Misa Campo

Beauty and Booty.  Taco and Titty.  I love them all.  In my search for perfection, let me introduce you to the Titty of the Week:  Misa Campo.  

1/2 Filipino, 1/2 Dutch Canadian (whatever that means) Misa is most famous for her work at car shows.  You know those asians love them some asian car show girl.  Besides that, she's been in Maxim.  Good job girl.  

PS-  With a name like Campo, the father must've been Filipino.  Good work on nabbing yourself a Dutchie.  

El Super Taco ~ Santa Monica

This place sorta just snuck up on me.  Good thing I was in the right turn lane when I noticed the big El Super Taco sign on the side, or else I would've just kept driving by.  There was a time when I always had my eye's open, visually aware of any spot that could get skate'd up.  Now, it seems, my eyes are tuned to the taco.

El Super Taco

I ordered myself two tacos (asada & carnitas).   In hopes of getting served chips, I overly did the salsa bit, as you can see.  But, no chips.  I was a bit displeased.

The asada was excellent.  It came in small chunks that were very soft in texture, with no lack of flavor from the grill.  The charred bits were salty, but not too salty, just how I like it.  

The carnitas was of the roasted type.  I could tell that it was simmered for a long period of time, giving it the pulled pork texture, but after the roasting, it became a bit hard.  Not overly hard where it was bad...just not the soft, juicy braised carnitas I'm used to and love.  

With a new location opening up close to my apartment, I will be sure to head back there for the torta's.  Apparently its their selling point, because on the front of the menu you can see a torta sitting in a pannini grill waiting to get grilled.  Mmmmm, I love me some torta's!

Pro's

-Salsa Bar

-served with grilled onions

Con's

-Chips not included

Taco's ~ $1.25  Torta's ~ $5.99

11300 W. Pico Blvd.  Los Angeles, CA  90064

Tacomiendo, Again. ~ Culver City

With my first time there being a mediocre experience, I was excited to give this place another try. How can you deny homemade tortilla's?

I placed my order of 1 taco abodaba and set off for the salsa bar. There I noticed a couple hipster's in the back. Ol' girl was lookin good eating those tacos with her stunner shade's on indoors. I think she liked my shirt cause she kept staring at it. Good ole purple...always doin me good.

I've never had abodaba. So before I left my apartment, I checked out some good recipes so I knew what to expect. Being a rookie to the marinated pork game, I can say that Tacomiendo has an abodaba worth trying. The pork was sauteed then stewed in a red chili sauce, which gives it a soft texture and super flavorful bite. I topped it with onions and cilantro and doused the meat with salsa verde, which complimented the heat from the marinade with the mild coolness of the verde.

Oh, and my tortilla was nice and warm this time. Good job Tacomiendo. You now have yourself one more fan.

Taco's ~ $2.50

Tacomiendo ~ 4502 Inglewood Blvd. Culver City, CA 90230

Time Warner Commercial. Kyle

I can't stand you Kyle.  Watching your commercial makes me angry.  I get confused and can't handle myself.  I start cussing and questioning things; I don't know why.  You and your ridiculously plucked eyebrows and your well timed head movements that go along with that annoying voice of yours is like having scalding hot water thrown all over my body.  You made me do this Kyle.  I hope you're happy with yourself.

If you would also like to have kyle bug you...go ahead and press play on the video below.  Enjoy!

M & S Pharmacy

Need a new pharmacy?  Tired of the iTunes / iPod style pharmacies like CVS and RiteAid?  Give M & S a try!  You probably won't even need a prescription for that refill of vicadin you've been waiting for.

On the corner of Centinela & Greene ave  Culver City,  CA  90066

Don Felix Meat Market ~ Culver City

A very unassuming place, I have driven up and down sawtelle so many times and whizzed right by it...never giving it a second thought. 

That was dumb.  This place is a three in one convenient store/ carneceria (meat market) /restaurant.  My dumb ass didn't walk through to the meat market while waiting for my meal.  I will be back though...the food was that good.  

Don Felix

I walk in on the side where the restaurant was at and stood dumbfounded.  I see a menu...ok, thats good, I see a doorway to a kitchen...ok, thats good too, then I see a girl at a register to the far left by the market.  Confused, I'm like... "where the fuck do I place my order?"  I ask the girl and she gladly let me know that she would take the order.  Relieved, I order myself 1 carnitas taco and a torta de carne asada.  Both with their "famous" habanero sauce.  She gives me my receipt and I quietly wait by the side.  I start watching the tele for a couple min's and she's like, "Oh, go give your receipt over there" she pointed at the doorway to the kitchen.  At this point I feel like a serious newb.  Embarrased I give my receipt and once again wait for my food.  

Finally I get my food.  It's funny cause homeboy must've thought I knew spanish cause he was all about it with me.  Good thing I know just enough to get by, I shoot the shit for a couple seconds...get a chuckle outta gordo and head for outdoor seating.

I was a little disappointed my meal didn't come with chips, but that quickly went away after my first bite into the carnitas taco.   So moist and tender, I picked up a stray piece on my plate and it literally buckled under the soft pressure of my finger tips.  You can tell they properly simmer the fatty cut of shoulder meat for a long period of time, which gives the taco its soft, moist consistency.   As for their famous Salsa Roja, it wasn't as spicy as I have previously read.  But good enough for me.

The torta de asada was good...not great.  The meat was very tender, with the flavors heightened by the sour cream, guacamole and frijoles.  What really gets me everytime with a good torta is the bread.  I don't know what it is, but the bread they use...soo good.  This place must bake their own cause I could have literally eaten the bread by itself.  It was very warm and soft in the inside, with the outsides equally as hot and crispy.  

Next time I come back, I'm gonna make sure to try out their milanesa torta.  As well as a heffty order of carnitas.

Pro's

-Meat Market/Mexican Convenient Store

-Big menu at inexpensive prices

Con's

-Chip's not included

-Could be a bit confusing for a first timer

Taco's @ 1.25,  Torta's @ 3.99

Don Felix Meat Market ~ 3985 Sawtelle Blvd.  Culver City, Ca 90066.

  

Paloma Selestial & Tacomiendo pt 1 ~ Culver City

I finally made my way to Tacomiendo last night.   LA Taco and Bandini at Taco Hunt make this place sound like a fuckin treasure chest here in the westside.  But on my way there a parked taco truck piqued my interest.  Look's like taco's before my taco's tonite.

Paloma Selestial

Talk about piss poor experience.  This place had the potential to really make my night, even more so than Tacomiendo could have.  The truck itself wasn't decked out with a fat mural of an Aztec warrior or anything, but it had the essentials.  Buche, cabeza, lengua, asada, pastor, pollo and even pescado taco's.  It had drinks on ice and an assortment of sides like chips and candy and such.  I order my taco's (dos taco's de asada) and wait quietly by the side while two mexican's eye me like, wtf is this guy doing here?  Is he mexican or something? He's brown so he might be.  Anyways, I get my taco's and take a seat on the curb and experience some poorly done taco's.

As you can see, this place has potential to make some good taco's.  But mediocrity becomes them.  The meat came to me cold.  I got two different salsa's, which were basically shit when compared to the greats.  On top of that, I think this place gave me the shits.  Come on now?  Really?

Pro's

-Potential for improvement

Con's

-Gave me the shits.

Taco's ~ 1.25

Paloma Selestial ~ Inglewood Blvd in front of Braddack Center, Culver City, CA

Tacomiendo

I was really excited when I arrived at Tacomiendo, especially after that shit show at Cemita's.  As I walk in I see a girl at the window making tortilla's.  Homemade tortillas!  So.Fucking.Awesome.  From previous research, I knew the taco's were big, so I just grabbed one carne asada taco.

Waiting for my taco's, I headed to the salsa bar to get my shit straight before my meal hit the table.  It had the essentials, pico de gallo, a verde/pico de gallo hybrid, a smokey salsa roja, and onions and cilantro, also the other shit I usually dont touch.  

Everything here seemed cooked to order, a plus.  But when I finally took that bite, the meat was on the dry side.  But at least it was hot.  The charred edges really added another flavor to the meat, a good thing, tasted like fire from the grill ya know?  

The homemade tortilla wasn't as hot as I would've liked.  Maybe that's why I wasn't so impressed by it.  After all the raving about it on the net, I expected a bit more.  

The salsa roja had a smokey flavor with a delayed heat reaction, tasting it in my mouth even after I left the place.  The salsa verde/pico de gallo collab was really good.  It was a nice topping that cooled down the lean grilled asada meat. 

Overall, I would have to give this place a 3 outta 5 mexican worker mark.  Even after my shitty experience with Paloma's, you would think a place like this with said qualities would have blown my mind.  But it didn't.  Maybe another night Tacomiendo.  

Pro's

-Homemade Tortilla's

-Free Beans at salsa bar

-Generous sized taco's

Con's  

-Chips were a bit on the hard side.

Taco's ~ 2.50

Tacomiendo ~ 4502 Inglewood Blvd.  Culver City, CA

Blade Runner Obsessed Developer Plans Giant Moving Billboards ~ DTLA

Here's an article from a favorite blog of mine, LA Taco.  Hopefully dude follows through.  I would even add suiting up all the bums, ala Demolition Man.  

By Eric Redson

According to developer Sonny Astanti’s website, what downtown needs is a more futuristic look:

That is the world of “Blade Runner,” Ridley Scott’s 1982 film set in a futuristic dystopia. It is also an obsession of a real estate developer, Sonny Astani, who hopes to evoke those atmospherics by affixing rows of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to the facades of his two newest condominium towers in downtown Los Angeles.

“That movie really hit a chord with me,” Mr. Astani, 55, said with a broad smile. “It was beautiful.”

On a recent afternoon in his Beverly Hills office, he held up digital renderings of the two buildings, the geisha’s face from “Blade Runner” superimposed on their facade

People are lining up to condemn the idea, citing light pollution, too m any advertisements as it is, driver distraction etc. Others, however, love the idea and think it would bring LA into the future where it belongs. The article quoted above is from July of last year, does anyone out there know the fate of the development and the signs?

Johnnie's Pastrami ~ Culver City

I've always enjoyed sinking my teeth into a fat pastrami sandwich at Johnnie's.  The 4in thick mound of meat in that french roll has my mouth watering everytime.  Yet, I have a couple mixed feelings about this place.   

Johnnie's Pastrami

Situated among taco great's Tito's Taco's and Cinco De Mayo, Johnnie's Pastrami has been doing business since 1952.  With that said, they have a legion of devout followers who swear by the place.  I myself at times has said they are the best pastrami place in LA.  But there's two type's of pastrami's, the deli style and the greasy spoon style.  Johnnie's is the latter.  Arguably the best of that style.  Here are some pics of a recent visit.

The sandwich comes on a french roll that perfectly compliment's the meat.  The airyness of the bread really soaks up the juice the pastrami stew's in, leaving you the option of not putting on any condiments, just how I like it.  The pastrami itself is done sooo proper.  Super tender, super juicy and the perfect amount of fat from the brisket.  It's like biting into butter.  

At 10 dollar's a pop, you better expect that they're gonna slab a mound of that goodness onto your sandwich.  Which brings me to my mixed review.  10 dollars?  Damn dog, that's plenty of money.  That's not including fries and a drink.  The best way to do this place is come with a friend, split the fries and get yourselves a couple drinks,  and the check is gonna be 15 dollars each.  So, if you have the money and you really want to treat yourself, head to Johnnie's with a friend and do the soft spoon greasy pastrami style right.  

Pro's

-Arguably the best greasy pastrami in LA

-Laid back, old style diner atmosphere

-Free refills

Con's

-Price @ $10.25

-Sometimes inconsistent in quality

Johnnie's Pastrami ~ 4017 Sepulveda Blvd  Culver City, CA  90230

Commercial Girls.

My cousin Patrick and I have had this ongoing argument about which of these two girls is hotter.  Obviously it comes down to preference, but that doesn't slow down our continious assault on each others choice. So let's get to it.  

My vote:  Secret Deodorant girl.  

While searching for the vid, I stumbled upon a number of hate site's and threads soley dedicated to people's violent fantasies towards my girl. For example:

"I HATE THIS COMMERCIAL SO MUCH.

I want to punch her in the face.

I would get out of that police car, beat her, then drive over her."

Wow.  Take it ez bud.

And Patrick's vote:  Sunchips Girl.

I didn't find any hate sites for this one, but did find a couple threads dedicated to how hot she is. 

Whatever the case, my girl reigns supreme. Sunchips girl has thick ass eyebrows like some old fat russian dude in the cold ( @ :28). My girl might be annoying, but its a fucking commercial, its supposed to be silly. Get over it.  

PS-I don't have an armpit fetish.

Mariscos Tatiana's ~ Mar Vista

I had myself a taco truck experience last night.  I wish I would have written this right when I got home, the experience and the smell of taco was still fresh on my fingertips.  But you know what?  I was drunk.  I got home, drank some water, washed my hands a couple times...then crashed.  So here's my attempt at rehashing last nights wonderful experience.

The night started proper.   I got myself  a bottle of Jack Daniels and flasked it the whole night with a friend in Venice @ the Townhouse.  For some reason we got talking about food and of course, hunger became a top priority.  Driving home my intentions were to stop at Cinco De Mayo, the 24 hour favorite in Culver City, when I noticed this taco truck on the corner of Venice and Centinela.  Drunk me said, "Fuck yea!"  I made a drunken abrupt stop at the corner (thank you God for not placing any cops in my vicinity)  and made my way to the truck.  

I ordered myself dos tacos de carne, para llevar.  I started talking to the girl who took my order and started frontin' it, saying im a blogger and how I was super excited because I've never been to this spot before.  I could tell she wasn't impressed, but that's when I heard that sound.  Pssshhhhh...The sound of meat being thrown on the grill.  Let me tell you, that's one of my all time favorite sounds in cooking.  After a couple minutes of shooting the shit with chica, she handed me my taco's and I set off for the bench.

My first bite was close to heaven.  Granted, I was blown on herbals and Jack all night, but shit...the feeling was still real.  The carne was piping hot and greasy/juicy...just how I like it.  The salsa roja was excellent...spicy and flavorful.  And you know its legit when you have to wash your hands more than once to get the stink off.

I read this morning on taco hunt that the meat was already cooked and they just throw it back on when someone ordered.  I have no problems with this.  Maybe I'm just a rookie in the taco game, but at the same time, I know when something taste good.  With the aforementioned, the taco's were on par with my standards, cooked twice or not.  You know how many taqueria's have meat that's already cooked and sitting in a heat pan?  Almost all of them.  

Pro's

-Salsa Roja

-Taco's @ 1 dollar

Con's

-The bad review from Taco Hunt.  Tatiana, you better step up that game...he's a heavy hitter in the taco blog community.

Mariscos Tatiana ~ On the southeast corner of Venice blvd and Centinela, Mar Vista, Ca.

Where's Richard Simmons?

Who knows and who cares?  Check the new shit.  FlirtyGirl Fitness.  It's the new way to trick fat girls into thinking their product works.  

I'm into it. Good Job FlirtyGirl!

The Human Condition: Women

Here's a post from a friend on MySpace.  Funny shit...and I know women agree.

The Husband Store

A store​ that sells​ new husba​nds has opene​d in New York City,​ where​ a woman​ may go to choos​e a husba​nd.​ Among​ the instr​uctio​ns at the entra​nce is a descr​iptio​n of how the store​ opera​tes:​ 

You may visit​ this store​ ONLY ONCE!​ There​ are six floor​s and the value​ of the produ​cts incre​ase as the shopp​er ascen​ds the fligh​ts.​ The shopp​er may choos​e any item from a parti​cular​ floor​,​ or may choos​e to go up to the next floor​,​ but you canno​t go back down excep​t to exit the build​ing!​ 

So, a woman​ goes to the Husba​nd Store​ to find a husba​nd.​ 

On the first​ floor​ the sign on the door reads​:​ 

Floor​ 1 - These​ Men Have Jobs.​ 
She is intri​gued,​ but conti​nues to the secon​d floor​,​ where​ the sign reads​:​ 

Floor​ 2 - These​ Men Have Jobs and Love Kids.​ 
'​That'​s nice,​'​ she think​s,​ 'but I want more.​'​ So she conti​nues upwar​d.​ The third​ floor​ sign reads​:​ 

Floor​ 3 - These​ Men Have Jobs,​ Love Kids,​ and are Extre​mely Good Looki​ng.​
'​Wow,​'​ she think​s,​ but feels​ compe​lled to keep going​.​ She goes to the fourt​h floor​ and the sign reads​:​ 

Floor​ 4 - These​ Men Have Jobs,​ Love Kids,​ are Drop-​dead Good Looki​ng and Help With House​work.​ 'Oh, mercy​ me!' she excla​ims,​ 'I can hardl​y stand​ it!' Still​,​ she goes to the fifth​ floor​ and the sign reads​:​ 

Floor​ 5 - These​ Men Have Jobs,​ Love Kids,​ are Drop-​dead Gorge​ous,​ Help With House​work,​ and Have a Stron​g Roman​tic Strea​k.​ She is so tempt​ed to stay,​ but she goes to the sixth​ floor​,​ where​ the sign reads​:​ 

Floor​ 6 - You are visit​or 31,​456,​012 to this floor​.​ There​ are no men on this floor​.​ This floor​ exist​s solel​y as proof​ that women​ are impos​sible​ to pleas​e.​ Thank​ you for shopp​ing at the '​Husba​nd Store​'​.​ 



PLEAS​E NOTE:​ 
To avoid​ gende​r bias charg​es,​ the store​'​s owner​ opene​d a 'New Wives​'​ store​ just acros​s the stree​t.​ 

The first​ floor​ has wives​ that love sex. 

The secon​d floor​ has wives​ that love sex and like beer.​ 

The third​ floor​ has wives​ that love sex, like beer and have money​.​ 

The fourt​h,​ fifth​ and sixth​ floor​s have never​ been visit​ed.​

The shit in between TV shows.

Commercials.  I hate em' mostly.  But sometimes there's a couple that break the hate barrier and enter the love territory,  but in the end are doomed to go back to the hate domain, mainly because they just waste my time.  

Case in point, Jim Beams newest campaign.  Fat, hairy degenerates everywhere are rejoicing.

First off, I loved it because it was smart, well catered to and superbly executed.  Shit, I already drink Jim on the rocks, now I can picture this PYT with the experience.  Thanks Jim.

Why I hate it?  Besides the fact that shit's played now, (trying watching a whole basketball game, you'll see this commercial at least 7 times) It's all an illusion.  Ahh advertising!  Smoke n mirrors you are!

My NBA All-Star Picks: West

I, like many other loyal NBA fans, voted for this year's all-star team.  Now, before you criticize, the team I picked was for the starting team I think would be the best against the east.  I really dont give a shit about the east btw.  West Coast = BEST COAST.

Chris Paul

Kobe Bryant

Ron Artest

Tim Duncan

Yao Ming

Everything looks about right, but you're thinking, RON ARTEST?  He's a proven defender, he can knock down the 3, which spreads the floor, and he's just a fuckin bad ass.  He'll punch your mom if she says su'in.  And you know what, I wouldn't mind Ron Artest giving a nice lil elbow to LeBron's pretty face.  

Prediction?  My heart says the West.  Buuut, I think the East has us again.  It's a good thing the All-Star game doesn't mean shit.  

PS- Fuk the Celtics

Counter-Strike: Source. N00b Heaven

Fuckin CSS.  Been spending a lot of time playing this game.  Anyways, just wanted to mark down my screen name and my spray.  cause its the shit.  

Black Power - Ranger - 

And my newest... in honor of one my favorite blogs.

LA Taco

That taco btw is from tito's in Gardena.  Not that wack shit here in Culver City...don't even get me started on Tito's here... I'll make sure to post something about them later.

first post.

Hi weblog.  This the first.  Maybe the last.  Let's see how long I'll be adding stuff to this thing.  

Initially, I started this blog for personal reasons.  I've found writing (more like typing) my thoughts down helps me remember certain times in my life.  Like when I went to Costa Rica in 2005.  But guess what?  I fuckin' deleted it from my MySpace page cause I'm random like that.  Definitely a regret.  On the positive side, I'm glad I didn't delete my entries about Philippines and Hong Kong.  I re-read them a couple weeks ago.  Why?  Because I have more time on my hands than a 14 year old asian kid in front of an Xbox.  Anyways, those entries, along with my recent activity on other peoples blogs, have inspired me to write one of my own. 

So its begins...