Located right across the street from El Super Taco, Pili’s Tacos’ flashing lit sign and cozy interior charmed me and my companions immediately.
Author Archives: Jenae Cohn
Searching for tacos muy buenos
We live in a town known for its roving taco trucks and hole-in-the-wall urban taco shacks, so there is little excuse to consume any kind of subpar Mexican cuisine such as Taco Bell or Westwood’s Acapulco. But why stick to familiar, subdued flavors when a whole lot more spice and a lively restaurant experience is not much farther away?
Modern home design becomes art
There is absolutely no way to miss the big blue whale, otherwise known as the Pacific Design Center, on Melrose Avenue.
Olvera Street offers slice of history
As soon as I saw the man in the window flip over sizzling bundles of taquitos in an open-aired vat of bubbling oil, I knew I had found where I wanted to eat that afternoon on Olvera Street.
Tribal fusion at Fowler
Expect more than finger-snapping, hip-shaking and two-piece costumes that look like rejects from the set of “I Dream of Jeannie” at today’s Tribal Fusion Belly Dance performance at the Fowler Museum.
La Brea Tar Pits offer mammoth fun
The Columbian mammoth roars. She feels her hooves sinking, the tar enveloping her ankles, pulling her deeper into the depths of the pits. Her baby at the edge of the tar pits squeals, but alas, it is useless.
USC’s campus is familiar, yet so different
I discovered a portal to an alternate universe, and it goes by three blood-red rivalry letters: USC.