Three weeks ago I told Victor about this idea I had for a three-part review of the three taco shacks within walking distance of my apartment in the La Brea/Olympic area. Victor was thrilled. “Perhaps, we could include topographical maps of the neighborhood, with markers noting the various taco bazaars you frequent near your manse,” Victor said.
Recommended Show of the Week: Wrens @ Troubadour. You gotta admire a band that turns down a million dollar contract to avoid watering down their sound. If a label offered me half that amount I’d turn my band into the second coming of the Pussycat Dolls. But we’d be much hotter. The Wrens play Doug Weston’s Troubadour Saturday night.
Those of you practice the Santeria undoubtedly know of this gem already. It’s maybe one of the only places in town where you can walk in with $10 and walk out with a penis-shaped candle, a box of aspirin and bad mojo.