I’ve seen it in a couple of places in LA (I’m a fan as well) - The Palm, Jonathan Club, Ciudad, El Matador and I think, Taxi. Was she looking for a liquor store??? Where does she live? Sophie

and night life. I know some folks who are buying and rehabbing row houses on the near west side... don’t know whether that idea or neighborhood interests you. The row houses are historic, and some still have original...

have a real interest in buying good, affordable ingrediants. Would a CostCo membership be worth it? Do two people need to buy 5,000 trashbags at a time? Neither one of us are big drinkers, if the liquor deals make the club...

to specify particular foods for your sister. If you’re simply willing to buy a gift certificate, you’ll be able to do that online. (URL below) Over the years Balducci’s has been in my neighborhood, I’ve...

The teashop that Amy’s talking about in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul is Teasource, and they take their tea very seriously. You can buy lots of fancy accessories there if you want. Usually they have a...

second on jeff’s although for some reason the quality has dropped a little in the past few years. anyways, you can buy 6-packs or whatever of dogs here to go and cook at him. so there you go, this would be your best...

What neighborhoods are convenient? There are lots of options all over.

You can probaby find all the spices you’re looking for in one of the big box stores (Sams Club, BJ’s, Costco) or even Wal-Mart. They’ve got everything you mentioned in big canister sizes for pretty...

I actually just went here for the first tme tonight for dinner. I found it very yummy. It’s getting some bad reviews on the Post, but we all enjoyed it quite a bit. Nice to have a little swankier place in the neighborhood....

Do you have to commit to a year of buying a six pack, like a wine club or can you do it month to month?

I travelled out to Noe Valley on Sunday to visit Plumpjack wines on a tip from nja. When I walked in the door, I was so happy that I almost cried. This is the best place to buy high-end beers in the Bay Area. They carry many...

El Milagro Tortilleria make the best locally made corn tortillas, flour tortillas, chips, etc. They have a plant as well as a taqueria in the Pilsen neighborhood. You can find them in just about every grocery...

don’t need to go out in the cold to buy them, either. And Wicker Park is located close enough to downtown that it would be easy for them to get to restaurants in any of these groups except the Clean Plate Club.

hotel? And while I’m peppering you with questions, I’d love to bring home a bottle of Havana Club rum (unavailable in the USA) and maybe a couple of bottles of other alcoholic beverages not so readily available south...

You know before Captain Cook was clubbed to death by angry natives he found Australia, Antartica, Hawaii. Where’s your spirit of adventure gringo?