California dreamin' (Arcadia to be exact)

I saw these cornmeal crusts in the frozen section at HEB and immediately thought back to one of my favorite restaurants near where we used to live in South Pas. There was a place in Arcadia, near the hospital where Simon was born called Zelo that made some kick ass pizzas with a cornmeal crust. My personal favorite was the corn pizza. Sounds like corn overkill, but it's not.

I now always have two of these in my freezer at all times.

Roasted some frozen corn in a dry skillet over high heat.

Caramelized onions make everything better.

Mixed the corn and onions with grated mozzarella and some finely chopped green onions.


Bake at 425 for 12-15 minutes.

I'm slowly making my way through recreating their menu. Take a look: Zelo

Goodbye hangouts

Goodbye Vince Young's house.

Callie wanted me to post this. She loved the dog park. But Erinn and I kinda thought it smelled too much like pee.

Adios Chavez Ravine. A classic ballpark with none of the fancy amenities you see nowadays. Just like it should be.

If I knew goodbye in Korean, this is where I'd say it (Jeff?). What would a party for Katie be without karaoke?

Santa Anita. Simon was lucky enough to be born right across the street.

Closest wildfire yet

Unseasonably hot (95 degrees), ash settling on the car, smoke in the air... and it's still only April.

(From the LA Times)

The hills above Sierra Madre are on fire. For those who have visited us out here and want to know how close that is to us, Sierra Madre is just north of the horse track (and our hospital). It's also just east of Callie's favorite dog park.

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be a big one. And there aren't dozens of other fires in the area, so resources can be concentrated.

Dollar Days at Santa Anita

Man, it's been forever since we've posted. Things are starting to get a little hectic as baby day rapidly approaches. Fortunately Wells and Leslie came into town this weekend so we were able to take a break from all that.

Behold, the $2 feast. Repeat as necessary.

We went into the infield long enough to take this picture and decide that it was too hot.

I probably bet on the blue horse.

While checking out the horses in the paddock, I noticed the handlers spraying Pam on the horse's hooves. This can mean only one thing: They're going to saute the horse if it loses.

At least they're honest

"Hey, how's that new Chinese place near you?"
"It's just okay."

Nearby South Pas

Sign from a dry cleaner in Pasadena.

I'm guessing the owners have never been to the White House... or seen a picture of the White House. Or maybe they just think the President lives in the Capitol building.

What kind of dorks go to the Grand Opening of a grocery store?

We do.

The 77,000 sq. foot SoCal Flagship Whole Foods opened just up the road from us today, so of course I wanted to go see all the expensive grass-fed, organic stuff. I was also hoping for free stuff. I saw a lot of the former, but didn't get a lot of the latter.

I didn't get a picture of the outside, because it seems like it gets dark at lunchtime nowadays. But I did sketch this rendering, complete with a potential auto-pedestrian accident:

I won't tell you what happened next.


I hope that pig was cage free.


Is JJ Walker from "Good Times" making his own post-menopausal supplements? GY-NO-VITE!


Hey look, that tea is from Austin! And we're from Austin! Oh wait, so is the store we're standing in.


Hot chocolate for Erinn, coffee for me.

Hatch Chile Time

It's that time of year, albeit a few weeks later than usual for me. I ordered my 38 pound sack of Hatch green chiles through El Rey farms out here and this past Saturday was my pick up day. Here are some pictures from the pick up at La Puente High School.


I was greeted by a couple hundred chile lovers.

Dare I say there are a bazillion chiles in this picture?

Roasters waiting to be filled.

"That's hot."

The sack called shotgun on the way to the car. I just shrugged and said "rules are rules," and pointed Erinn to the back seat.