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Restrain the kidlets notice: is it rude or warranted?
We’ve all had a meal ruined by a parent who served up their kid a sugary soft drink then allowed to run loudly unrestrained in the restaurant. Or just cry uncontrollably while being smacked to STFU. Rudy’s here in Monrovia added a request to be considerate and mind your kids to the front of... »
Its really me…and pickle pron
The Brooklyn Sandwich, with SMOKED Turkey is the bomb-diggettiest. Actually I got in trouble for taking pictures of the pickles. Well whatever. The LA Foodbank box is filling up. REALLY filling up about half way already, the cash box needs a little help. Times are tough I know, but if you got a spare dime... »
Did LA’s Arizona Boycott stir up more than expected?
If you read this Washington Times article LA’s sticking its nose into AZ’s business with a threatened boycott one would think so. Did you know that one AZ lawmaker has openly encouraged the utilities, nasty coal burning plants to be precise, to take that into consideration and renegotiate the rates charged LA for its... »
Vulcan Mining pits Duarte against Azusa
The battle lines have been drawn for a while. Due to a bizarre gerrymander with the Azusa city limits a portion lies adjacent to Duartes northern border. It would be no big deal under normal conditions if it weren’t for the fact that stretch of Azusa is strip mined by Vulcan Mining for aggregate... »
“Cheap” win or legitimate win, you chime in.
Man oh man, for a couple of local teams the CIF championship has turned into a national debate on sportsmanship. The short version is that a pole vaulter from South Pas had just “won” the Rio Hondo championship at the meet they hosted. Not so fast says coach Knowles from Monrovia, your gal was... »
Help Stamp out hunger in LA by leaving non-perishables for pick up today.
Today’s the day to Stamp Out Hunger. The 18th annual food drive is the country’s biggest one-day attempt to help needy families.LA Area Postal workers will be gathering food donations as part of their daily delivery route. I got my blue bag in the mail the other day and is now sitting loaded on... »
DooF at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted (3 to 2) to ban the toys which are included in fast-food kid meals. I doubt that the measure, presented by Supervisor Ken Yeager, will keep children from becoming obese. There are many other reasons why a child might become overweight. Turning off a child’s want... »
Los Angeles Plays Itself: Mulholland Drive
Our Los Angeles Plays Itself series is winding down to a close, and what better way to end things than with lesbians? You can thank David Lynch and David Lynch’s pompadour. I will actually encourage you to stop reading if you haven’t already seen Mulholland Drive, because 1) you must and 2) you must... »
LA Plays Itself In The Movies: Double Indemnity (1944)
(This post is part of LA Plays Itself In The Movies, organized so awesomely by Julia) “How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle.” — Walter Neff For one of the last films in this LA Metblogs series, let’s look at one of the first to document the decadence and decay of the... »
Yuri’s Night – Support Space Exploration!
Yuri’s Night is an international event (30 countries) which celebrates Yuri Gagarin and the April 1961 shuttle flight. Did you know that the celebration is held to support space exploration? If President Obama’s decision to kill the NASA’s Constellation program (to the moon) and to turn future exploration over to commercial companies bothers you, please... »
Putting The Ad In Bad: Painfully Hilari… Nah, Just Painful
Is there a more leg-crossingly horrifying story out there right now than the one about the Murrieta infant who lost his testicles in an attack by two dogs? Well, thanks to some ad server’s keyword metric, this amazing juxtaposition of ad and editorial got paired when I landed on the CBS2.com page to read... »
LA Plays Itself in the Movies: Crash
If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. Watching Crash, I felt like Sandra Bullock’s character: please, white man, don’t patronize me. Hilton Als, writing in The New Yorker recently, reviewed a very bad... »
Talking points for Mayor Villaraigosa
“You know, Sarah, this whole LA Plays Itself in the Movies series makes me wonder if Angelenos think more in cinematic terms.” “Could very well be, Antonio. We are the creative capital of the world.” “Exactly. And last night, as I was looking for inspiration for the tough job ahead of us, I dusted off one... »
L.A. Plays Itself in the Movies: Barton Fink (1991)
If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. My first screenwriting instructor told our class not to write movies about writers, because their work, unlike the activities of cops and criminals, does not contain the... »
Making the Grade
Last year I was finishing another great meal at Daikokuya, one of my favorite ramen joints in Little Tokyo, when I looked up to see a bright red “C” hanging in the front window. Gulp. Now I am no ratings snob. I’ve eaten at roadside shacks in rural Thailand. I’ve consumed sausage from a vending machine... »