It never fails. After New Year’s, gyms everywhere suffer an overflow of determined New Year’s resolutionists. “This is the year when I’m going to lose 10 pounds.” “This is the year when I’m going to finally get a hard body.” And not that I’m knocking people for having those goals. More power to you. It…
Category Archives: Recreation
FREE TICKETS for 2006 L.A. Auto Show
All right, so I was supposed to go to the auto show this Sunday and shop for my dream car, etc. but it turns out that I have to work instead, and the people who were interested in going with me had to drop out as well so now no one is using these beautifully…
A Bugatti, Lambo or Porsche? Car Shopping at the 2006 L.A. Auto Show
Bugatti, Bugatti, Bugatti. Bugatti kills wallets. One of my favorite pastimes is shopping for my next luxury car at the L.A. auto show…well, at least in my dreams. This year, I’m in luck as the world’s most expensive car, the Bugatti Veyron, a $1.2 million 1,001-horsepower super sports car that can reach a top speed…
Storm Watch 2006! How to Spend a Rainy Day in L.A.
Hate to go out when the sky is falling? I was reading blogging.la and came across this post asking for suggestions on what to do on a rainy day with out-of-town guests since a lot of activities with visitors usually involve the great outdoors. Hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains? Out. Window shopping in the…
Make Someone's Holidays Happy: The Giving Spirit Charity Bag Drop
For most, the holidays are the time when you are surrounded by your loved ones, in the coziness of your home with your egg nog, figgy pudding and presents. And it’s times like these when you’re really grateful for all that you have. That’s why it’s around this time when I’m usually struck by the…
Trashy Holidays! A John Waters Christmas
Christmas shopping got you down? Not looking forward to spending yet another holiday with your family? (Wasn’t Thanksgiving just last week or something?) Sounds like you need a good laugh and a reason to fall in love with Christmas again. Enter John Waters to offer his unique take on the holidays. Everyone’s talking about his…
Boring on Ice, I Mean, Downtown on Ice
Being in sunny Southern California we don’t get the sort of holidays they celebrate in the movies or Christmas songs. “Sleigh Ride, huh?” “White Christmas, what?” So it’s very exciting stuff to find out that someone put an ice skating rink in the middle of Downtown L.A. Just think, it evokes images of Rockefeller Center’s…
"Senior Cut Day": Let's Play Hooky and Go to Disneyland!
Cue soaring music and choir. I don’t know if you heard, but Disneyland is 50 years old! Old favorites such as the Haunted Mansion and the signature Sleeping Beauty’s Castle have been dressed up in new finery. The new Space Mountain features “new technology, an energetic soundtrack and a sound system complete with 42 speakers…
Dockweiler State Beach: Beach Bonfire Bingo
Not my friends, but you get the idea. Some of my girlfriends and I have decided to throw a beach bonfire party. This fit of inspiration came after a Sunday brunch as we walked along a Playa del rey beach to settle the food in our tummies. We have wanted to throw some sort of…
Sit, Ubu, Sit: Free Yoga (Dog or Not) in Plummer's Park/Runyon Canyon
Here’s the type of water cooler talk we have at my office: Me: I heard running in Runyon Canyon is good. Co-Worker: Yeah, it is but there are too many dogs…smells of dog shit. Oh, but I heard there’s a free yoga class there. Me: Really? Free? Co-Worker: Yeah, and actually Neve Campbell has been…
