John Le Carré is a writer I’m remiss to admit I’ve never read. I’ve seen film adaptations of his works such as “The Constant Gardener” and “The Russia House,” but I’ve never picked up one of his books. With “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” currently in theaters and getting a lot of buzz, I debated between …
http://youtu.be/Nvyknw4VClE The following are twitterings sent before, during and after the National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide trounced the LSU Tigers 21-0 in the BCS Championship Bowl last night roughly between 4:30 and 9:30 p.m. As for any insight into why Alabama Football means so much to this native angeleno, I invite you to read my …
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There are people in my neighborhood who think me an epic jerk. Such festering animosity stems from the fact that they have demonstrated themselves to be jerks as well — most often by parking their vehicles so that the block part — or occassionally all — of our driveway apron. With the new year, comes …
Plans are afoot to develop properties in Sunset Junction. One, the popular 4100 Bar and two, the Sunset Pacific Motel a long-derelict vagrant magnet (more appropriately known as the “Bates Motel” since it is bordered by Bates Drive, but more importantly because it is pretty creepy). Following The Eastsider LA’s post on the subject the ensuing …
After cranking out a lemon/lime/orange/strawberry concoction for Susan, I then went to work liquifying a banana/pear/strawberry smoothie for myself, as seen in the after and before shots below: Don’t worry, this is the last time I’ll blog about how much I’m loving the manual machine and its results:
http://youtu.be/feOMTBxdZDg Gawd bless you, Giant Bicycles.
Behold! Below is the result from putting two bananas and a pear through the Japanese-made manual juicer I found kicked to the curb Wednesday morning (and had so much trouble not only identifying but then juicing a solitary pear the first time around). I decided to give it another try this morning and I’m pleased to …