Matt Payne

For four days, I’ve been trekking across South Korea exploring the country’s delightfully diverse array of culinary expression. And while bibimbop (veggies, rice, thinly sliced meats and chili paste) and Korean barbeque (thin slices of beef cooked table top)  are the nation’s flagship dishes, it is in the hyper-stimulating markets of Korea that the country’s [...]

By Wayne the Disgruntled Tourist So earlier this week, I had to go to Winter Park. I guess I should have known the whole thing was gonna be messed up just by the name of the town. Here I am going to a place called Winter Park and it’s the middle of the god damn [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA – February 3, 2012 – The LA Times travel show, held January 28 and 29 at the LA Convention Center is a joyfully overwhelming frenetic beehive of adventurous, far-flung insanity. Grass-skirted fijians strum upbeat island melodies over a kava kava ceremony enticing would-be tourists to come check out their exotic destinations and [...]

On the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax in the heart of Los Angeles, there are several buildings of note, primarily for their cultural relevance, but also because of their role in Hollywood.  Specifically, a diner called Johnie’s Coffee Shop.  It was in this vintage diner, designed by Architects Louis Armet and Eldon Davis in [...]

With the exception of a McDonald’s billboard boasting to be the “Unofficial crash sight,” Roswell is not unlike any dusty south central New Mexico town.  On it’s perimeter, a smattering of suburbs and trailer parks.  Moving towards its center, friendly people work in locally owned businesses.  What makes this otherwise authentically preserved Main Street unique [...]