GERMAN FOOD IN LITTLE TOKYO?

Yes, believe it or not it's true. Great German food tucked away on a side street in Little Tokyo. Who would have thought? Now the wife and I recently discovered this gem while on one of our many excursions exploring the sights and sounds of Little Tokyo. It seemed like a lot of people were coming in and out of this place so we decided to go in and check it out. Once inside we found they had a wide variety of unique and exotic sausages (Rattlesnake! Alligator! What?) as well as many other delicious and unique sausages. SAXOMAN opted for the Buffalo sausage mixed with Pork and Chipotle sauce. Mmmm...Excellent! The wife was brave and tried the rattlesnake. Excellent! I must say that the Belgium fries are also a real treat as well as all of the many choices of German and Belgium beer on tap. Now the wife and I opted for some great dark German beer to wash down our tasty meal. A great place and SAXOMAN recommended! Oh sorry, I forgot to mention that the name of this place is Wurstkuche and is located on 3rd street in L.A. Check it out!

FREEDOM OF SPEECH? FREEDOM OF THE PRESS? I THINK NOT

Well as expected "the wife" took great offense to my last blog post even though I did not mention the country. So it appears freedom of speech no longer exists. Freedom of the press? A thing of the past. I guess these things do not exist in this household. SAXOMAN has regrettably taken down his last blog post in order to keep peace and tranquility in the household. I  have been neutered, stripped of my dignity and artistic freedom. I have been censored for the first time. Many apologies to my many readers. Jeez......

A BIG BOOB IN MY FACE - WHAT?

A few years back the wife and I took a trip to Costa Rica. One of the things I noticed was that almost all of the women in Costa Rica wore low cut tops and push up type bras. Basically this pushed the boobs up for a better look for all to see. Now I remember riding a bus to the other side of the country and as usual the bus was stuffed with people. So I'm standing up close to the front door of the bus and I notice a lady with very large boobs and the low cut top. She was also holding a baby too. Anyway, I look around at all the people on the bus and glance back at the woman and there it is. A big boob right in my face! What? OK, now maybe not right in my face but as I turned back the lady was breast feeding her kid on the bus. Oh well......

TAKING TO THE GRAVE - HUH?

Now every once in a while the wife will say the most ridiculous things. Recently the wife said "you know, you should think about getting rid of those cd's and dvd's". Dead silence on my end at first. I then gave her the "are you crazy look". i then said "WHAT? Get rid of my cd's? and my dvd's? What? Where did you come up with this nutty idea? I said, NO WAY, I'm taking these to the grave! HAHA!

KICKIN' IT IN K-TOWN - HUH?

Because SAXOMAN is an international guy and a man of the people, I decided to take a trip to Koreatown (otherwise known as K-Town) to check out the action. The wife and I hopped the train and off we went. Due to a slight miscalculation (on m part) we ended up getting off the train a little too soon. So.....we get off at MacArthur Park and lo and behold there is Langer's deli. Hmmm....maybe I should stop in and get one of their world famous pastrami sandwiches also know as the # 19. No, I gotta stay focused. Anyway, we ended up walking a good distance to our lunch destination while passing through several Guatemalan and El Salvadorian neighborhoods. I guess it was a good thing I had that carnitas taco at the grand Central Market. Mmmmm....
Anyway, once we reached our destination the wife and I feasted on Guey Guey, Fried rice with Kimchee and several tasty side dishes. Now I must say we had a great deal of difficulty understanding our waitress but she tried to help with our order. After stuffing my belly we then asked the waitress at the front if the train station was close. With my full belly there is no way I could walk all the way back. The waitress tells me "no, we not closed" Jeez....oh well.....Luckily the train station wasn't too far away so I hit the seat and relaxed all the way home.

$5 BLU-RAY'S? - OH YEAH...

Now I have to admit that I hadn't started converting my dvd collection to blu-ray dvd's. I just didn't buy into the hype and even blogged about it a few years back. Now what recently caught my eye was the release of the new Tarrantino blu-ray of Django Unchained. Now being a big fan of Quentin I was planning on getting this anyway. Now what caught my eye was that Best Buy was offering all of Tarrantino's other movies on blu-ray for only $9. What a deal! So I quickly scooped up several of these for my collection. Now the following week Best Buy offered another deal. Bring in any dvd and get $5 off of any blu-ray dvd. What? So I traded in my regular dvd's of Tarrantino movies and picked up some other choice titles. Now I specifically looked for the movies that were on sale for $10 so with my coupon I could get these for only 5 bucks! Yeah, what a deal! I have quickly added several choice titles to my collection (Scarface, The Departed, Goodfellas, American Gangster, The Dark Knight, etc...) What's next? Well I guess I should get a blu-ray dvd player now. HAHA!

LATIN CD PICK OF THE WEEK - PEREZ PRADO

This weeks long overdue Latin CD Pick of the Week is Perez Prado with the cd titled Mondo Mambo, A best of compilation released from my good friends at Rhino Records. Now what made me decide to pick a mambo cd as my pick? Well as you all know I've been watching Dexter lately and the first few seasons featured a lot of Cuban and Mambo music rather prominently. So with that been said a recent trip to amoeba found this gem in the used bins. Not hip to Perez Prado? Check out one of the many videos from YouTube and hip up!

DVD PICK OF THE WEEK - THE LAST TYCOON

OK, because I've been sick the past few days I have been able to go through several Asian dvd's and try and catch up on the backlog. I know my many readers (2? 3?) look forward to being steered in the right direction so know it's my duty to keep the public informed and hip. Several of the movies I have recently watched have been so-so mindless entertainment things (female assassins, J-Pop Wanna-Be Samurais, Hong Kong Triads, etc...) Now one film that has stood out from the rest (so far) is a movie titled The Last Tycoon starring my man, Chow Yun Fat. Now I must say that I've never seen a bad movie from Chow as he always seems to take his roles seriously and avoid any cheezy movies or dopey comedies. A mixture of drama/action and a love story thrown in for good measure. A film you are sure to enjoy. Not hip to The Last Tycoon? Check out the trailer for this fine piece of cinema. SAXOMAN recommended!

SAXOMAN SICK - WHAT?

Yep, you heard right. Poor little SAXOMAN is sick in bed with a cold, flu or whatever this thing is. Now I can tell you that being sick is no fun as I've done lots of sleeping and laying in bed for the past two days. Now on the positive side, being sick in bed does have its upsides. It has allowed me to catch up on several of my Asian movies that have been piling up so look for a DVD Pick of the Week soon. HAHA!
P.S. This also explains multiple blog postings today.

SAXOMAN - SERIAL KILLER?

OK, now don't worry. SAXOMAN is not a serial killer. I mean how could I be? Right? I mean you all know that I'm a pretty squeamish guy so stabbing and cutting up a body just wouldn't work for me. No way! HAHA! No, what makes me draw the comparisons with a serial killer and myself are the character Dexter from the Showtime series about a serial killer. Recently I started watching dvd's of Dexter and so far am on season six (of seven) seasons. Now I have really enjoyed Dexter so far but it is having a serious impact on my Asian dvd watching. I've got a ton of dvd's backing up in my queue that who knows when I will get to. Classics that will soon be my dvd picks of the week (Sleepy Eyes of Death, Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Assassin, etc.) Anyway, as I watch Dexter I notice a lot of similarities between myself and Dexter. I am neat and organized. I surgically lay out my morning bathroom supplies the night before. I put my keys, phone and badge all in a certain place and in a certain order. I keep my emotions at a distance and dancing? Just not my thing! HAHA!  Hmmmm....maybe I am Dexter.