Year: 2009

Electric Harmony

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Last night – I got to see my favorite band (and two of my favorite people) play at the Hotel Cafe. After a nine month hiatus, Alex and Angela were back in LA with a vengeance (en route to Austin to play SXSW – so if you’re heading down to Texas, or live there, check them out!)   It was great… Read more →

The Stahl House

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Isn’t it incredible that one of the most famous (and coolest) houses in LA, The Stahl House (aka Case Study 22), was commissioned and built for only about eleven thousand bucks?   Of course that was back in 1960, when you could get an architect like Pierre Koenig to build you a glass house on a slab of rock that would… Read more →

Some Bullshit

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As of April 18th, The 818 area code is being split in two and some poor unsuspecting Valley-Ites (in Van Nuys, Reseda, Canoga, and Agoura) will be forced to get used to living in the 747.   Equally unfortunate,  those of us keeping the original area code will still have to dial “1” to complete any and all outgoing calls.   That’s… Read more →

Things Scott Says #3

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“Uh…no big deal Babe, but I got bit a little, so I’m just going to head over to the ER and get cleaned up.   I’ll be home in a couple of hours.” That was the phone call I got from Scott on Monday night, as I waited at home for Monday Awesome Day to start (this is what we call… Read more →

I want to shave his head.

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So, (as my friend David astutely observed) I’m pretty sure tonight AI is going to announce that they’re changing to the So You Think You Can Dance bottom 3 format (where the judges can save their faves during the first few weeks of the finals.)    This is particularly upsetting to me, because it means that the asshat pictured above is… Read more →

Waxing Political

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Vintage 818

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This classic has perfectly preserved Sherman Oaks as I remember it…before the Galleria was reduced to just a Cheesecake Factory and a Business Park.   (Okay fine, there’s an Arclight, but I still miss the food court.)  Nowadays,  I keep this poster hung above my desk as a constant reminder of all that is awesome. I once heard rumblings that… Read more →

The Rock Obama

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Can you smell it?   I don’t care if you insist on billing yourself by the sissiest name in American, Dwayne Johnson, you’ll always be the Brahma Bull to me. Back when we were freshman in college, Katie decorated our kitchen with posters of The Rock from WWF magazine.   (It was still WWF back then.)   I used to stare at those… Read more →