Catch-22 RIP

It was with moderate sadness that I observed the demise of Catch-22, a wi-fi watering hole in the Japanese neighborhood on Sawtelle in West LA. Catch-22's predecessor, Cafe Paradaiso, in the same space is where I first had a jasmine boba milk tea -- and the rest is history. I also recall fond Saturday and Sunday afternoons spent plugging away at my laptop there. The replacement: "Baby Waffles." I guess with the Pinkberry outlet around the corner in the Olympic collection, dessert places are absorbing boba palaces.