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Trader Joe's Bargain of the Week: More Cheap Coffee
Following up on last week's post on cheap-o Trader Joe's coffee: That deal (small 25 cent canisters) may be gone, but here's another great one: $1.99 for a 14-oz can of coffee.Yup, TJ's is closing out its Winter Blend coffee (which promises some spices on top of the beans). These cans are normally…
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Another Political Scandal? Fire Up the Silkscreener
When the Eliot Spitzer/prostitution scandal hit the headlines, I knew the folks at Los Feliz's Y-Que boutique were probably already designing a topical t-shirt.Ever since they hit it big with their "Free Winona" shirt, Y-Que has reliably come up with a shirt for almost every celeb and political…
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Bukowski Meets Popeye
Bukowski settled onto the bar stool, considered the frothy mug of Pabst before him, and unfolded the L.A. Times. He scanned the headlines; they were still yammering on and on about the nuclear meltown at Three Mile Island. He was sick of hearing about it. The topic made his head ache. “Of…
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NYT and Post, yes. LAT, no.
An LA Observed reader emailed to alert me to the big news out of the Federal Reserve and to wonder why his hometown paper...
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You Give Us 22 Minutes, Some of Us Will Give You ... What?
Can anyone explain why a few KFWB news anchors seem to have such a hard time pronouncing some common names in the news? Over the months I've heard names of major streets and freeway exits mispronounced, ditto the names of...
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Why…??
Fill in the blank: Britney had dinner with Mel Gibson on Saturday night because ______. Tags: Britney, Britney Spears, Celebs, Gossip, Hollywood, Mel GibsonShare This
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Obamary
Sorry Republicans, but this is only for the Democrats in the house. You know who you are, you passionate Donkeys who like both candidates with equal abandon. You indecisive asses who can't decide between these two stong candidates. It's a tough choice, I know. On the one hand you have Barack…
More SAG/AFTRA Battling Back And Forth
It seems nothing is simple when it comes to SAG/AFTRA relations these days. When I last reported on these guilds, it appeared that the SAG/AFTRA contract talks with the AMPTP could start as soon as the week of March 31st. But on Friday, SAG national executive director Doug Allen sent a letter…
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How to Cook a Perfect Corned Beef
Many people do not find corned beef and cabbage appealing. That's because most people boil the corned beef and vegetables together, resulting in a greasy, unappealing mess. Remember, it is still a brisket, so you want to treat it as such. Imagine throwing a big T-bone into a boiling pot of…
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Extra, Extra: Cuidado!
"UR," by Lush.i.ous via LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr The feds are cracking down on undocumented immigrants who reenter the country after being deported, the LA Times found. Attempts to nab the offenders makes up more than one-third of all prosecutions in Los Angeles and surrounding…
Bearm-o-tronic
A bold proclamation for a bold writer! Believe it or not, this fan club was not started by me. Even under a pseudonym. Kyle Minor is a real person, in Ohio, and a very fine writer himself. Now that he...
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New politics blog in town
KNBC Channel 4 has tapped David Markland, a "city captain" at LA Metblogs, to write a couple of items a day under the California Faultline...
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Joe Torre in China
The Dodgers manager, looking dapper at the Great Wall. (Now picture Tommy Lasorda.) Josh Rawitch has a report on the Dodgers' day around Beijing and...
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The Waffle
As a frequent moviewatcher at the Arclight, and shopper at Amoeba, I am always interested in new options for food to eat in the area that are not too expensive. A place where you can get breakfast/lunch is especially ideal, since there are only so many times you can sit outside of Roscoe’s…
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Weekend reads
Councilman Tony Cardenas told Controller Laura Chick Friday to "get out of my face." DN LAT reporter Martha Groves describes in first-person detail (plus...
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Week Around the -ists
Photo: SkyscraperSunset.com Phillyist was one of the first outlets in Philadelphia to report on the proposed American Commerce Building, a skyscraper that would tower 525 feet over their current tallest and could join the ranks of the world's tallest skyscrapers. The plans would include…
'Anonymous Exposed' Video Strikes Back at 'Anonymous' Members
A new website posted this video documenting the alleged actions and threats taken by Anonymous against the Church of Scientology. The site, created two weeks ago, does not explicitly state an affiliation with the CoS but it documents what it alleges are "Religious Hate Crimes and Terrorism…
Herald Examiner slide show
For last week's reunion of Los Angeles Herald Examiner alums, organizer Alex Ben Block, columnist for Hollywood Today.net, and Josh Kleinbaum, managing editor of interactive...
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Goodbye, Newhall Hardware
Newhall Hardware's closing. Who's next? Koontz's? For more than six decades, Newhall Hardware typified the mom-and-pop stores that helped build towns and cities all across America. But that's before the big-big-box retailers came along and dominated the market. So how can places like Newhall…
Barney's Beanery Biatches
As some of you may well know, I am embarking on Malingering's Marvelous March Madness Sports Bar tour, so I thought I'd hit up one of the usual spots: Barney's Beanery in Santa Monica. Barney's has a few things going for it: 1) The mini chocolate bundt cakes with ice cream and chocolate syrup…