food blogging

I have just discovered the LA Food Blog where I can read about places I can't go. There are a couple of reasons my pleasure remains vicarious: 1. Money (although the blog covers plenty of cheap eats) 2. Distance (Irvine is just far away from LA and the traffic just bad enough to make one feel daunted by venturing on the 5 or 405 for a simple meal. 3. Family Lifestyle (Leo is very patient and tolerant with us, but we've weaned ourselves from restaurants more or less after we released that they were a kid's idea of hell for a long time -- loud, restricted movement, sometimes dirty floors, surly waitstaff or disapproving clientele.


Meanwhile, I have been thinking of penning a letter to the Irvine Company cluing them in on the fact that if they really want to attract young, creative, bo bo types to this area, they might think of letting in something more than franchises into their endlessly bland strip malls. But maybe they don't want bo bo's with their gay tolerant free wheeling ways to invade this part of the OC. Maybe they prefer the conservative work force with their limited palates.