Andrew Simmons

Most people who are single and like to swill beer go to bars. They bump into each other and sometimes get married. Or not. One questions the need to over-formalize the process in a bar setting. But tomorrow, Thursday, July 21, Catch Matchmaking and the restaurant and beerhaus Steingarten will......

Update 11:50 a.m. 7/20/2011 - Mayor Manuel Lozano spoke before Obama about his work in Baldwin Park, along with James Gavin III, chairman of the Partnership for a Healthier America's Board of Directors. "We know this isn't going to be easy -- nothing we do ever is -- we cant......

As far as lemonade goes, you're probably not looking for the stuff you sold on the street as a kid. Unless your mom and pops had a forest of Meyer trees in the backyard and you possessed the preternatural patience and strength to squeeze enough of their fruits to fill......

The Place: Roosterfish, 1302 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice; 310-392-2123. The Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Daily. The Digs: A 2009 LA Weekly Best of Award entitled "Best Escape From West Hollywood" put it well: "Sometimes it's good, even necessary, to take a break from the glam and roar of gay nightlife......

Wales, that wee country that perches on England's lap, is known for its harpists and sheep. But if llanllyr SOURCE has its way, it will be adding organic water to its portfolio of admirable assets. For the past eleven years, the company has been sucking water from under its certified......

It's true. No one's ever scooped up a chicken wing, blistered and shaking off a livid hot sauce cloak, dragged it through a cup of creamy dressing, and, upon snapping it up, proclaimed: "Tastes like frog." On Saturday, July 16th, at the Outpost Frog Fry, a joint venture of good......

Located a few blocks past LACMA, just off Wilshire, Yuko Kitchen does a brisk lunch business slinging burrito-sized sushi rolls and massive salads with a Japanese bent. The servers are friendly and fashionable. On a recent visit, ours was wearing a giant stiff-brimmed black Yankees hat and white furry boots......

For us to eat meat, animals must croak. Nonetheless t-shirts, advertisements, and signs for restaurants and stores specializing in meat dishes as well as packaging for meat-based products routinely depict anthropomorphized pigs, cows, and chickens acting quite cheery about their position at the center of the plate. The blog Suicide......

Any smoker who has woken up on the couch clinging to a crusty fork and a mixing bowl that once contained a Paul Bunyan-sized portion of macaroni-and-cheese knows that marijuana makes you hungry. Led by Dr. Daniele Piomelli, UC Irvine researchers have discovered that fatty foods like macaroni-and-cheese, onion rings,......