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Blogging California's cathedrals
Author and Roman Catholic deacon Eric Stoltz and Los Angeles photographer Francesco Curá are engaged in a project to document the state's cathedrals in fine...
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Zankou Chicken Pasadena | Middle Eastern restaurant in Pasadena 91106 | Restaurant menus, reviews and maps on urbanspoon.com
awesome fast-food chicken - best Armenian food in SoCal - go here in Pas or LA
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Spring L.A. Postponed
Bad news: Due to unfortunate circumstances, we're gonna have to postpone SPRING L.A., our race around Los Angeles, which was originally scheduled for May 3. We're still planning on pulling the race off this year -- perhaps either in June or early fall. Stay tuned for details!
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Tina Fey's new movie looks funny all of a sudden
Ha! Tabloid Baby pal Kate Coe, the controversial investigative reporter, writer, media critic and until recently, star blogger for the FishBowl LA until she left the MediaBistro sweatshop-- er, family-- over a small issue like pay, is still making waves, and as we await that KateCoe.com site we…
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Clicklist: Punctuated age
>> I am not a walrus, but a colon. However, I dream great…. Are you a semicolon? (via to do) You Are a Colon You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren’t concerned much with theories or dreams… only what’s true or untrue. You are brilliant and incredibly…
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«Untitled»
Rate-A-Restaurant, #166 in a series(Flickr pic by He Cooks She Eats.Restaurant: FraicheLocation: 9411 Culver Blvd. (Culver City)Type of restaurant: French/ItalianThey stipulated: That you gotta drive to Culver City. Ha. Joking -- as you well know, Culver City has become quite the foodie mecca, and…
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Not Nuts Over California Pizza Kitchen
Maria, the Kid Formerly Known as the Blogger Toddler and I headed to the Westfield Topanga mall on Sunday to meet up with the extended family for lunch at California Pizza Kitchen.It was Evan's nine-year-old niece's birthday -- but the CPK wound up giving me an unexpected, shiny gift instead.As I…
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Psst, President Bush, $4 Gas Is Real
It's not just a hypothetical anymore... and it's not just for premium any more, or just in pricey neighborhoods. Here's $4.09/gallon regular unleaded gas at a run-of-the-mill 76 station in Van Nuys.
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Taco' The Town
I've seen some confusion on the whole taco truck issue, so a reminder via Blogging.la: The new L.A. County law only regulates taco trucks in unincorporated portions of the county. That means your favorite truck in Highland Park, Eagle Rock or downtown is OK... but if you live in the unincorporated…
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Rate-A-Restaurant, #166 in a series
(Flickr pic by He Cooks She Eats.Restaurant: FraicheLocation: 9411 Culver Blvd. (Culver City)Type of restaurant: French/ItalianThey stipulated: That you gotta drive to Culver City. Ha. Joking -- as you well know, Culver City has become quite the foodie mecca, and Fraiche is at the forefront.We…
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29-Day Giving Challenge: Day 7 — 2 Eco-DVDs
[Part of my challenge to give something away every day for 29 days] Here’s a re-freebie for you: Mika, who won the Plagues and Pleasures of the Salton Sea DVD a while back, wanted others to have a chance to see the film after she watched it, and gave it to me at the Green Drinks [...]
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Unfunny Spoof Of That WGA Fi-Core Letter
I was sent this very unofficial missive that's currently making the email rounds in reaction to that controversial WGA East and West letter to members identifying those "puny few" who went fi-core during the strike. I don't find this spoof funny because the strike wasn't funny. And…
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Emerald City : Los Angeles Times : Subway to the sea: Worth a half cent sales tax hike?
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Coming soon to South L.A.: waffles
Here's one encouraging development I came across while looking into the Vermont/Manchester project: There is in fact some fine dining coming to the area, albeit not at the corner in question and not as part of any government-guided project. On...
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Extra, Extra: You Can't Park Your Helicopter There, Sir
"I want a lover, I don't have to love...", by Lush.i.ous via LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr. Is that a helicopter in your backyard or are you just...An LAPD copter was forced to make an emergency landing in WeHo today on San Vicente after the pilot noticed the emergency lights…
Lit Blogging 4.5
EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT JOURNALISM I LEARNED FROM HUNTER S. THOMPSON It’s true. In 1979, I devoured Thompson’s classic Hell’s Angels and the intense journalism collection, The Great Shark Hunt. Of Shark Hunt, the Washington Post praised: In addition to being a testament to the…
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Carne Asada is not a Crime
"Led by District 1 County Supervisor Gloria Molina, the L.A. Board of Supervisors has passed new restrictions that will effectively eliminate taco trucks from our streets."
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Week Around the Ists
Picture from forum thread on military.club.china.com. Shanghaiist was shocked by this highly provocative depiction of the state of Sino-US relations by a Chinese netizen.LAist fires up reactions when one reader describes getting a $200 ticket for smoking on a public sidewalk. Do you like…
Civic Center Park Proposals "Uninspired"
A view of the four block park space connecting City Hall and the Music Center. Photo by Eric Richardson. At a Tuesday evening meeting the Grand Avenue Committee and Rios Clementi Hale Studios will present two proposals for the redesign of the Civic Center Park. The four-block stretch from…
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The Week in Photos From the LAist Flickr Pool
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Amalia's houses homey Guataleman fare
I've always thought this house at 751 N. Virgil was a cute place for a restaurant, but the Thai place that was there for a while didn't last in this heavily Central American neighborhood. Now Amalia's Guatamalan Cuisine & Seafood has moved in, and it looks like a more ambitious operation than…
Chopper Lands on WeHo Street
An LAPD helicopter made an emergency landing today on San Vicente Blvd near the library in West Hollywood. The chopper opted to touch down in the untraditional spot when a warning light went on, signaling "an oil pressure problem in the engine, and possible loss of engine power," reports…
| CAMPANILE RESTAURANT |
An LA institution that did not disappoint.
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1 Shot + 1 Run Over=2 Deadly Parties Last Night
One person was killed last night following a fight at a house party held last night in East L.A. on the 1400 block of Downey Street. A few people were allegedly involved in the fight, which led to one person shooting another, who "later died at a local hospital," reports abc7.com. In another…
April 20th, 2008 ~ Los Angeles
The Dodgers lost, the Lakers won. The sun is out in Los Angeles and the breeze is up. It’s 4:20, time to celebrate the best Sunday of the year… Browse the Horticulture section for the nug reports over the past couple of years.
LA Times Book Prize Nominees: How We Think, How We Speak & How We Know What We Know
LA Times Book Prize Science & Technology Nominees As the LA Times Book Prize award ceremony looms ever-closer, we're taking a look at the books nominated in each category. As we mentioned last week, unlike other big literary awards, the LA Times Book Prize winners are never a sure thing,…
I always knew that man was magic
B. A. Baracus, they called him. They said that it stood for Bad Attitude. But we knew it really meant Bad Ass! But even bad asses have healing hearts: Former The A-Team star Mr. T once stunned a sick child's...
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