Happy Birthday, Bob!

By at 24 May, 2011, 12:03 pm

Bob Dylan That Hibbing, Minn., native who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman but has been known as Bob Dylan since he first started performing in New York’s Greenwich Village some 50 years ago — and who has lived in Los Angeles probably longer than anywhere else — turns 70 on May 24. Like most Dylan-related […]

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Local Food notes: on Sawtelle

By 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, […]

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I’ve been neglecting my blog

By at 8 May, 2008, 9:55 am

I know, I know, I’ve been on deadline on a bunch of things, and the items I want to post keep adding up: So Let me share some quicklyMark Sarvas read at Village Books Tuesday night from his novel “Harry, Revised” to an appreciative crowd, and I got to meet his bride, Mrs TEV (The […]

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I’ve been neglecting my blog

By at 8 May, 2008, 9:55 am

I know, I know, I’ve been on deadline on a bunch of things, and the items I want to post keep adding up: So Let me share some quicklyMark Sarvas read at Village Books Tuesday night from his novel “Harry, Revised” to an appreciative crowd, and I got to meet his bride, Mrs TEV (The […]

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