Stormtower http://www.trifter.com//Stormtower. New posts by Stormtower L.A. Area Restaurants http://www.trifter.com/USA-&-Canada/California/LA-Area-Restaurants.144033 There are a lot of good places to eat in the Los Angeles area, but for someone who visits, it's going to take someone who knows the streets of the city to show you where the real good places to eat at. Some may not be well known my travel agents, but they are known by me, for I am a lifelong resident of this big city. It may be a short list, but I'm very selective on where I eat at and which places are worth going back to. So without further adieu, here we go:

Tito's Tacos

11222 Washington Pl.,
Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 391-5780
www.titostacos.com

Although this place serves its standard Mexican fare, it's tacos that reign supreme. At $1.95 with cheese ($1.50 without), the shredded beef tacos are worth the long lines on a daily basis. Open 9 am-11:30 pm daily.

California Chicken Café

2005 Westwood Bl.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 446-1933
www.californiachickencafe.com

Excellent portions of dark & white meat chicken, salads that'll make you unsure as to what you want to order. However, it's the wraps that I go there for. The combo wrap that has chicken, avocado, jack cheese, sprouts, Italian dressing, lettuce, tomato, and mayo is the most popular one, and the one I go almost every time. Its $7.50 and it's worth the price. Open 11 am-10 pm, M-F; noon-10 pm on Sat. They're closed on Sundays.

Diddy Reese Cookies

 

926 Broxton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 208-0448

For the sweet tooth in me, I head to this place for some excellent ice cream cookie sandwiches. It may be a challenge trying to find a parking space and the place is near UCLA, but once I go inside, I'm in heaven, and you will be too. Call for hours.

]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:18:25 PST An Awesome Travel Site http://www.trifter.com/Practical-Travel/Tips/An-Awesome-Travel-Site.138279 For all the traveling I've done and will do, one of things I've been frustrated over is trying to get the best fares at the best times. Of course, we have the many travel websites to help us, but all it would tell us are the best fares for the times that we specify. That was OK, but even my friends would say the prices are too expensive, but they would still pay what the going fares were.

Then one day, when I was checking out summertime fares to Seattle, a friend of mine told me about this website which she said few people know about right now. It's Farecast, and it's more than all the other travel websites could ever do. It's similar to The Weather Channel, you could say, in the sense that Farecast gives you a forecast of when fares will go up or down for a certain time of year. Also it advises you to buy now or fares will rise, or wait because fares will soon drop. It also gives you a 30-day window on when the fares will be cheapest---as well as expensive. When I tried it out, I knew exactly when to make the reservations for Seattle, and for what days.

Of course, it also does the usual price comparisons with other travel sites for airfare and hotels, and Farecast doesn't cover all airlines, just the major ones, so that's the one major drawback. However, it's better for my time and effort than going on the other travel sites. I saved roughly $60 using this site for the airfare to Seattle, and that sold me. So maybe this site won't be a closely guarded secret now.

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