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What Should Mike Drive?
OK, so I mentioned my car accident the other week... sadly, my Honda CRV was totaled. I liked it, and wasn't ready to give it up just yet. The CRV was completely paid off, dependable, got decent (not great, but decent) gas milesWith crazy mortgage payments, property tax, etc., our budget is…
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'Let's everybody dance' -- May Day editorials past
Previously I noted what the editorial board said of the past two May Days. Today I'm going further back, when May Day was an occasion not for marches, but for labor-bashing, springtime celebrating, and making up new holidays. On April...
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Oh Snap - Mariah’s Ring a Re-Gift!
Giving your girlfriend jewelry that you once gave to your ex-girlfriend? Not good. Giving your new fiancee the engagement ring you bought for your ex-fiancee? Really not good!! Mimi herself (a.k.a. Mariah Carey) has been sporting the biggest rock I’ve ever laid eyes on (actually, it’s…
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http://floraandfauna.wordpress.com/
Flora and Fauna Press (Christine Brandt) blog.
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Extra, Extra: Goodnight, Cruelest Month
Photo by _ROXANNE_ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The former manager of a WeHo marijuana dispensary was sentenced today to 5 years probation for "maintaining drug-related premises" on North La Brea known as the Yellow House. Tonya Mae Schaefer of Alhambra also received her…
What you might be hearing if the May Day march turns sour
Tomorrow's May Day march may not draw record-setting numbers, but it could see the first large-scale deployment of the LAPD's newest psi-ops gadgets. Captain Dennis H. Kato of the 77th Street Area explains that the police will be keeping in...
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LA Dance Awards Honor Local Excellence
Photo of Holly Johnston by Andre Andreev The Los Angeles concert dance community's Lester Horton Dance Awards, our hometown answer to the Oscars, New York's Tonys and Bessies, and San Francisco's Isadora Duncan awards were announced on Sunday at a humble event at the Jensen Recreation Center…
Boy am I glad that I didn't grow up a Chuck Norris fan!
Otherwise, I'd be undergoing the trauma associated with discovering that your man-of-steel childhood hero is really a blathering hack. First, there was his light-hearted TV spot endorsing Republican Mike Huckabee that played on Norris' martial arts cred. Now we have...
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More Trailer Leakage: Indy's Back! (Again.) [Short Ends]
newVideoPlayer("indianajonesleaked.flv", 463, 387,""); · We continue with today's theme of leaked, bootlegged trailers of the summer's most anticipated blockbusters with the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, set to premiere before screenings of Iron Man this Friday.…
How the Mexican Mafia Works: 'Gangster Confidential' Airs Tonight
Réne Enríquez fought his way to the top of one of America's most ruthless gangs, the Mexican Mafia, for 20 years. From behind bars, he was able to kill and order deaths of gang rivals on Southern California streets. But then he began to have a change of heart. Reporter Michael Montgomery…
Overstaffed? Understaffed? Mayor and city attorney crunch numbers
Does Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo have too many non-lawyers on staff? The question is at the center of a verbal and email budget squabble between the city attorney and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office, which is backing the mayor's...
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Sensible immigration policy: saved by the veto
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is a politician after LAPD Chief William Bratton's heart. The governor vetoed a bill Monday that would have required police departments to, as the NY Times put it, "join the federal immigration posse." The governor's merciless...
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Farewell to April, courtesy of Tom LaBonge
Time to turn the page on April, which means no more gazing at the standout photo in this year's Tom LaBonge calendar. You know LaBonge, of course, the Los Angeles city councilman for portions of Hollywood, North Hollywood, Silver Lake,...
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Update: Eladio's AAA debut makes headlines!
The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader April 30, 2008 Pair star in Triple-Adebuts for YankeesChris Kunda has 2-run double and Eladio Rodriguez has hit and catches the entire game. MIKE HAIM For the Times Leader BUFFALO, N.Y. – Two players making their Triple-A debuts played key roles as the…
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Lot 1: Echo Park really gentrifying now
Grated Jidori egg! Bone marrow toast! Candied rhubarb! The likes of which Echo Park has never seen. Clare snapped a photo of Josef Centeno's new Lot 1 on Sunset Blvd. It doesn't look very fancy inside or out, but the menu promises some pretty interesting dishes. There's also breakfast bacos and a…
Wim Vandekeybus' Ultima Vez @ Royce
Photo by Jean-Pierre Stoop, courtesy of UCLA Live Having broken into the international dance scene in 1987, Belgian choreographer/director/filmmaker Wim Vandekeybus is bringing a quasi-retrospective of his work to UCLA Live and Royce Hall for two performances of Spiegel on Friday and…
Vote-by-mail ballots available Monday, May 5
The June 3 stealth primary actually starts Monday. That's when voters can pick up (and mark and send in) vote-by-mail ballots. They're often are still called "absentee" ballots, but unlike the old days, you can take care of business early...
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David Blaine's 'A-Ha' Moment Comes After 17th Oxygen-Deprived Minute [Brain Damage]
newVideoPlayer("blanehold_defamer.flv", 463, 387,""); Extreme endurance artist David Blaine has certainly stunned the world before with his well-publicized stunts—from spending three weeks journeying through an (unfortunately impacted) Blue Whale's digestive system, to the time he was…
LAist Interview: Jose Canseco
You can find former baseball player Jose Canseco signing copies of his latest book Vindicated today at Costco in Van Nuys Jose Canseco's first book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big was called "the worst sports book so far in three centuries" by the…
Out in the West Texas town of El Paso...
...I fell in love with a Mexican girl right before she got busted coming to work in a citrus farm. From the Star of the Southwest comes an interesting comment on immigration reform from the area's chief Border Patrol agent....
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James Ellroy, Andy Garcia, Seal [To Do]
· Jack O'Connell and James Ellroy present and sign The Resurrectionist at Book Soup. We will award Star Commenter Status to anyone who goes and gets video of the Demon Dog opining about what he really thought about Keanu Reeves ruining his screenplay (or, for that matter, what he thought…
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Etsy.com storefront for Christine Brandt's Flora and Fauna Press.
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Flora and Fauna Custom Letterpress Wedding Invitations
Christine Brandt's boutique letterpress operation was profiled in the 4/28/2008 "LA Times" business pages.
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Urgent! Eladio's dream could end by the weekend!
The E-Rod saga is moving faster than we can keep up. And it could be ending just as quickly! From Chad Jennings' Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Yankees blog: "...Chad Moeller is back with the Yankees and Chris Stewart has been optioned -- at least, the assumption in New York is that it's an option, no…
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Popchips, for those who crave vinegar
The folks at Popchips love food bloggers. Reviews of the healthyish chips can be found on dozens of blogs, and yesterday a carton of assorted flavors arrived in EatingLA's cubicle. I usually shy away from reviewing food items that are sent to me, because it seems so mean to say "these people sent…
Jennifer Aniston And John Mayer: See It, Believe It, Decide Whether You Care From There [Sad But True]
It's usually fun when rumored flings between two unlikely stars are proven true, unless one of those stars happens to be serial dater Jennifer Aniston. Last week we reluctantly reported on stories linking Aniston to orgasmic crooner John Mayer, and as In Touch tells us today, the pair spent a long…
Reichen Lehmkuhl's Bleak Dating Tips Suggest Reality TV Stars Might Never Find True Happiness [Gay Divorce]
Reichen Lehmkuhl, the square-jawed former U.S. Air Force recruit who found a measure of fame winning Amazing Race and later as Lance Bass's boyfriend, may at first glance seem to have it all: the calendars, the flight-themed, gay-man's jewelry collections, the underwear- model- search- winning…
TV Junkie: Wednesday
It looks like Time Warner Inc. will be spinning off Time Warner Cable and announcing that sometime today. No word yet on how that might affect subscribers (like yours truly) of the TV, phone, and web services that the cable entity offers. 9:00pm MI-5 BBCA - This show kicks butt over any…
Tom Cruise Sends Katie Holmes To Scientology's Version Of Guantanamo [Scientology]
Apparently all of Katie Holmes' recent naughty behavior has prompted loving husband Tom Cruise to reprimand her with a punishment that's slightly more severe than asking her to not only wash the dishes but dry them, too. After eating too little with bad influence Victoria Beckham and daring to…