Thai Patio

Green Papaya Salad


Pad See Ewe


Crispy Pork Salad


Pad Thai


Our tribe eats.


Crispy Mango Trout


Panang Chicken


Passing plates.


Grilled beef


The Crew: David, Alyssa, Bob, Ted, Gerry, George and Gary.

It's Always Sunny In L.A.

L.A. in the rain.


A nice croissant and cappuccino at Intelligentsia Silver Lake.


Old Haunts: Picking up swag at Panavision Hollywood.


New hotness: Canon 7D video rig with matte box and follow focus ring at Birns & Sawyer.


The Double Down at KFC - tastes like chicken.


Settling in across from the Viper Room.


A beautiful smoke at the Cuban Seed Cigar Company.


The Porn King prepares pre-Laphroaig scotch.


The Bob, The Gerry and The Ted are in town from Honolulu, Baltimore and Atlanta, respectively.

ChoSun Galbee

Awaiting the arrivals.


More beer.


Christine watches the condiments.


Raw beef.


Beef tongue.


Kalbi Chigae


Cooking meats.





Feeling the pinch.


Galbee

Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down

Pad Thai with chicken and shrimp.


Chicken Curry Rice.


Pondering where to begin.

BGA Party

J from Norway and Shawna from Oklahoma. How nice.

Easily one of the premiere events of the USBC/SCAA is the BGA Barista Party. As always, it's drunken revelry edging on hedonistic pleasures. For me, it's a good way to catch up with all the people whom I didn't have the chance to speak with over the weekend.

Unlike most SCAA shows, I haven't been spending much time around the official events and parties. Other events get in the way, plus the distance one has to travel just to go anywhere means that you may or may not make it to that event or party you thought about attending earlier.


Andrea Piccolo


Anya Sereda


Sammy Piccolo looking a little worse for wear.

Salo This!

Polly with pickled cucumber and garlic peanuts.


Kare Kare.


Crispy Pata.


Al and Polly share buko juice.


Pancit Bihon.


Beef Caldereta.


Lucy...


Lucy...


And Lucy.

SCAA Expo - Day Three

Ana Cappuccino at the Mexico booth.


Chris Baca measures his milk before the USBC Finals.


Hawaii favorite Pete Licata prepares samples of his candied bacon and milk chocolate.


Pair this with a vanilla affogato and you've got a winner.


Ran into Begona again with her cigar maker husband, Bent, who kindly gave me one of his "owner" cigars.