Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Office dance party @ Threshold Interactive (Culver City)

Here’s a FoodTruckHeadsUp from @NicoleAimee:
I thought I’d spread the love about a new food truck in town that will have it’s maiden voyage tonight in Venice: Nom Nom Truck
Here are some deets:
Nom Nom
Launching tonight at The Brig: 1515 Abbott Kinney; Venice

This Vietnamese grub slingin’ truck’s been on a commitment-phobic roll for the last week, but’s [...]

The grass IS always greener after all.  NBC LA investigative reporter Joel Grover confronts Mayor Villaraigosa and ask him why he’s violating his own lawn watering laws.
*update 8/27/75 – this video was mysteriously removed from NBC LA, what’s up folks?

by Greg Oguss
I don’t have much to say about Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse”-Goes-to-War extravaganza, “Inglourious Basterds,” other than an observation about how impervious to criticism it is. I’m not suggesting that words fail me when confronting the instantly recognizable Tarantino aesthetic. Since he’s seemingly exhausted every other blood-and-guts movie trope (heist films, samurais, vampires, hot rods), [...]

These aren’t easy times for Californians, and in not-so-easy times it’s easy to feel frustrated with the way political issues are handled.   “Well just hold on there for a second young buck” says the Twitter-savvy Governator (he didn’t say that), “I’m open to hearing your ideas on how to fix CA!  Send your ideas to [...]