My First Meal At Panini Cafe In Woodland Hills
I was so excited about the grand opening of Panini Cafe in Woodland Hills that I stopped in for a meal the very first chance that I could. And, thankfully I brought an appetite. The manager, Israel, was an extremely friendly and gracious host and my server, Isabella, was excellent and super helpful!
Panini Cafe Soups
For starters, I wanted to check out their soup offerings. I ordered a cup of Mom’s Chicken Vegetable with Noodles (a cup is $2.95) and Israel also had me sample the vegetarian Home Made Lentil soup. Typically I avoid vegetarian soups for fear of blandness, but honestly I was blown away with how flavorful the lentil soup was! The chicken noodle soup was great, too. Very hearty and savory. I really don’t think you could go wrong with either. What you can’t really see in the pictures is that the soups are also accompanied by a piece of il Fornaio’s delicious bread. Good stuff!
Charbroiled Chicken Shish Kabob
Israel suggested for my first visit that I try out one of the most popular and most highly recommended dishes, the Charbroiled Chicken Shish Kabob. I chose the Mediterranean Greek Salad as the salad option, and selected the Organic Bulgur Pilaf as the rice option (as opposed to the more traditional, and also available, Basmati Rice). Now, this is a dish that is a staple of Mediterranean/Persian cuisine and I’ve had similar many times. Panini Cafe definitely does a great job here, as the chicken was super moist and tender, and the kabob vegetables (onion, tomato, and bell peppers) were broiled to perfection. The rice pilaf was also great and very healthy and the side salad quite substantial and also delicious. Panini Cafe also has very good prices, as this dish is only $12.95.
I had a great meal and a great experience and was pleased to see how busy Panini Cafe is in even these early days of being open. I can’t wait to try one of their paninis, which really look good. Hopefully I’ll be able to stop in for breakfast one day this weekend. I love breakfast!
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Pipe Bomb Found Monday At Pierce College?
What’s up with this?
A pipe bomb was found Monday afternoon near a pond on the Pierce College campus in Woodland Hills, authorities said.
A man turned the bomb in to the campus sheriff’s station about 2:30 p.m., saying he had found the device, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
The campus was closed for the Presidents Day holiday as bomb squad investigators searched the area for additional explosives. None were found, the department said.
Detectives said the pipe bomb was live but did not appear to be connected to a threat against a specific person.
– Robert J. Lopez
A man found the device by a pond on the campus around 2:25 p.m. Monday and turned it in at the Pierce College sheriff’s Station, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. David Infante said. The man apparently did not know the device he was handling was a live bomb.
An area of the campus of the two-year community college was evacuated, Infante said, adding that no students or faculty members were on campus Monday because it was closed for the Presidents Day holiday.
Four deputies in flak vests took charge of the explosive and blew it up around 5 p.m. behind the sheriff’s station building, a video crew at the scene reported. The blast was audible across campus and on nearby streets.
I don’t know about you, but I always love to pick up bombs and walk into police stations. Sounds fishy.
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Knack’s Doug Fieger Dies Of Cancer
The Knack’s Doug Fieger died this past Sunday, as I’m sure many of you know since it was widely covered in the news. I know The Knack performed a couple of times (at least) at the Valley Cultural Center’s summer Concerts in the Park (2005 & 2008). Obviously Fieger cared about the community and will be missed. If any of you knew him, or knew more of his involvement with the Concerts in the Park program, please leave comments.
Doug Fieger, leader of the Los Angeles-based power pop band the Knack who co-wrote and sang on the 1979 No. 1 hit “My Sharona,” has died. He was 57.
Fieger’s sister, Beth Falkenstein, said he died Sunday at his home in Woodland Hills. He had cancer.
“My Sharona” was No. 1 for six weeks. Fieger said the song was inspired by a former girlfriend.
“He was an extraordinary lover of all things popular culture,” Falkenstein said of her brother. “He was an eternal pop teenager but highly intellectual and intense.”
Doug Lars Fieger was born Aug. 20, 1952, in Detroit and grew up in suburban Oak Park, Mich.
After graduating from high school, he went to England to record two albums with the group Sky, his sister said.
The group broke up after moving to Los Angeles. The Knack was formed in 1978 and soon was discovered on the L.A. club scene and signed with Capitol Records.
In its brief moment in the sun, the Knack put the phrase “power pop” into the musical lexicon for its compact, hook-filled, guitar-based rock songs that recalled the sound of the ’60s British Invasion bands, particularly the Beatles and the Kinks.
Their signature white shirts and skinny black ties and vests became a hallmark of the New Wave music scene, which distinguished itself from punk with catchier songs and less overt anger at the political and musical establishment.
Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn, writing in 1979, said the best songs on their debut album “Get the Knack” were “classics of their kind. They reflect perfectly the intense teen emotion that was at the heart of early rock.”
–Times Staff Reports
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Sometimes People Don’t Think Through Their Personalized Plate Choices
A license plate that screams "Pull Me Over" - ALKYGRL
Wow, I’m not sure it’s a great idea to have a license plate that advertises your alcoholism. I saw this on Saturday while I was driving on Ventura Blvd near Something’s Fishy and just had to get a picture. As you can also see from this picture I really need to get my car washed. Anyone out there have a car wash business they need reviewed?
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Another $1 Oatmeal Wednesday At Jamba Juice – Apple Cinnamon
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
Just a reminder that today is another $1 oatmeal Wednesday at Jamba Juice. I had apple cinnamon today, and it was delicious!
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