Oscars Week 2017: My Picks
The red carpet is not actually red; it’s more like a burgundy. Get ready for the Oscars’ politically tinged acceptance speeches — and likely more than 45 minutes of advertising. Before I get to all of the tidbits around the Academy and the Dolby Theatre, I’ll bore you with my winners prognostication. Before you roll […]
Ordering Espresso in Madrid
Okay, so where am I? Madrid called me around the holidays (actually Spanish Television called to do a table read in the never-ending journal to get the Media Guy Struggles pilot made into something real – in any language) and I was all in. As is the case back home near Hollywood, I didn’t sleep […]
Summer Dining Series: Heavenly Kosher
The next great dining destination is just down the 101 Freeway, perfectly centered between downtown Los Angeles and Santa Barbara: Oxnard. Okay, so where am I? I am stuck in my Cohiba-soaked loft overlooking the hustle of the City of Angels. Crumpled sheets of typewriter paper building in the trashcan. Another assignment staring me down; […]
Penang: The Virgin Paradise
There’s something cooking in Malaysia’s virgin paradise, better known as Penang Island. Start with Kek Lok Si Buddhist Temple and never look back. As a matter of fact, eating is the single topic on everyone’s tongue from the minute you hit the beautiful tropical island. Despite its British roots—under British rule since its sultan gave […]
Experience the Le Gray, Beirut
CampbellGray Hotels is a mad scientist when it comes to hypothesizing potential hotel destinations and while their latest seems the craziest of them all, it isn’t. The Le Gray Beirut was referred by a colleague on my trek through Lebanon in 2011 replete with all of the hyperbole you might expect from a seasoned travel […]
Huge Food – What’s a Media Guy to Do?
Blueberry Muffin Then: 1.5 ounces, 210 calories Now: 5 ounces, 500 calories I ran across Katie Robbins who’s a writer for Psychology Today, theatlantic.com, LA Weekly, among others and she had some choice words for the food preparers of America. Her take is simple: Why are we being fed so much?! “With bucket-sized […]
