Jay Weston

After my recent Huffington Post article about the Beverly Hills Automobile Show ran here, I received a phone call from a...

I've known a fellow named Robby Anderson for about a dozen years. A former real estate guy, he now devotes himself to philanthropic efforts for children... and to celebrating the many charms of...

Spago Chef Wolfgang Puck...

Musicians/philanthropists Herb Alpert and his wife Lani Hall, continually astonish me with their charitable and educational efforts, mainly out of the public spotlight but enormously...

I needed a dentist this week. For a thorough cleaning. (The latest research indicates that dental plaque can cause numerous heart problems, so this is a must). Like more than 45 percent of all Americans, I don't have dental insurance. My expensive Medicare supplement plan does not cover...

For many years my (now ex) wife and I had a box for four every summer at the Hollywood Bowl. Every other...

I went to a wine-tasting this week, an event where professional food and wine people meet to taste some of the new wines which have recently come to market. I was sitting amidst a distinguished-looking group of men...

It was an audacious idea. But celebrated jazz musician and educator Herbie Hancock pulled it off. A miracle. Hancock, who is the Chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at UCLA, dreamed of...

My Huffington readers may recall that I am a fierce advocate of musical education for kids... from the womb forward. (Yes, I believe that pregnant women should expose their...

I happen to be a big Monty Python fan, and so always enjoyed the comic antics of that madcap, brilliant group of English innovators who took comic invention to a whole new, unexpected...

The festival of Cinco de Mayo is on Saturday, May 5, but I celebrated it early, at Monday evening's EL CHOLO annual party of Mexican food and drink. My old friend Ron Salisbury invited me...

My Huffington readers may recall that when I reviewed the recent Return of the Planet of the Apes movie, I recounted my...

The first few months of 2012 have proved to be a scintillating scene for the restaurant...

I was a big fan of a Fox TV series called Malcolm in the Middle, which ran from 2000 to...

Nelson Mandela would be proud to know that there are...

When I moved to Los Angeles in 1971, there were only 17 In-N-Out Burgers in California. After tasting one of their hamburgers, I made a pilgrimage to Baldwin Hills, their home base and location of...