Monthly Archives: September 2011

The 2012 Zagat guide to Southern California restaurants lists the following steakhouses as being the best in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino and Riverside counties): Arnold Palmer’s, La Quinta Chop House, Palm Springs and Palm Desert Davey’s, Palm Springs The … Continue reading →

Here’s an expanded version of my Sept. 28 column with extra jokes from the Kiwanis Club of San Bernardino’s 31st annual Lyman Rich Joke Telling Contest: Jokes are good. They lighten the mood. They ease tension. They offer a measure … Continue reading →

My friend Steve Portias, a San Bernardino lifer, has started work on a list of old restaurants, bars, markets and other businesses that were the popular hangouts of San Bernardino and environs back in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. It’s … Continue reading →

Here’s the back story on my composition of the song parody, “(Take a Spin on) State Route 210,” along with the 2007 column in which it first appeared. To hear an audio-only version of the song with guitar accompaniment, go … Continue reading →

An aspiring songwriter named Bobby Troup arrived in L.A. in 1946 after a long drive west on Route 66. It didn’t take him long to hit it big. During his road trip he had written a tune called “(Get Your … Continue reading →

Here’s a Top 10 list, culled from delish.com and other online sources, of weird foods actually served at county fairs throughout the USA: KOOL-AID PICKLES: Dill pickle chunks soaked in various flavors of Kool-Aid. MEALWORM COVERED CARAMEL APPLES: Only the … Continue reading →