Beer Basted Kebabs!!

Ingredients: - 4 tablespoon(s) cider vinegar - 3 tablespoon(s) packed brown sugar - 1 teaspoon(s) packed brown sugar - Salt - Pepper - 1/4 teaspoon(s) crushed red pepper - 1/2 head(s) (medium) cabbage, very thinly sliced, (6 cups) - 1/2 cup(s) beer - 2 teaspoon(s) lower-sodium soy sauce - 2 medium onions - 2 large red peppers - 6 (1 pound) fully cooked bratwurst sausages Directions: 1. In large bowl, stir 3 tablespoons vinegar, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper, and 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper until sugar dissolves. Add cabbage; toss to coat. Let stand. 2. Prepare grill for direct grilling on medium-low. 3. In 3-quart saucepan, combine beer, soy sauce, and remaining 3 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar, and 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper. Heat to boiling on medium-high, stirring. Reduce heat to maintain simmer and cook 15 minutes or until reduced to 1/3 cup, stirring often. 4. While sauce simmers, cut onions, peppers, and sausages into 1-inch chunks; thread onto skewers. Grill 10 to 12 minutes or until onions are tender and grill marks appear on sausages, turning occasionally. Brush two-thirds of sauce all over skewers and grill 5 minutes or until sauce caramelizes, turning. Transfer to serving plates; brush with remaining sauce. Serve with slaw.

Recipe of the week coming soon!!

Ok time for a good recipe... Let me think what I want to post... if you have any ideas feel free to comment below with your ideas.

Remember Figaro bistro I blogged about? its back!

Remember I had blogged about les noces du figaro? a beautiful french restaurant in downtown Los angeles? well I also mentioned the original Figaro Bistro owned by the same family... ok i have to confess something. It is owned by my boyfriend and his family. Its a cute place though... the one downtown is classy and beautiful, the one in Los Feliz on vermont is cozy, classically French, and soooo charming! ok well this yahoo segment features Figaro bistro in Los Feliz on vermont. and it also features my boyfriend. LOL yes i got a little jealous but it was scripted so there you are. My bf appears on the first scene at "the busy coffee shop" he's the one in the white polo shirt that this girl winks at. lol check it out! http://screen.yahoo.com/him-approach-153000702.html sorry again you have to copy and paste the link. I couldn't embed the video for some reason. ENJOY!

Too sexy for Saudi Arabia!!

An annual culture festival in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh had to be stopped when a group of delegates from the United Arab Emirates were expelled for being too good-looking. According to an official at the Janadriyah festival, quoted by Emirates 24/7, "three Emiratis were taken out on the grounds [that] they are too handsome and that the [festival] commission members feared female visitors could fall for them. "The festival's management took urgent measures to deport the three to Abu Dhabi." The UAE's stand at Janadriyah has also been forced to clarify why a religious policeman stormed the stand before being forced out by members of the Saudi national guard. A statement from the UAE delegation said the religious officer, a member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, was attracted by the presence of an Emirati female artist at the stand. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you one of the Expelled men Omar Borkan!! He is pretty STEAMY!!! Message from SoHo to Saudi Arabia, SEND THAT MAN MY WAY PLEASE!! I AM SURE I CAN HANDLE HIM PRETTY WELL!! This is hottie of the week!! Omar Borkan!!!

Hottie of the week coming up!!!

Hi everybody! ok, I will be posting hottie of week. I just need to find a super hot one :) ok its coming up soon so stay tuned. Thanks for visiting the blog everybody!!!

Bodies in Motion!!

Want to exercise but have no equipment? check this out! http://bcove.me/nbcd0azd

NEWS CORNER!! HAPPY MONDAY!!

Happy Monday everybody!! so it's the beginning of the week so I figured I'd start this Monday morning with some news topics that I thought were interesting. My links dont seem to be working properly so if you would like to read the rest of the news article, please copy and past the URL under each topic. Sorry about that. Here we go.. enjoy! 1) More doctors steer clear of Medicare http://finance.yahoo.com/news/more-doctors-steer-clear-medicare-030500979.html 2)Saudi Prince Alwaleed warns against falling oil demand http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/saudi-alwaleed-oil-idUSL6N0FZ07Y20130729?feedType=RSS&feedName=marketsNews&rpc=43 3)$53 Million in jewels stolen in Cannes http://screen.yahoo.com/breaking-news-headlines-53-million-085744169.html 4)Louisiana Keeps "Hollywood of the South" nickname! http://movies.yahoo.com/news.louisiana-keeps-hollywood-south-nickname-surviving-assault-politicians-020503909.htm

Riddle Answers!

Answers to the riddles below now revealed!! read the riddles below and after the riddle, I've posted the answers

Happy National Ice Cream Day!!!!!!!!!

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When: National Ice Cream Day - 3rd Sunday in July Ice Cream Day - December 13 When you get the urge for a snack on a hot, humid summer night, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? That's right....Ice Cream! Therefore, it's only fitting that ice cream be given it's own special day. On this day, we hope you enjoy an ice cream cone, a sundae, or a milk shake. Set the diet aside and splurge a little...have one of each! In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month. He also established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month. Ice cream is nutritious. A little heavy on the sugar and calories, ice cream is otherwise good for you. Its base ingredient is milk, which is loaded with healthy vitamins and minerals

HEY GENIUS!! What am I ?

I can be created by humans, but they cannot control me. I suck on wood, paper and flesh alike. I can be more of a hindrance than help. To my creators, I seem to be everywhere at once. WHAT AM I? Answer: A baby!

Exercise your BRAIN!! RIDDLE ME THIS!!!!!!

What is deaf, dumb, and blind, and always tells the truth? Answer: A Mirror

Short true Story

A few years ago, on my day off from work I hopped in my little red prius one morning, and went to a Japanese market because I felt like having one of those juicy, sweet, Japanese apples, and a steamed sweet bun. As I made my way out to the parking lot with my edible goods in hand I was approached by a young woman looking distressed, messy clothes and her hair tied up with a rubber band. She asked me for food for her young children who were homeless and living in her car I figured at least she's not asking for money that she'll spend on drugs or in a bar She told me her "life story" about being beaten by her husband and she was running away from him and going to a women's shelter with her kids and needed food trying to convince me that she was not lying. said she could walk me over to her car and show me her kids, I offered her grapes I had bought so sweet, fresh and still on the stem, to which she gave a funny look and said I dont want to take your grapes can you please give us something cheap like bologna and bread instead? I doubted she was being truthful and thought beggars cant be choosers but my gullible side took over and my reason flew out the window. At that point, compassion took over, I walked to a nearby market with her thinking well, she looks very young distressed but sober, As we entered the market together she followed a few steps behind, I grabbed her bologna and bread and thought to myself I better not look back at this in regret thinking how i could be so blind we made our way to the register and i paid for the bread and bologna, very cheap...4 dollars.I had a well paying job and so I thought, 4 dollars was nothing for what I bought. I then took the back and handed it to her to which she looked at me in shock and said "that's it? i can take it? I can go now?" I said yes just take it. good luck. she said thank you sooo much in a voice full of gratitude she said thank you again. then she walked out of the store. I stood outside of the entrance of the market to see where she went, as i saw her drive in front of me with 3 young stoned kids her same age in the back seat another was in the front seat and they all had expressionless faces as they all stared at me. I stood at he entrance door staring back nodding my head thinking I should have given that whore a giant piece of shit instead!! I said that is the LAST time I am falling for this kind of shit, I am tired of these beggars ripping people off for their hard earned money! When i arrived home I told my mother what had happened, she said you were willing to help who you thought was a person in need. I thought to myself yeah but that bitch took advantage of my kindness I am so stupid, so stupid indeed. so my story ends there with this bitch faking needing help. if i ever see her again I will go back to that japanese store and slap her with my salted dried kelp!! This here is a true story. I've learned my lesson. not really cuz years later a guy claiming he was out of gas scammed me outta 5 bucks and when i tried to take my money back from him he begged me not to and said he felt guilty. yeah guilty cuz he knew he was lying to me. I just cant believe this world is full of dirty dishonest people. I hope they never get a cent out of anybody else.

EXERCISE YOU BRAIN!!

Here is a little riddle to get your brain juices flowing... I know it's the weekend... well in a big chunk of the world its the weekend and well we need to keep that brain functioning... therefore, here is a little something to give you a push... ENJOY!! RIDDLE ME THIS!!!!!!!!

Once there was a butcher who was 5'9". There were 6.75 lbs for every inch. What does he weigh? Answer: He weighs MEAT!

MUST SEE SERIES!!!!!!!

I"ve been obsessed with this spanish series called "Cuentame Como Paso" since the start and i have no idea why I have not blogged about it. Anyway its a series that recounts all the revolutionary events the 1960's to mid 1980's in Spain. The series revolves around a working class family in Madrid that have many aspirations as the times change. Many wishes for success in turn are surrounded with family drama. you all must check it out on the network TVE or TVEspana. they do have a website where you can watch the series from the very first episode up until the latest one but it is not available for us in the U.S.A. unfortunately. The series was available to us on their site for a while but now its been denied to us so if you guys can buy it or watch some of it on youtube, i promise you'll love it. Again the Series is called "cuentame como paso" in english it tanslates to "tell me how it happened" its AMAZING!

Weekend Recipe: Sunday Roast Beef and Gravy!!

Sunday Roast Beef and Gravy!! How good does this sound? This recipe is also from the very talented chefs at the foodnetwork. check it out here.. YUM!! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/claire-robinson/sunday-roast-beef-and-gravy-recipe/index.html

Weekend drink Recipe!! anybody else love GINGER ALE??

I LOVE ginger ale, its probably my favorite drink ever! For this crazy summer heat especially out here in southern California, nothing cools me down better than an lightly sweetened, ice cold, bubbly glass of Ginger Ale! I am a HUGE fan of Alton Brown (food scientist) he has a GREAT recipe for Ginger Ale so her is the link to his recipe of this lovely drink to help keep you cool during these hot summer days! If you have your own version of ginger ale or any other favorite drink of yours that you like to have to cool you down comment below or email us a sohomeetssolo2@gmail.com http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/ginger-ale-recipe/index.html

Weekend cutie!!

Paul Van Haver (Stromae) is our weekend cutie. I LOVE HIM!! I think he's sooo cute in a nerd type of way. I LOVE NERDS !! anyway he was born in Brussels to a Rwandan father who he only has seen 3 times in his life, and a Belgian mother. He's a Singer- song writer that has distinguished himself in hip hop and electronic music. Stromae is known for the song that made him famous back in 2009 "Alors on Danse" Since then, Haver has appeared in many television programs, collaborated with Kanye west, Will I am and many other artists. He continues to have lots of success with his music. We hope this talented young man will keep us dancing and singing his great music!! ALORS ON DANSE!!!

Song of the weekend Eva Simons - I dont like you

Eva Simons - I dont like you I know this song is a little old but here you have it anyway. ENJOY!!

Bringing back the good times!!!

So I've been reading posts that are a few years old and they seem pretty fun. What kind of posts? hot man of the week, Did you make that? (recipe of the week), word of the day/week, and so forth. I think its time to bring back the good times so for the weekend I will be introducing a weekend hottie,recipe,song,weekend style, and weekend artist to listen to. Aright... let the good times ROLL!!!!!!! yay I'm excited lol

SUPER ADORABLE BEE!!

HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!!! LE QUATORZE JUILLET!!

I know I'm super on this but HAPPY BASTILLE DAY EVERYBODY!!! I remembered yesterday but my internet connection was down and I couldnnt post anything. I hope all of you that did celebrate it, had fun!

CHIC MYSTIQUE!!!!

Laila (SoLo- co founder of Soho Meets Solo) and I have started a little fashion business called Chic MystiqueLA. We have a Facebook account and a webpage as well where we offer lots of cute stylish items for sale. Everything from accessories to cute shoes, dresses and so forth. I will post the links shortly as soon as our webpage is done. Thanks for your support everybody big hugs!! -Soho

I LOVE IT!!!

I love this song by Bruno Mars

I HATE TAXES!!!

My goodness I just spent 3 hours of my life doing my taxes and I am only getting 600 dollars back!!! I am soooo upset! anyway whatever. I also need to file my taxes for 2010 and 2011. yes I have procrastinated too much. anyway it sucks. ok thanx for visiting!

Istambul A CITY OF DREAMS!!

Hi everybody!!! Just want to pop in here to say that I decided to take a year off of work and really take a well deserved break from working and focus on school but before I get too into my school routine, I decided to travel to TURKEY!!!!!! Its really a place i've always wanted to go but to be honest I've wanted to go to many many many other places like The Czech Republic, Greece, France, Spain, Italy, Hungry, Russia, India, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Bali, Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Egypt, Dubai, Lebanon, and so forth.. As you can see, if Money was not an issue for me, I would make my rounds all over the planet!! Unfortunately because I am not included in the "1%" of filthy rich people, I am VERY limited as to where I can go. Anyway this time I will be heading off to Turkey. However, I really would love to visit France, Italy, and Spain, Places where I am familiar or speak the language. My point is I am going to Turkey but I might change my mind and tour a couple countries in Europe. I will be going alone unless my friend can get his money soon and then we will take off together. YAY!!! Alright, here is a video that I really liked that has nice pictures of Istambul.

Britney Spears at my high school!

Ok so I was reading an article about the song baby one more time sung by Britney Spears was originally written for another singer. However that singer turned it down and so they gave it to Britney Spears... I decided to watch the music video and I remembered that her entire video for this song was filmed at my high school. Venice High School. We were the Venice Gondoliers. you can actually see it says Venice High School Gondoliers on the wall behind the basketball hoop in the gym scene and the giant "V" on the floor for Venice. I took my roommate to my high school to show him where each scene was filmed because he does like Britney Spears... he thought it was pretty cool. LOL ok that was my random post for today... here you go... enjoy the video!

OUTRAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I am completely upset and outraged that I can no longer find full fat greek style yogurt and almost any supermarket!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME???????????????? what's wrong with whole fat??? seriously I'm soooooo mad. I went out to buy my greek yogurt today and I found that the only yogurt that was made from whole fat milk is no longer on the shelf and now there is only 2%, low fat, or non fat. America is still a fat nation no matter how many non fat items it has on its shelves... the problem isnt the fat in the food its the activity that its citizens do... We eat all this sugar and processed stuff but we cant have full fat yogurt? this makes me angry. have the damn whole fat milk and yogurt and cheese but just run it off. The problem in america is not that food had fat because fat is good for the body, the problem is we're too damn lazy!!! that's whats making us fat!! BRING BACK FULL FAT EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! UUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!! IM SOOOOO MAD!!!

Jamel Debbouze!! Alors on Danse

This is HILARIOUS!!! I love Jamel Debbouze and this is my favorite song!!

TOTALLY IMPRESSED BEER BELLY

My friend and I have been wanting to try BEER BELLY for a while now and i've been asking my friends to come with me and check it out. usually no takers but this time i got my way. My friend and I decided to go along without the rest of our crew because they were working so we went to beer belly in koreatown on western between aiota coffee shot and I love boba. its in the back of those establishments i mean you can easily miss it so there u have it. Anyway we ordered a really nice beer i forgot the name. We also ordered Duck Fat Fries with Duck Confit (Death by Duck) and Raspberry Mustard.That was a little bucket for greasy heavan!! i loved every morsel of that. We then had the duck french dip sandwich with a mushroom dip. That blew my mind!!! seriously I am NOT easily impressed with places that have a big hype to them but man this place absolutely did live up to its hype. I was blown away!! sooooooooo AMAZING. If you guys are ever out here... definitely check this place out!! I would post a picture of the fries but I cant for some reason. Anyway it was amazing!basically french fries cooked in duck fat with a bit of shredded crispy duck meat to top the fries served with a side of raspberry mustard!!! how amazing is that???!!! yeah VERY AMAZING!!

Ktown Art Walk

A while a go, Koreatown... hosted an art walk. My friends and I decided to take a look and I just found this owl soooo amazing. these artists where spray painting paintings. it was soooo lovely

Lovely night!

Ok so i like to enjoy my days off from work so I will usually invite a friend out to dinner or if i work dinner shift and leave work past midnight, most likely i've not eaten so my co worker/friend and I will go out to eat every night. yes dinner past midnight... I had one of my days off so i decided to buy this really good blueberry bread that you can slice up heat and spread butter over or just have as is. I bought some Mount Tam cheese which was creamier than brie. Had some raspberries on hand, olives, red and white wine, prosciutto, and lots of pastries that my friend and I brought home from work. I initially had all this food to enjoy casually on my day off but i needed a friend so one day after work I invited my friend from work over and we ate for like 3 hours non stop. ha ha ha it was amazing!!! then we had french macarons, chocolate covered almonds, lemon bar, chocolate cake, lemon cake, an assortment of cookies. all in one night! it was AWESOME!!

MMMM OPERA!

Went to my boyfriend's restaurant. Had me an opera cake.. not sure exactly what it is but it was delicious!! lol and a coffee drink that the barista made me. not sure what kind of coffee drink it was but also very good. LOL The pastries at the restaurant are super cute! and VERY good. not too sweet but just right. so if ur ever in Los Angeles try my boyfriend's restaurant. Les Noces Du Figaro on broadway and 7th or try the other location very nice very French. Its called Figaro Bistro and its on vermont in Los Feliz.