When I was 10 my 5th grade class piled onto a bus and headed for the Exploratorium in San Francisco. I sat next to Wesley, who let me borrow his jacket and hold his hand. Upon entering the museum our class spread out. Some went to see a cow’s eye being dissected. Others stuck their [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Hello Wine Lovers!
Hello Wine Lovers tonight April 28 at 5 pm the tasting is a challenge between two areas of the world with the same types of wine. Meritage from the United States, vs European Blended Red wine. Yes Bordeaux will be involved !. The players in tonight’s competition will be as follows. Estancia Meritage from Paso [...]
BREAKFAST AT BOTTEGA LOUIE FROM BEGINNING TO END
Foreword by Stan Lerner: the following short story “Breakfast At Bottega Louie” is a work of fiction, written as a novella, meant to give the blog reader a unique literary experience. In essence “Breakfast at Bottega Louie” is a love story that examines the intersection and repair of two broken lives. I present to you [...]
Wontons and Hipsters
Bummed from missing the last art walk downtown, I was primed and ready to gallery crawl when I caught wind of Chinatown’s art walk. The only two ‘walks’ I have ever frequented have been Downtown L.A.’s and Chelsea’s in Manhattan. While both are versatile, brilliantly energetic, I didn’t mind adding another art walk under my [...]
Follow the Bouncing Ball
My apologies for being M.I.A as of late. I’ve been recovering from a classic case of foot-in-mouth syndrome. NBA Playoffs – Where Admitting You’re Wrong Happens.
The Lakers haven’t let me down. They lead the Jazz 2-1 after three games. And their only loss? Oh, that came care of the sensational Derron Williams. He is the [...]
BREAKFAST AT BOTTEGA LOUIE PART FOUR
Foreword by Stan Lerner: the following novella “Breakfast At Bottega Louie” is a work of fiction meant to give the blog reader, YOU, a unique literary experience. “Breakfast at Bottega Louie” is a love story that examines the intersection and repair of two broken lives. I am writing it daily and will post it as [...]
TOWN HALL FROM FLANIGAN TO FRIEDMAN
It’s Friday and I showed just a bit late to Bottega Louie for breakfast, which in my case is a cappuccino. Why I let the annoying guys at the bar buy me drinks I do not know, but it did make them go from annoying to down right pleasant in a matter [...]
GET THE RIGHT GUY
Foreword by Stan Lerner: Because it is before the weekend and downtownster has a considerable number of female readers, I’ve decided to post the following excerpt from my very funny novella “Get The Right Guy”. Ladies if you like this blog and desire to buy the novella you may do so at http://www.gettherightguy.com or as [...]
Dear Boss — Letter From The Intern
Dear Boss,
Given that as LA-natives we all hail from the land of eternal spring, it is hard to wrap our heads around the idea of actually seasons. However, London is definitely a city that boasts all four, with spring and summer being irrefutably the most becoming. The changes in attitude in the city anytime a ray of sunshine is [...]
French Quarter Fest – Part II
We had dinner at Café Amelie on Royal, a quaint courtyard establishment that served a perfect duck and had a bottle of wine that I’d only previously drank at Magnolia on Sunset, an Evolution from Oregon that is just splendid. We drank coffee and took in the sounds of the night, the entire day slowly [...]
