Party madness this past Friday evening as my husband Lars DJ’d at his monthly residency at Moonshadows in Malibu. (Name sound familiar? Well, Moonshadows is the restaurant/bar where Mel Gibson was partying it up the night of his infamous run in with Malibu police a couple years ago.) This spot is always great times..outdoor deck lounge overlooking the pacific ocean, the crowd, amazing food, stiff drinks and of course the MUSIC.
We started by sitting outside at a table on the deck, overlooking the ocean, and enjoyed an incredible gourmet dinner from the Moonshadows restaurant. And then Lars got behind the DJ decks, dropping some sweet music to start out the beautiful early evening. Soon after his guest DJ for the evening, our very good friend Tony Watson and his lovely wife Angie showed up. Tony is one of my favorite DJ’s in LA and listening to him play is always a treat. Both Tony and Lars dropped some serious dope records throughout the night, never staying within a specific genre or style. As the night went on the place became more and more packed and soon the party was jumping and getting crazy. People were dancing, singing out loud and screaming. I’ve never seen Moonshadows get that nutty. All in all..although I was having a sober evening, (Lars drank plenty for the both of us… haha! ) I had a seriously good time and met some great new people.
Click on the image mosaic above and it will take you to my flickr set of all the photos both me and Lars took. Or you can view the slideshow.
I think I came across the site of ‘The Office of Design and Architecture’ a few times already, but this time I had to blog about one of their designs. Corn is great, boiled, grilled, broiled whichever. It’s even greater in a salad, but how do get the kernels off the cob? Usually a messy attempt to use a knife seems to be the solution. That’s where OXO (Kitchen tools etc) came in and asked TODA to design a handheld device to fulfill above mentioned task (if anyone has used one of these, does it work well with grilled corn as well?).
The Oxo Good Grips Corn Stripper 1128000
After spending a bit more time on their site, I saw that one of TODA’s offices is located in Hamburg, Germany (for those who don’t know, that’s where I used to live before I moved to Los Angeles). That put an extra smile on my face. Germans are known for clean and sleek design, right ? Moreover, the corn stripper appears to be very safe and easy to handle.
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Finally got out and had an evening to ourselves tonight, getting a well needed break from eating at my dad’s place. We went to one of the more popular restaurants here in San Salvador, La Pampa Argentina, a traditional Argentinian steakhouse famous for their churrasco style grilled steaks. I can honestly say it was one of the tastiest pieces of tenderloin steak I have ever had. So good and savory that it does not even need any type of sauce to flavor it. Although, an assortment of different salsas and sauces are placed on every table to choose from. My favorite was the chimichurri.
The place was packed, beautiful live music being played and the service was top notch. And what an absolute gorgeous setting, this 2-story ranch-style restaurant was perched atop a hill, with an open terrace overlooking the city. Check this… we had a seafood appetizer, two 8oz. steak entrees, which included both soup and salad plus baked potato & vegetables. We also drank 2 beers each and an espresso after dinner. Our total bill which included 10 percent gratuity, was a whopping $41.00. How sweet is that!! A bargain..at least for us touristos.
Ninjin, which means carrot in Japanese is one of my favorite sushi spots in LA. Lars and I have been going there at least once a week since they reopened.
Speaking of all things sushi.. Lars, my ’sushi-nerd’ husband, started a brand new sushi website/messageboard:
worstsushi.com/
A worldwide forum to share your best or worst sushi restaurant experiences.
