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big city efficiency

By Eric Richardson — October 29, 2004

I was driving into work this morning when all of a sudden I had a very "doh!" moment. It occured to me that I had a wedding to go to tomorrow, and that suit that I really needed to take to the dry cleaners was still sitting rumpled in my closet. No fear, though. A quick look at the now useful google local (dry cleaner near 90014), a few phone calls, and I...


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"God to Run DWP!"

By Eric Richardson — October 29, 2004

There's a lot about LA politics I don't know or understand, but there's one thing I'm pretty sure of: Ron Deaton is a powerful man. Now the long-time city hall guru is Hahn's choice to take over as top man at DWP. I first read the story last night on LA Observed (today's followup has links to the Times and Daily News). My first Ron Deaton experience was at...


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DLANC: Transportation Meeting #2

By Eric Richardson — October 27, 2004

Last night I braved the rain to make my way from USC up to 1st and Figueroa for my second DLANC Transportation & Public Works (hereafter T&PW) Committee meeting. Getting to the meeting was more than half the battle. Tuesdays nights are my latest school nights. I have class until 6:45. Yet somehow all the DLANC meetings I attend (board, AACE, and T...


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From the Downtown News: Coffee and DLANC

By Eric Richardson — October 18, 2004

The Downtown News this week includes a story on Groundwork, a coffee house in the art district. Particularly of interest is the fact that Groundwork roasts their own beans. My whole bean coffee supplies are running a little low, so I plan to head over and pick some up to try out in the next few days. I figure if I'm buying beans roasted about a mile away and...


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Alma at the Los Angeles

By Eric Richardson — October 18, 2004

I've watched a Google news search for "alma mahler" with interest since September 30, when the roaming play Alma opened at the Los Angeles Theatre. After a decent number of pre-opening articles it's been hard to find good reviews to go off of. This reuters piece pretty much sums up what I've seen: The main problem with "Alma," however, is Alma. All three...


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Artistsalon: The Big Picture

By Eric Richardson — October 17, 2004

Last night Kathy and I headed up the block to check out Artistsalon's event "the big picture". I was impressed. Jason and crew put on a great event with a little something for everyone. We had to leave a little early since we were both tired (I had gotten up at 5am to go waterskiing before the football game) and I had movies to return to Hollywood Video, so we...


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Wifi: The post in which I preemptively diss Pershing Square WIFI

By Eric Richardson — October 15, 2004

So the CRA awarded the Pershing Square wifi contract a little over a week ago. I didn't know until I saw this little Downtown News blurb. From the DN: City officials last week selected Verge Wireless Networks to provide wireless Internet - or Wi-Fi - access at Pershing Square. The Baton Rouge-based company was hired for $25,000 by the Community Redevelopment...


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weekend events around downtown

By Eric Richardson — October 13, 2004

There's a lot going on downtown this weekend, so I thought I'd take a second to point out a couple things: Saturday and Sunday the Brewery art complex is having their Autumn Artwalk. Kathleen at blogging.la posted a good tease for event. I've never made it up that way, but it should be cool. Saturday night Artistsalon is hosting "the big picture" in the Spring...


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DLANC: Meeting Number Two

By Eric Richardson — October 13, 2004

I went to my second neighborhood council meeting last night. My first meeting was a good gentle introduction to the whole concept. Last night, though, was for real. A big topic of the night was conflicts of interest and the question of whether a paid lobbyist should be allowed to have a position on a neighborhood council. Now, this was all in the comment section...


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the downtown news gets the scoop

By Eric Richardson — October 12, 2004

It's nice to see the Downtown News getting a scoop with their interview of Anschutz Entertainment Group President Tim Leiweke. In the interview Leiweke says that the Clippers might not be back at Staples next year: We actually would make more money if, instead of having 40 Clippers games, we had five concerts. So, those are some of the decisions we're going...