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Good idea for the cab ride, tipping the bellman, etc.

Absolutely correct. Althougth some cards have now added some sort of conversion/transaction charge that wasn't there before. Check your fine print. It's still just easier to card it.

Got your passport yet?

For wine with food, you should probably visit AOC, 8022 W. Third St, LA. Lots and lots of wine by the glass.

An admirable project. Hope it comes to fruition.

Add some booze and you've got Starsky and Hootch.

This one? click That's the one. They also have some less expensive Gaggias.

To follow up, it looks like Costco also has the Saeco Espresso Machine Magic De Luxe with 15 bar pump for $674.99.

Thanks for the details.

Off topic, but my father in law loves regaling me with tales of how rough things were in the old days when they only had coffee soup to eat. I guess it was a combo of coffee, milk and old bread. How enticing!

Michel Richard?

Costco's pushing something called Syncrony by Gaggia for $599.99. Is this a good deal or ???

I've been thru red wine phases, white wine phases, and back again. I'm on a red wine track for now.

On the Thai Town leg of your journey, you might consider a visit to Kruang Tedd Music & Thai Address: 5151 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Phone: (323) 667-9800 It's next door to Jumbo's Clown Room where Courtney Love was once (does she ever do anything once?) a stripper.

Maybe you could go totally Tiki themed. Mai Tais, pu pu platters, all things Polynesian.

Given the hood, try not to take this literally.

How would an innocent like you know this?

Interesting concept. If I tried this I'd probably never get past Amoeba. Magic Castle incidentally has awful food. Good magic tho. You might check The Juices Fountain on Vine. And there's a strip mall at Fountain & Vine that has all sorts of low down type spots of various ethnicities including Atch Kotch. As long as you're going to Bodhi Tree, you should stop in at nearby Urth Cafe for coffee or tea and maybe something chocolate.

It's Oki Dog. There's one on Pico and one on Fairfax not far from Santa Monica Bl. I think Gold lists it in the LA Weekly.

No, no. For the Gratinee, we use Lipton's Onion Soup Mix (or Wyler's).

In French it does. And what about Funyuns?

Every trip has at least one of these ridiculous changes which costs an arm and a leg or requires extra downtime because otherwise you just can't get there from here. Just go with it. Pay the $2. Document the occasion with photos. Make it a story for retelling. Good luck.

Hmmm. I think Hardee's is somehow corporately related to Carl's Jr. which is jumping this wagon as well.

Threads are getting crossed here. No way can you leave LAX, get to Point Loma (in San Diego County) and back to LAX in 3 hours. No way. Same with Rancho Santa Fe.