T on September 6th, 2010

Mom is visiting this weekend.  As we were talking about things we might do, L suggested that we check out a movie at the Gold Class Cinemas.  A friend of hers had just visited, and I remember reading about the concept when they first came to town.  I had been wanting to catch Inception, so [...]

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T on August 26th, 2010

The excitement I felt after climbing the 55 stories of the Wells Fargo Tower quickly dissipated last evening when I tried the 42-story One California Plaza and took the same amount of time. Maybe it was the warmer weather, maybe it was the larger crowd of people climbing with me, but it opened my [...]

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T on August 21st, 2010

I haven’t posted in a while, but it’s not for a lack of doing things.  They’ve either been repeat activities, like Hollywood Bowl (RENT and Sergio Mendes this summer) or out-of-state trips, like a great weekend in NJ/NY.
But last night provided a perfect posting opportunity.  I met L after work at Spring Street, a fun [...]

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T on June 20th, 2010

I enjoy it when my handful of readers – mostly on Facebook – suggest blogworthy activities.  This weekend’s adventure was inspired by a Westways article forwarded to me by friend B.  The article described a “weekend walk” taken by a pair of friends last December.  It started in Redondo Beach and ended in Topanga Canyon.
December [...]

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T on June 19th, 2010

The LA Sampler of June 18, 2010 continued with a visit to Galco’s Soda Pop Stop. As with the Schindler House and Museum of Jurassic Technology, A from Rochester inspired me to visit (how funny that someone clear on the other side of the country is more up on cool places to visit in LA [...]

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T on June 18th, 2010

Eater LA has become my go-to spot to keep up on new restaurants in town.  Then I turn to Yelp to get the scoop on them.
So when I was looking for a new place to catch lunch in downtown LA, Eater suggested Starry Kitchen, and Yelp seconded it.  I especially liked the story of the [...]

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