Posted in Dog Walks, Events by: skidrowdude
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08 Jun
Yesterday City Hall and surrounding blocks were host to 35,000+ folks, with about 50% under the age of 10. What was the attraction? A hot new “boy band” was appearing? A circus had come downtown? Nope- they were here to buy BOOKS! The “Feria Del Libro: A Family Book Fair [...]
Posted in Restaurant Stuff by: skidrowdude
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08 Jun
I finally made it to Lime Cafe- the new Mexican restaurant/bar/gallery on 5th and Main, behind Weeneez, where Red Dot Gallery used to be- it’s actually same gallery- a great space, with new food.
I had planned on going to Lime Cafe at least 3 previous times- for their drink tasting event for angelenic.com readers, and [...]
Posted in Bars, Higgins Building, Restaurant Stuff by: skidrowdude
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06 Jun
Since starting my diet Feb. 1st, I have not been to The Edison, the club in the basement of my building. I used to be there 2 or 3 nights a week, always having a good time and meeting cool people. Tonite I ventured back there for the first time- I was craving [...]
Posted in My Work by: skidrowdude
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06 Jun
As some of you may know, I’m searching for a new software contract as my 6+ year contract w/ Sempra (SoCalGas) has been completed. I was hoping to get some more work from Sempra, as they are very good to me since I’ve done 3 previous projects for them and they let me work [...]
Posted in Downtown - Politics by: skidrowdude
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06 Jun
(sent to me by a red-neck friend- kind of long but very good read… Los Angeles could use a few ‘Git-R Dun’ politicials like Sheriff Joe…)
You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well………
SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
Oh, there’s [...]
Posted in Higgins Building, LAPD HQ Construction by: skidrowdude
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05 Jun
Tonite is the 7th night that 2nd St. was closed at Main St. to allow the new LAPD HQ to get hooked-up to the main sewer line. According to memos from Higgins building managment, this project was to take 3-4 days of work between 8pm and 5am. Based on my totally uneducated opinion, [...]
Posted in Dog Walks, Exercise / Diet by: skidrowdude
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03 Jun
This weekend, the weather was beautiful- blue sky, gentle breezes, and a nice 75-degree or so temperature midday. So I decided I wanted to try to really get White Dog tired- push her to the limit- and see how she behaves. So Saturday and Sunday I upped the dog walks to 2- 2 [...]
Posted in Dog Walks, Downtown - Walking by: skidrowdude
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02 Jun
Well, I knew it would happen eventually, the way people walk like idiots. I have all my dog walks planned so that any grass is always on the right side, as I walk w/ White Dog on my right, and it seems natural as you drive on the right side of road.
So this a.m. [...]