Archive for May, 2008
TREND WATCH: SUPERMARKET CENTRAL
By Tom Teicholz at 21 May, 2008, 10:12 am
There is something going on at the supermarkets.
Yesterday I walked into the Ralph’s at Barrington and Olympic. They are opening a branch of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf there, next to a working branch of Wells Fargo Bank, complete with ATM. I also found one end cap devoted to a wireless store, selling phones and [...]
What I’ve been reading lately
By Tom Teicholz at 20 May, 2008, 3:14 pm
It’s one of those questions I’m asked a lot and one I ask others, so here goes. Most recently I’ve read:
Blood Sucking Fiends by
Christopher Moore. Read this on the plane rides to and back from New
Orleans. Vampire and slacker lover in San Francisco. Entertaining
enough but started out better than it finished. Years ago I was
involved [...]
What I’ve been reading lately
By Tom Teicholz at 20 May, 2008, 3:14 pm
It’s one of those questions I’m asked a lot and one I ask others, so here goes. Most recently I’ve read:
Blood Sucking Fiends by
Christopher Moore. Read this on the plane rides to and back from New
Orleans. Vampire and slacker lover in San Francisco. Entertaining
enough but started out better than it finished. Years ago I was
involved [...]
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STATE OF JOURNALISM
By Tom Teicholz at 20 May, 2008, 2:36 pm
You could do worse than read Alissa Quart’s article ” Lost Media, Found Media” in the current Columbia Journalism Review.
She tells it like it is, and how it may be……
COUCH SURFING
By Tom Teicholz at 19 May, 2008, 2:43 pm
Saturday night I met a woman who works for couchsurfing.com
You could take a few guesses but let me explain: Couch surfing is a network of people who will let you crash on their couch — yup, the internet has updated the old network of crashpads — and some have become practically evangelical about it.
As Extreme [...]
Jeffrey Goldberg asks OBAMA
By Tom Teicholz at 14 May, 2008, 11:28 am
I’ve been hearing that Obama wants to put an end to all the rumor mongering and internet chatter suggesting that he will not be an advocate for Israel’s security. My reaction to this info was that Obama should stop pussyfooting around — no more nuanced conversation and put himself in a place where he can [...]
Read More >>MINDFUL MOMs (and me)
By Tom Teicholz at 13 May, 2008, 3:34 pm
There’s a new website called “Mindful Mom” — about the practice of “mindfulness” in the everyday life of Moms.You might justifiably ask how in the world I know anything about thisThe answer is simple: They asked to run a part of my column on Dutton’s closing and I know Susan Kaiser Greenland who is the [...]
Read More >>Local Food notes: on Sawtelle
By Tom Teicholz at 12 May, 2008, 9:43 am
One could arrive on Sawtelle avenue at the edge of West LA and spend a day wandering the few blocks between Santa Monfica Blvd and Olympic Blvd — looking at the Japanese video and game stores, the hip sneaker shops and comic stores, and you could eat for several days wandering from restaurant to restaurant, [...]
Read More >>Dr. John’s great line
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 3:02 pm
You might think that I’m using any excuse to showcase this photo of me and Dr. Johnand you would be right!
But I do have a story to tell. When I met Dr. John last Wednesday night outside Tipitina’s in New Orleans, he asked where I was from.
“Los Angeles,” I told him
“I know some people there,” [...]
Dr. John’s great line
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 3:02 pm
You might think that I’m using any excuse to showcase this photo of me and Dr. Johnand you would be right!
But I do have a story to tell. When I met Dr. John last Wednesday night outside Tipitina’s in New Orleans, he asked where I was from.
“Los Angeles,” I told him
“I know some people there,” [...]