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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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I moved to L.A. 15 years ago after recovering from a crippling case of East Coast Bias. Viva California.

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Redwood Bar & Grill ~ Downtown

I’m a globetrotting, pen and ink loving LA woman doused in honey but oh so very raw, raunchy at my finest, and certainly straight up. I’m just as likely to quote Theodore Dreiser—&#8221;The old melancholy of desire&#8221;—as I am to rap to some Khia and tell you what to do to my neck and back. Of course, I love tacos. My mom still makes the best I’ve ever had. Actually, there was that one time in Mexico City that my stance on this matter nearly changed, but I got car sick and threw up in my cousin’s 1987 VW bug, so that taco de carnitas did not seem so tasty on the way out. Here’s to life: L’chaim!

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Townhouse Cocktails ~ Venice

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The Gold Room ~ Echo Park

Redwood Bar & Grill ~ Downtown

Rawhide ~ Sunday Line Dancing ~ North Hollywood

Safari Sam’s ~ Opening Party ~ Hollywood

Spotlight ~ Hollywood

St. Nick’s ~ West Hollywood

Chez Jay ~ Santa Monica

The Room SM ~ Santa Monica