I have a new blog, but it's all about beer so very few of you (Josh P., do you still read this? ;) will be interested.
More of you might want to check out my better half's new blog for his California, science, and beverage-related observations. He notes our first earthquake, and his first Spanish-language telemarketing call.
Other LA moments of late:
* Restaurants and stores around here must post the results of their latest health inspections in the window. "A" is 90-100% clean, and so on. You see mostly A's, a few B's. Generally the B's are okay but you might want to watch what you order, that sort of thing. I recently saw my first C, on a small grocery store on Pico. A's and B's are blue, but the C is big and red. Damn! Plenty of people were still in the store, by the way.
* Further east on Pico, there's a place that could have been the model for the movie "Barbershop."
* One of the local hip-hop radio stations aired not one, but two commercials for bail bondsmen during one block of commercials this weekend. Elsewhere in the commercial block was an ad for Cadillacs.
* I worked at a Jewish wedding on Sunday that had chips and salsa as part of the appetizers. Also, the groomsmen were four different races.
* I've now been asked, twice, if I'm an actor. If you look familiar for any reason, it's assumed the familiarity is due to your having been on TV.
* Obviously I'm not an actor, because actors go out of their way to let you know they're actors and what, if anything, they've been in lately.
* Yes, females are "actors" just as there are no more waitresses, only "servers." I'm a feminist, but this strikes me as nitpicky.
* I've now been stuck in traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway (or "PCH" to the locals; it stands for "Parked Cars Here") behind three blondes in a convertible.
* I actually want to go to Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles.
* I now go out of my way for $2.03/gallon gas. (Note: this is expensive for America but cheap for California, and hella cheap for, say, Europe.)
* I just said "hella," didn't I?
* I ate a beef-tongue taco a few weeks ago.
* I'm tired of the governors' race.
Oh crap. I think I'm becoming a Californian.
More of you might want to check out my better half's new blog for his California, science, and beverage-related observations. He notes our first earthquake, and his first Spanish-language telemarketing call.
Other LA moments of late:
* Restaurants and stores around here must post the results of their latest health inspections in the window. "A" is 90-100% clean, and so on. You see mostly A's, a few B's. Generally the B's are okay but you might want to watch what you order, that sort of thing. I recently saw my first C, on a small grocery store on Pico. A's and B's are blue, but the C is big and red. Damn! Plenty of people were still in the store, by the way.
* Further east on Pico, there's a place that could have been the model for the movie "Barbershop."
* One of the local hip-hop radio stations aired not one, but two commercials for bail bondsmen during one block of commercials this weekend. Elsewhere in the commercial block was an ad for Cadillacs.
* I worked at a Jewish wedding on Sunday that had chips and salsa as part of the appetizers. Also, the groomsmen were four different races.
* I've now been asked, twice, if I'm an actor. If you look familiar for any reason, it's assumed the familiarity is due to your having been on TV.
* Obviously I'm not an actor, because actors go out of their way to let you know they're actors and what, if anything, they've been in lately.
* Yes, females are "actors" just as there are no more waitresses, only "servers." I'm a feminist, but this strikes me as nitpicky.
* I've now been stuck in traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway (or "PCH" to the locals; it stands for "Parked Cars Here") behind three blondes in a convertible.
* I actually want to go to Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles.
* I now go out of my way for $2.03/gallon gas. (Note: this is expensive for America but cheap for California, and hella cheap for, say, Europe.)
* I just said "hella," didn't I?
* I ate a beef-tongue taco a few weeks ago.
* I'm tired of the governors' race.
Oh crap. I think I'm becoming a Californian.
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