Category: Checkin

Checkin Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill

Checked into Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
Dinner with the gang.

Main dining room at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
Main dining room at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
The bar at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
The bar at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
Braised Short Rib with smashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, and a red wine demi glace.
Braised Short Rib with smashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, and a red wine demi glace.
Cakebread Crab Cakes: Lump and blue crab, red pepper aioli, granny smith apple salad, Champagne vinaigrette.
Cakebread Crab Cakes: Lump and blue crab, red pepper aioli, granny smith apple salad, Champagne vinaigrette.
Old Fashioned with Jameson black and rose water at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
Old Fashioned with Jameson black and rose water at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
Custom cocktails at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
Custom cocktails at Montrose Town Kitchen & Grill
Exterior window
Exterior window

Checkin Clifton’s Cafeteria

Checked into Clifton's Cafeteria
Dining at an LA institution for the first time.

Clifton's Cafeteria exterior
Clifton’s Cafeteria exterior
a stunningly large bison keeps watch over the back corner of the cafeteria
a stunningly large bison keeps watch over the back corner of the cafeteria
I had to try the meatloaf on my first trip.
I had to try the meatloaf on my first trip.
Life is not complete without Clifton's Mac & Cheese
Life is not complete without Clifton’s Mac & Cheese
A well sculptured alligator loaf of bread.
A well sculptured alligator loaf of bread.
Other than a few blackouts and air raid drills during WW2, this neon sign has always been on at Clifton's
Other than a few blackouts and air raid drills during WW2, this neon sign has always been on at Clifton’s
They had some interesting baked bread sculptures throughout the cafeteria displays
They had some interesting baked bread sculptures throughout the cafeteria displays
Dessert display you hit before the main entree lines
Dessert display you hit before the main entree lines
A specialty cake
A specialty cake
Creative pineapple owl under a cloche
Creative pineapple owl under a cloche
Belly up to the counter with your own massive cafeteria tray.
Belly up to the counter with your own massive cafeteria tray.
View from the second floor of Clifton's: Trees, nature, and quirky unnatural lighting
View from the second floor of Clifton’s: Trees, nature, and quirky unnatural lighting
Old school decor in the cafeteria
Old school decor in the cafeteria
Bar menu
Bar menu
Neon sign in the front of the house
Neon sign in the front of the house
Converted Wireless
Converted Wireless
Clifton's: Cafeteria line starts here
Clifton’s: Cafeteria line starts here

Checkin UCLA Mathematical Sciences Building

I’ll bet I had a better Pi Day than you did today. I got to sit through three hours of a fascinating lecture on complex analysis covering Bernoulli numbers, Reimann’s Zeta Function, the Gamma Function, Euler’s Function, the duplication formula, the symmetrical form of the zeta functional equation, and Reimann’s Hypothesis. All replete with references to pi! Take that nerds!

The best part of daylight savings time? I get to see the sun set on the Mathematical Sciences Building.