I was excited to see that Felt Club Holiday 2008 would be at Shrine Auditorium, because I knew that would put Mary and I within spitting distance of The Pantry Cafe.

Several years ago I made my first-ever visit to downtown L.A. for a job interview. I gave myself several hours to get there from [...]

El Maguey is a little taco shop tucked into one of the corners of Mira Mesa. It’s got no drive thru, they close early, and pretty soon they will be flanked by Roberto’s and Santana’s. But guess what - it’s good. It’s worth it. Take a trip in and taste some delicious food.
My only qualm [...]

For some reason, this election has spurred some people up. It’s historic. It’s “the most important election of your life”. I’ve noticed a few things out there that you can get for free, just for participating in the democratic process. A new ploy to get the youth vote? Maybe.
Here’s a few of the free stuff [...]

I thought I was going to have the time to get more free things, but it didn’t work out. But here’s a list of some of the other free items offered just for celebrating your birthday.
Baskin-Robbins: 1 free scoop of ice cream
Cold Stone Creamery: 1 free creation
Dairy Queen: Buy 1 Blizzard, Get 1 Free
Joe’s Crab [...]

This one isn’t as exciting as the other ones, but free is free, right? If you join Arby’s Extras, they will email you a coupon for a free roast beef sandwich, with a caveat. You must purchase fries and drink in order to get your roast beef sandwich which doesn’t make this as awesome a [...]

When you sign up for Rubio’s Beach Club, you get special offers from time to time and notifications on when they have specials or are trying out new menu items. And for your birthday, they give you $7 towards anything on the menu. With a lot of their menu items priced under $7, it’s easy [...]

Since my birthday is coming up soon, I thought I’d do some posts about the free food you can get just for celebrating the day you came into the world, no big thing.

One of the best deals is out there is from Daphne’s Greek Cafe. If you sign up to join their Pita Points Program, [...]

KSandwiches is a Vietnamese sandwich place over in Linda Vista that serves up Banh Mi sandwiches as well as the regular American type sandwiches. I’ve had a Banh Mi sandwich at a place here in Mira Mesa and I just thought it was okay. I don’t know a whole lot about the history of this [...]

I may not be a poor college student anymore, but as far as I’m concerned, cheapness is always awesome.
When Mary, Travis and I decided to see Lars and the Real Girl at this theater in Irvine, we were looking for some cheap pre-movie food of at least moderate quality. It had to be cheap [...]