Things just aren’t getting any better for me on the Los Angeles restaurant scene. One of my favorite higher end restaurants, Bin 8945, is closing down tonight. I first went there on a whim with my friends, J-Unit and Jash. It was almost a year ago — March 2007 — and the meal served as an impromptu …
Author Archives: Ben Mandelker
Look Up, Look Down, All Around — Satellite!!
Great news, Chicken Little fans! The sky is falling! Well, not so much the sky as big, heavy objects in the sky. Turns out that one of our spy satellites up and lost power, which means that at this moment, it’s plummeting towards Earth, sure to land on one lucky citizen’s head! Don’t worry though: …
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Cougar Attack in Hollywood!
While I was out the other night, I came across that most exciting of encounters: a cougar trapping some young, innocent prey into her dangerous clutches. Of course, I did what any good samaritan would do in that situation: I busted out my camera. Now for those of you who don’t know what a “cougar” …
The Further Decline of Cha Cha Cha
Just weeks after having been unceremoniously (and unforgivably) shut down, beloved neighborhood restaurant Cha Cha Cha has been stripped of its exterior charm, thus rendering its facade a blank, white shell of its former self. I guess this is the way rock enthusiasts felt when Nickelback showed up on the scene. Nevertheless, this was all …
Pharrell: The Second Coming of Zero Mostel?
N.E.R.D.H. — No One Ever Really Dances the Hora Here’s a story I think we can all raise a glass of Manischewitz to. Recently, hip-hop singer and über-producer Pharrell stumbled upon an Orthodox Jewish wedding and was so fascinated by the proceedings that he decided to hang-out and watch. The families then invited him to …
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SPOTTED! Family of Desperate Housewives Star Creates Unbearable Chaos in Otherwise Calm Restaurant!!!!
Which Desperate Housewives husband who was formerly on Melrose Place and whose last name is part of the phrase “idiot-savant” was spotted chowing down at Zeke’s Smokehouse with his family and friends — nearly twenty-four hours before his appearance on the Screen Actors Guild Awards? I’ll give you a hint: his first name rhymes with “dug.” …
More Crabs Than You Can Handle On A Monday
So THIS is what happens when Kim Kardashian opens her legs…
HOT MESS OF THE DAY: Miss America Edition
High definition does not treat Miss America well. Take, for example, the sad case of Miss Michigan, who after winning the title of Miss America 2008, was assaulted by kisses from her fellow pageant queens, thus leaving her face a hot mess of lipstick. Of course, no one bothered to wipe any of it off …
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Is It Ever Too Early?
It’s always dangerous for me to go to drug stores because I usually emerge with some impulsively purchased piece of candy. Yesterday, I found myself staring down a box of Cadbury Creme Eggs, and I had to ask myself: is January too early to partake in an Easter confection? And am I a bad Jew? …
My Prayers Have Been Answered: Behold, Wii Agatha Christie!!!!
We’ve seen Wii bowling, Wii boxing, Wii tennis, Wii baseball, Wii cooking, Wii fishing, and just about any other Wii-gerund you can think of, but none compare to this: WII AGATHA CHRISTIE! I don’t know who thought of mixing the titillating joys of this beloved mystery writer with the crowd-pleasing splendors of the Wii, but …
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