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June 3, 2013
Summer Night’s Dream Sale
The e-book versions of The Darkening Dream will be on sale for only 99 cents this week until Friday June 7th! Take the plunge, it’s certainly a great deal.
Buy it on Amazon!
Tweet, share, like, follow, blog and grab a copy of my book.
Also, on the publishing front, The Audiobook versions for both my novels are in production and am finished with the fourth draft of the Untimed screenplay!
About The Darkening Dream
As the Nineteenth Century gives way to the Twentieth, modern science and steel girder...
June 2, 2013
Game of Thrones – Episode 29
Title: Game of Thrones
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Watched: Episode 29 – June 2, 2013
Title:The Rains of Castamere
Summary: Darkness descends
ANY CHARACTER HERE
As much as this season is about marriage and The Rains of Castamere centers on the second of three weddings, the episode is more about the breaking of oaths than the keeping of them. The sundering of possibilities than the forming of them. This is a dark dark segment, probably the darkest yet.
Like last week, the writers have narrowed thenarra...
May 30, 2013
Where in the world is Yanbian?
Restaurant: Yanbian Restaurant
Location:4251 W 3rd St.Los Angeles,CA90004.(213) 383-5959
Date: May 21, 2013
Cuisine: Yanbian Chinese
Rating: Great food, incredible deal!
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Until a few weeks ago I hadn’t heard of Yanbian, an autonomous prefecture in the borderlands between China and Korea. But like any place, it has its own regional cuisine, and LA, being rich in Asian culture has at least onerestaurantspecializing in the area. My Hedonist group has been here several times, but this is my first visi...
May 28, 2013
Phong Dinh – Hedonists go Vietnamese
Restaurant: Phong Dinh
Location:2643 San Gabriel Blvd Rosemead, CA 91770.(626) 307-8868
Date: May 19, 2013
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Rating: Excellent!
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The parade of culinary adventures with my Hedonist club continues as we hit the San Gabriel Valley again, this time for some authentic Vietnamese.
The interior is nothing to write home about.
From my cellar:2011 Domaine Collotte Bourgogne Rosé Marsannay. This is one of my go-to roses, as it’s all Pinot Noir from Burgundy. A wonderful sunny weather wine, i...
May 24, 2013
Oblivion Obfuscated
Title: Oblivion
Cast:Tom Cruise(Actor),Morgan Freeman(Actor),Joseph Kosinski(Director)
Genre: Science Fiction
Watched: May 16, 2013
Summary:Tried really hard and mostly worked
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I try to see most, if not all, Science Fiction and fantasy films. The buzz around Oblivion slanted it as cerebral, more character and less action oriented. All good by me. I crave Science Fiction films that can live up to good science fiction prose. I demandBlade Runner and Aliens. Last year, I had to be satisfied withProme...
May 22, 2013
Epic Hedonism at Totoraku
Location:10610 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064.
Date: May 15, 2013
Cuisine: Japanese Yakiniku
Rating: Best beef in town!
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About twice a year my Hedonist group takes over Totoraku. It serves a very refined version of Japanese Yakiniku, which is Beef BBQ originally from Korea but filtered through Japanese sensibility.
This time we “bought out” the wholerestaurant, bringing 28 people and well over 30 wines of incredible quality. So popular is this event that at least 5...
May 20, 2013
Game of Thrones – Episode 28
Title: Game of Thrones
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Watched: Episode 28 – May 18, 2013
Title:Second Sons
Summary: Really great character work
ANY CHARACTER HERE
Marriage has been aconsistenttheme this season and as we close in on the end this episode centers around the first of the three pending weddings. The title, Second Sons, adds to this theme. We have at least four featuring in this episode: the Hound, the mercenary band itself, Tyrion, and Stannis.
In a structural sense, this is a very cohesive e...
May 16, 2013
Timeless Tiramisu
Herein I set out to create the ultimate tiramisu – everything is basically from scratch. The cheese, the creme, the lady fingers. I tried to use the best ingredients and recreate that richness and subtlety of secondary flavor that is the hallmark of great Italian desserts.
By far the most complex thing in real Tiramisu (which is a complex 2-3 day dessert) is the creme filling. It consists of four different components:
The Mascarpone
Mascarpone is one of the simplest cheeses going, although it’s...
May 14, 2013
Amarone at Oliverio
Restaurant: Oliverio
Location:9400 W Olympic Blvd.Beverly Hills,CA90212.(310) 407-7791
Date: May 8, 2013
Cuisine: Italian
Rating: Awesome Amarone
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The summer Hedonist season is heating up and brings us to the Avalon Hotel’s poolside Italian, Oliverio for a special Amarone dinner.
Theatmosphereis tres LA and top notch.
Sharon holds down are giant table before the festivities begin.
This is our custom menu, but as you’ll see below we nearly doubled the number of courses!
2010 Giovanni Almondo Roero Arne...
May 12, 2013
Game of Thrones – Episode 27
Title: Game of Thrones
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Watched: Episode 27 – May 12, 2013
Title:The Bear and the Maiden Fair
Summary:Not 1, not 2, but 3 dragons, a bear, and lots of queenly tush!
ANY CHARACTER HERE
This week we have the annual George R. Martin episode, written by Georgi son of Gimli himself.
Jon- Evidently getting down the wall is a lot easier than getting up, because Jon, Ygritte and crew start off this episode on the green side. Also, one has to wonder, where did all the extra wildlings...
