BLACKBURN AND SWEETZER

I guess there are some serious Ron Paul supporters on Blackburn. They’ve got every window covered.

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Riverdancing at the mall - specifically, at Bellevue Square in Washington state over the Thanksgiving holiday - might be one of the whitest things to participate in on earth. But I will say this, it’s fantastic to see kids exercising and that jumping up and down would be incredibly exhausting. The wigs are a little [...]

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The Grove really knows how to create a fake moment - fireworks, man-made snow - it’s just so faux precious! But it is the beginning of the holiday season, which means people will be stuffing their faces throughout the country because clearly it’s the pilgrims who need to be celebrated for using the Native people [...]

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You gotta love the cuisine mash-up. It’s a mainstay in LA, of course. Here’s a French Bakery with Mexican fare on Avenue of the Americas.

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I pretty much avoid Hollywood & Highland like the plague. Why, besides the touristy annoyances? It’s a nightmare to go there. So, as much as I’m not a fan of the mega-complex, I appreciate that Global Inheritance’s Public Displays of Affection series is trying to get people to use public transportation. Liverpool’s Ladytron and Great [...]

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This is definitely just a gratuitous opportunity to post a pic of Newm and Grizz in full-on tussle. It’s also a note to say, happy Labor Day! What do people do to celebrate Labor Day anyway, besides not laboring? Well, I know this much: Blackburn and Sweetzer is taking advantage of the long weekend and [...]

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I got to go to the press preview of Beautiful Morning, a two-act play showing at the Egyptian Arena Theatre through September 16th, written by Julien Schwab and directed by Nicholas Cotz. I haven’t gone to a ton of theater - a handful of Broadway shows and a few plays - but I’ll give you [...]

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I went to the launch for the semi-new Image section of the L.A. Times last night, which was at Bar Nineteen 12 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. I had never been to Bar Nineteen 12, and I have to say it was pretty fantastic with a lot of outdoor space and sweeping views of the [...]

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Granted, I’ve lived in L.A. for quite some time, but I’ve been rear-ended more times than I can remember, including one time when me and the husband - in our trusty Civic - were hit by a 70-year-old woman driving a Hummer! And not the smaller Hummer, the full-size monster. No matter how many times [...]

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Finally, a campaign-related event where you don’t have to fork over hundreds of dollars. Saturday, August 25th, from 4:00PM-7:00PM, requisite celebs and other notables will gather at Falcon on Sunset to kick off the launch of ‘Generation Obama Los Angeles’ for young professionals in support the presidential candidate. RSVP is required and a $25 donation [...]

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It’s big. It’s bright. It switches from image-to-image in a single bound. It’s super billboard! Or, more accurately, it’s one big-ass, bright billboard on 3rd Street. Luckily, very luckily, we live in the opposite direction of this blinding light. Though the erecting of this thing woke me up on consecutive early weekend mornings. How many [...]

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Got $250? Obama supporters in the ‘hood might want to catch the candidate tonight, August 9th from 7:30PM-9:30PM at Area on La Cienega. RSVP-slash-give-bucks here. By the time the election actually comes around, Obama and Hill are gonna be schmoozed out. Or maybe they just have Obama and Hillary robots that attend these events… that [...]

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