Dinner and a movie

January 28, 2009 at 10:22 am (Los Angeles) (, )

Eat/Watch: Dinner and a Movie
At Hollywood and Highland through Feb 15
Through V-Day, gorge on $30 or more of food at most of H&H’s
restaurants (everything from Johnny Rockets to The Grill),
and you’ll get two free same-day tickets to the movie of
your choice — that’s right, two viewings of Paul Blart:
Mall Cop.
The full list of restaurants is at

http://themove.thrillist.com/link.php?M=1708762&N=54866&C=2d491032a5193a98da0452c77918d44c&L=29562

reposted from thrillist

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The High Price of Travel

June 24, 2008 at 6:57 pm (Los Angeles) (, , , , , )

I don’t want to go anywhere anymore.  Sorry westside, sorry mom and dad, sorry friends in San Fransico and San Diego, sorry cabin.  Gas has nearly crested $5 a gallon, and going anywhere has become expensive.

So I look to carpooling. To go anywhere, I look for people to travel with. Even though they are not paying for the gas (I haven’t asked for gas money since I was seventeen, but now I am thinking about getting one of those stickers for my car). It’s nice to feel like you are doing something!

Living in LA, the thing I keep wondering is when (not if) will gas prices break this city? When will our poor public transport system and super spread out car culture go broke under the financial burden? We rely on trucks for so much of what we take for granted. When will the food and goods stop coming?

Hell, at least it got me to actively carpool.  And, I know I can do more. Here’s what I promise.

  • I won’t go anywhere alone if I can help it, even though my house is kind of out of the way, I am sure I can find someone nearby to travel with me.
  • I will actively carpool to work when possible. Most of the crews (except wolfie) live on my side of town. There is no reason to not drive with a buddy. Besides, maybe I can get them to drive.
  • I’m going to drop my speed. The optimal speed on highways is 55-65 mph. This one will be tough. I will also need to start minding my acceleration. It’s there where the most gas is consumed.
  • Alas, I am going to have to remove my roof rack. Air drag. This might give me an extra mpg or two.
  • Track my MPG. Number of miles when you fill up, divided by the number of gallons you put in. I’ll keep a little notebook in my car to track it as time goes by, noting variables.
  • More places in one trip. No going out for just one thing. Make lists and group journeys.  Stop at Target to get cleaning supplies on the way home from work, do several meetings in a day, etc.
This is an interesting challenge for me. I am a avid solo driver. Let’s see how this goes. I’m by no means green, but I can be a little less evil.

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I Love Los Angeles

May 8, 2008 at 6:01 pm (Los Angeles, Magick, Media, The Life of A Spaceman) (, )

“There are more things in heaven and Earth, Harris, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” – The Freeway Sign in L.A. Story


I love this movie, don’t you? It’ from 1991, it has Steve Martin as a weatherman who doesn’t use doppler radar, it tells the story of Los Angeles so beautifully. I have seen this movie proabably fifty times, I have been watching it since I was a teenager,  and I am always seeing new things.
I am an LA native.  I really love this town.  I feel a part of it.  I sometimes feel that the city moves things for me, to help me.  The city is alive, do you ever feel that? Like it wants to cause dreams to be fulfilled. It pulls all these dreamers here, doesn’t it?  Some are dashed, some are lived, some are changed entirely.  But all that creative force is here, always.
I keep thinking that you’ve got to want it. You gotta really just love this town and everything that is possible here. It is this nexus of creativity and media, anything can happen. It is so vast and open and full of life.  But you must love this city, for she is a fickle goddess. Speak out against the traffic, or heat, or people and she will smack you down with a desert fury.  Instead, love the wildfires, earthquakes and crazies. This is our city, and she loves us.
Man, I wanna go for a drive.
Create your own freeway sign

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