Guess Who They’re Letting In To The Jackopalooza!?
Gotta admit, I submitted my request to attend the Michael Jackson Memorial at Staples Center tomorrow far more to just bear witness to the public spectacle than to publicly bare any grief at his...
View ArticleI Call This My Layman’s Lucky Mofo Press Pass to the Michael Jackson Memorial
Having the good fortune to be one of 8,750 out of the million-plus who requested tix, I just got back from biking over to Dodger Stadium to pick up the necessary ornamentation and documentation to...
View ArticleAfterward: Michael Jackson Memorial
As one of the 8,750 people selected out of the million-plus who submitted requests for tickets to the Michael Jackson Public Memorial Tuesday, I attended the July 7, 2009 event at Staples Center in...
View ArticleAnd That’s All I Have To Say About That
Best way to honor JD Salinger is to pay no attention to his demise. He would’ve wanted it that way.
View ArticleCiao Cha Cha
Actress Annette Charles, pictured above (in a near-immaculate Los Angeles River bed under the Sixth Street Viaduct with the Fourth Street Viaduct in the background) as villainess Cha Cha DiGregorio...
View ArticleAnd The Award For Most Unique Bus Rider Goes To…
I was early on into my ride on the No. 14 Beverly Boulevard bus out from Historic Filipinotown to the Fairfax area body shop this afternoon to pick up Susan’s freshly repaired Ford, when this...
View ArticleTimelapse: Beverly Thrills Ride
At the invitation of friend, biking blogger, and LA County Bicycle Coalition Boardmember Ted Rogers, I charted out and led a group “LACBC Sunday Funday” ride that took about 40 of us from the “slums”...
View ArticleRest In Peace, Huell Howser
I’ve been in awe of Huell Howser since I first started watching his “Videolog” shows on KCET way back when dinosaurs like Payphoneasaurus and Eveningnewspaperus Rex still roamed the earth. In other...
View ArticleHere’s One Thing Armstrong Was Truthful About… Maybe
How Tweet It Was. The night before the CicLAvia that took place in April 2011, I had heard that Lance Armstrong was coming to town specifically to participate. As such, I tweeted a reminder at him and...
View ArticleA Paige Turner
If I had to name a Second Favorite Baseball Player of All Time behind Jackie Robinson, it would be Satchel Paige. No doubt. I’ve known of and about him almost as long as I’ve known about baseball and...
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