Friday Fives: Evan Handler

Ladies, you obviously just got all excited because this is a person you recognize as Charlotte’s husband from Sex & The City, and very few things make you happier in life than Sex & The City, even though that show has ruined you for all romantic relationships and given you a debilitating obsession with shoes and brunch. As for the gentlemen among us, you hopefully know Evan Handler because he plays Charlie Runkle in Californication, one of our all time favorite television shows. Whatever the case may be, after today, we want you to know Evan as more than both of those things. He’s also a successful author, a journalist and a screenwriter, and even though he currently resides in LA, he’s a New Yorker at heart with damn good taste in eating. Check out Evan’s excellent “Perfect For” picks, complete with prelude. Also make sure to to keep up with Evan’s new website and Twitter for all of the latest happenings, and catch Californication every Sunday at 10:30pm on Showtime. We’ll let Evan take it from here.

“I haven’t lived in New York for ten years. Eating there now means I’m either on vacation, or on someone else’s dime (and staying in a neighborhood of someone else’s choosing). So, in terms of the neighborhoody, hole-in-the-wall joints I used to love, I’m relatively disabled. Instead, I’ll concentrate on the spots I try most to hit each visit. Yes, I’m a little embarrassed about the fact that a number of these places could fall into the “Dinner with the Parents” category. Then again, I’m probably old enough to be the father of a lot of readers (who knows, maybe I am the father of a few of them).”