354149 Sun Dec 24 08:21:41 -0800 2006 3 2 Los Angeles Area 0 2126124 There's a whole world south of SM Blvd - a wonderful Peets in the old Music Plus building - Rose Market of course full of wonders and marvellous rose petal icecream and a few other flavors I could eat my way through. Orchid Bakery is run by Persian Armenians - great gelato, fresh fruit drinks, really excellent sandwiches on a crunchy roll (we had chicken potato salad with tomato and lettuce, very good as a relief from all that meat we are going to eat this weekend). Then there's the bomb - besides great coffee there are simply outstanding and very cheap pastries. We shared a strawberry napolean ($1) with a Turkish coffee. Manager recommended Scherhazade as being 'real Persian food' because it is Armenian Persian owned - well we'll give it a try. Sun Dec 24 08:21:41 -0800 2006 12655 ZoeZ 1 2126849 South of the city of Santa Monica, or south of Santa Monica Boulevard (on Westwood Boulevard)? Oh, and would you like to collaborate on devising a new fusion cuisine, Persian-Mex, we might be able to start the next franchise goldmine. Sun Dec 24 21:04:00 -0800 2006 2126124 10059 ChinoWayne 1 2126864 Little Teheran IS Westwood Blvd Wayne - but your idea has real merit. What WILL the next fusion be?? Sun Dec 24 21:11:33 -0800 2006 2126124 12655 ZoeZ 1 2127871 Pink Orchid Bakery is wonderful. Brought a big box of cookies to a Christmas party last week & everyone loved them (including a good cookie baker). It was surprisingly inexpensive, especially since the box contained a lot of both coconut & almond macaroons. They are very nice in there, too, & generous with samples. I haven't tried their cakes but they look good so I will next time I need one (although it is hard for me to bypass Buttercake Bakery). Mon Dec 25 18:21:22 -0800 2006 2126124 16243 sherpa50