WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE GOOD AND GREAT RESTAURANTS IN LA?

LE ST GERMAINE WAS FANTASTIC AND REQUIRED RESERVATIONS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET ON MELROSE, ANOTHER RESTAURANT HEADING EAST ON MELROSE ACROSS FROM ST GERMAINE ON THE CORNER THAT HAD THE MOST ESQUISITE CHOCOLATE MOOSE SERVED WARM WITH REAL WHIPPED CREAM THAT WAITING FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR WAS WORTH IT NOW REPLACED BY STILL ANOTHER MEXICAN RESTAURANT..IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ETHNIC OVERKILL? JUST ASKING?! AND THE RESTAURANT THAT A TALENTED JAZZ GREAT TOOK ME TO HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE NAME TURTLE IN THE NAME, QUIET, PEACEFUL AND SPECTACULAR FOOD AND MORE IMPORTANTLY GREAT COMPANY WHICH MADE THE FOOD TASTE EVEN BETTER... GOOD FOOD IS GOOD FOR YOU... WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED FROM NEW YORK WHICH ALSO HAD GREAT RESTAURANT AND LA WAS IN ITS INFANCY REGARDING GOOD RESTAURANTS EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT SCANDIA WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST RESTAURANT IT NO LONGER LIVES, NOT THAT THE FOOD WAS BAD, IT WAS OK, AND OF COURSE THE GREAT SEAFOOD IN NEW YORK WHICH YOU COULD ONLY GET ON THE EAST COAST...LIKE BLUE FISH, MACKERAL, AND OF COURSE THE ENERGY IS DYNAMIC ENOUGH TO BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF IN NEW YORK... THAT'S WHY IT MAKES SENSE TO BE BI-COASTAL AND TRAVEL THE WORLD...I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO VEGAS TO TREAT MY MOTHER FOR HER BIRTHDAY, AND WHEN I THINK BACK SHE WANTED TO GO SEE THE FOLIES BERJEAR AND I TOOK HER TO SEE THE TEMPTATIONS INSTEAD, I HAD ALREADY GOTTEN THE TICKETS, BUT I SHOULD HAVE EXCHANGED THEM AND GONE TO SEE THE FOLLIES...MY MOTHER HAD GOOD TASTE...ME, I DO AND I DON'T(SOMETIMES I HAVE TASTE LIKE A TRUCK DRIVER, AND I CAN CURSE LIKE ONE TOO, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW...I WOULD LOVE TO TRY OUT FOR THE FOLLIES BERGERE...IN PARIS...I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST A KID LEARNING EVERYTHING THAT I THOUGHT I KNEW DIFFERENTLY...LIFE IS ANTICIPATION PERSONIFIED AND WHEN YOU REACH ONE GOAL, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WAITING FOR YOU...AND IT KEEPS GOING THAT WAY...HOW LUCKY FOR ALL OF US THE WAY LIFE WORKS, HUH? (C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWENDOLYN L MITCHELL ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 AT 3:41PM, LA,CA 90093 REVISED 3:44PM