My friend noticed that I didn’t post anything for the entire month of October.  Well, it was a combination of things, but mostly it was jury duty.  Since I’m used to waking up late, having to do jury duty put ...

In a past blog entry, I mentioned seeing Steve Case’ Flexcar.com being advertised on the bus in Los Angeles. Well, now I’ve seen it actually in the wild in downtown Los Angeles in the parking structure at 333 Alameda.  At ...

Decided to go back to Blue Marlin for another meal with my friend.  She had the Seafood Cream Pasta ($13.95) shown above and I had the Chilli something or rather with an egg on top ($11.95) which was very tasty. ...

Since I don’t do a lot of shopping, I never saw this vending machine before.  Perhaps, it’s all over the place but I’ve never seen it.  I found this at the Westfield Century City Mall, or whatever it’s called now, ...

This picture just looks like some Japanese market somewhere but actually, it’s in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. A film crew put up banners and bikes to make it look like a Japanese scene for the TV show “Heroes” on ...

Yes, it’s that time again.  It’s hard to believe that one company could screw things up so badly, but it’s true.  After telling me that I’ve been taken off their opt-out promotional list, once again, I get this email in ...

I’ve continued to play the deep stack tournament at Hustler on Sunday with no luck.  2 weeks ago, I was down to 2 tables and was all-in with about 48,000 chips with AJ against A7 and lost almost all my ...

En Sushi is located on Santa Monica and Barry, near Federal.  The restaurant does have a tiny parking lot that the valet uses and there is a small public parking lot across Barry but they are usually packed because of ...

A friend of mine invited me to a private poker tournament party in Laguna Hills where there were going to be a bunch of novice players.  That, plus the fact that there would be strippers dancing got me to go.  ...

Everybody and his brother’s casino has some type of players’ card or VIP card.  When each casino starts having yet another card for their computerized table, this is really going to be rediculous.  It’s already got my wallet stuffed to ...