Wow is the whole gluten free thing getting nuts!  People who actually have Celiac disease must shake their heads in disbelief as all these latecomers to their nutritional reality investigate/debate the merits, myths and mischief of gluten. I presume no special wisdom on the topic, though following the Paleo nutritional approach (which eschews gluten) for [...]

Tale of the tape on my now 9 month adventure in regular fitness and eating differently: Lost 35 lbs, bodyfat in the mid-teens, waist 38 –> to 34 Can bench press more than my weight Never felt better (seriously, the 40 me could thrash the 20 me) How?  I certainly get tons of questions about it. And it’s been [...]

The stats wranglers at WordPress.com mulled over how lokalgood did in 2010, and here’s their high level summary of its overall blog health.  I’ve added a few comments in (parentheses) throughout.  All in all a fun year with this experiment.  Would be great if more folks added their own content too but as it’s turned [...]

It’s spring and the mosquitos aren’t quite bat size yet here in our happy little swamp.  So a quick hitter on grilling.  Not exactly core to the mission of the site but this is self-publishing, who’s going to object, the editor?  After my circa 2000 Weber died, I recently splurged on a Big Green Egg [...]

If you’re like my family (3 wee ones), you likely go through milk at a voracious clip.  Which means you can’t keep enough in the house, have heavier, clunkier trips to the grocery and invariably hit the store at the moment they’re out of the brand you like. We took a swing at these hassles [...]

Thanksgiving is behind us, the retail world has already begun the annual programming of our brains that to love is to buy, and you’re likely starting the holiday party parade – if a little diminished from years past.  So even though recipes aren’t really our bag here on lokalgood like they are on good chow sites (like [...]

A while back I wrote about a surprising local Chinese joint with super tasty food and a big, cool, throw back restaurant atmosphere.  Called Peking Gourmet Inn.  Well recently I tried it for takeout and here’s the quick addendum from that angle. The good – just like when I ate there in person, the chow [...]

Recently a rare craving for Chinese struck me hard. After some web searching to no avail and a false start to Old Town, we ended up at Peking Gourmet Inn near Seven Corners on the recommendation of a friend. What a surprise.  Place is terrific. Growing up in the country, the Chinese restaurant 15 minutes [...]

In my experience that’s not saying much generally.  Really yummy breakfast food is hard to find in these parts.  Probably because, beyond hotels who have to feed their guests, there’s not much scratch to be made in breakfast for others in the food trade.  In Del Ray there’s Mancini’s which is great to have, reasonably [...]