn’t do if not for this blog
A woman ladeled the warm fermented mare’s milk into a bowl and passed it around to the men, who for the most part lacked basic dental hygene. The woman then handed the bowl to me and like a good traveler, I drank. It tasted like sour milk. I kept it down and knocked another thing off the list.
#48 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
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#48: Visit something ancient
Havtsgait Valley, site of ancient rock drawings left by early Gobi settlers for more than 15,000-40,000 years ago.
Visited a Nomadic Family’s Ger
Posted on July 30, 2018
The nomads live in mobile gers throughout the Gobi. They move around with their livestock in search of food. The winter averages temps of 40 below zero, so I’m still not sure how they survive. They take in any visiter, so we were welcomed with milk tea and sweets. Even when they are not at their ger, they leave it unlocked with food and drink ready in case another nomad is passing through.
Excavating Dino
Posted on July 30, 2018
82 of the 400 dinosaur species have been found here. There are fossils everywhere. With the help of our guide, we found a very large dinosaur fossil and began to excavate before we thought better of it.
Our Yearly Playlist 