i took 6 months to love it, but i never looked back. boston is great and all, but food is too expensive and there's not enough of it that's good.
― rocognise gnome (remy bean), Friday, 13 January 2012 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
the "car culture" part (along with the sheer sprawling size of the place) is the only real barrier to true love. it's not just a pain in the ass, it's cognitive dissonance -- i come from a really different place.
― my copy has boobs (get bent), Friday, 13 January 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
the traffic has gotten markedly worse since when i moved here in 1999(!), slowly but in a retrospectively alarming fashion.
― omar little, Friday, 13 January 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah it's easily reaching tipping points at many spots. At a certain point freeway expansion won't cut it and you'll either see people going "Okay, fine, mass transit for real" or sheer insanity on top of the already present cognitive dissonance. Speaking especially of OC here.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 January 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
it used to be "oh nice i'm leaving work at 1 PM, no traffic" and now that's not the case. 1 HR from santa monica to silver lake. not to mention random horrible traffic jams on weeknights at 11 PM and almost constant jams on the freeways on weekend afternoons.
― omar little, Friday, 13 January 2012 02:22 (twelve years ago) link
fuck 1am traffic jams
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 13 January 2012 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
On the plus side, even with all these extra cars the air is much cleaner than it used to be.
― nickn, Friday, 13 January 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
my own experience is that i lived here for a month on an internship in 2009 (first time ever in LA) and then moved back 'permanently' last september. during that time in between, finishing up school in nyc and then moving back home for a spell, i honestly thought about one day moving back to LA rather often. and then i did! and i am mostly very glad i did. i still miss things about nyc (mostly my friends who are still there) but the idea of moving back there at this point seems totally unreal to me.
― donna rouge, Friday, 13 January 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
noooooooo
― lost ai weiwei (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 January 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
Just move out here, Stevie.
So! This is happening March 2:
http://www.attheecho.com/2011/12/07/friday-03-03-12-natural-history-museum-first-fridays-with-zola-jesus-natural-history-museum/
That also happens to be my birthday. Plots are being hatched.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 January 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
zomg (more for EMA than ZJ admittedly but still)
― donna rouge, Saturday, 14 January 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
this opens tonight:
http://theboxla.com/exhibitions/index.html
you may see me there.
― choucrüt (get bent), Saturday, 14 January 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
i just came here to post about that! i may also swing by
― donna rouge, Saturday, 14 January 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
there is also a six-mile route 66 walking tour tomorrow at 8am
https://www.facebook.com/events/343897635621838/
― donna rouge, Saturday, 14 January 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
that LAFMS exhibit linked above is GREAT, go see if you are at all interested in weirdo '70s LA experimental weirdo culture
― donna rouge, Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:32 (twelve years ago) link
sounds cool
― human trash (buzza), Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
i loved the organ with the dildos threaded through the footpedals, sustaining a single chord endlessly.
― choucrüt (get bent), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
also, there was a really tiny christmas-themed red toy piano -- like keychain-size -- that said "paino" on it. (i.e., "piano" in low-budget engrish.)
― choucrüt (get bent), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
'weirdo '70s LA experimental weirdo culture'
lol drunk
we tried playing some of the instruments and then one of the musicians told us "you can't play the sculpture"
― donna rouge, Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
the view from the gold line around mt. washington is like woah.
This is my daily commute! It is beautiful, I bike it now.
― Mariusz Smiley (admrl), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
so how about that dexter episode thats playing out in real life by the hollywood sign? lots of crazy ass murders going on as of late..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
The guy killed by the guy randomly shooting at cars in Hollywood was a good friend of my co-worker. So crazy.
― Mariusz Smiley (admrl), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh geez :/
― donna rouge, Thursday, 19 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Changing the subject...who has eaten somewhere good and interesting recently? I need a resto rec, can be anywhere from hole in the wall to swanky. I was running down the J Gold list but actually found it a bit limiting and overly familiar.
― age is not a number of years but a great experience in life (admrl), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
Im going to the gorbals tomorrow which I hope is good.. I can report back.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Scottish and Jewish food, yeah - it's like they knew I was coming.
How about any of these from J Gold - Akasha, Kiriko, Mayura?
― age is not a number of years but a great experience in life (admrl), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
i ate half a pig's head there (and the eye)
― omar little, Friday, 20 January 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
have you been to ramen jinya
― omar little, Friday, 20 January 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
I really liked the food at Palate, and actually thought it was kind of awesome that it was on Auto Row in Glendale. Pretty old, bourgie crowd though.
Speaking of which - we have this new-ish Italian place Maximiliano in Highland Park and it seems to attract the strangest people. I do see Marc Maron there a lot, though. It is Andre Guerrero (Oinkster) and the food is good, a little too homestyle at times but tasty. But the people are WEIRD.
xp-no, tell me
― age is not a number of years but a great experience in life (admrl), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
very good noodle place in studio city (two other locations too, one near wilshire and la brea and another on sawtelle by olympic.)
http://www.jinya-la.com/ramen/index.html
― omar little, Friday, 20 January 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Cool, I put it on the ARList. I don't have a good noodle place.
― age is not a number of years but a great experience in life (admrl), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
it's by no means fancy but i liked mr. ramen in little tokyo when i ate there a few days ago. i don't eat out here as much as i'd like to.
― donna rouge, Friday, 20 January 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
i did go to animal after the new year tho, NOM
I wanna try Animal. Looks like I will be going Mayura. I tell you what I think about the food later,
― age is not a number of years but a great experience in life (admrl), Friday, 20 January 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Seconding this. I've driven by the place enough times, so I finally check it out. Good food there.
Chimu in downtown is astonishingly good, but I heard that they're in the middle of moving to a better location?
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
It's moving? I thought it just closed. It was good. Delicious lomo saltado
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
Mo Chica in Mercado La Paloma is same people/similar menu.
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
Also Little Bear is new Guerrero gastropub downtown:http://www.littlebearla.com/
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
― donna rouge, Friday, 20 January 2012 19:17 (Yesterday) Permalink
the only reason to go to mr ramen is if you dont want to wait 30 mins to get into daikokuya
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
oh ohhhhhhhhh it's on
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
What about Hungry Cat? It's expensive and fishy?
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
daikokuya is right next to mr ramen tho! its not diss, I eat at mr ramen once in a while
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
no diss
awwww
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
the best place I've eaten in southern california so far (this is prob not true but maybe is) is at magic wok in cerritos, ate there a few weeks ago and holy shit
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
I heard Cerritos has a substantial auto mall.
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-medvclp5PDo/TYFOt-O4tEI/AAAAAAAAE24/ANTpi7W2qRQ/s400/DSCN5842.JPG
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
Haha
what is it from??
Hey is it really going to rain today/tomorrow? I am thinking about washing my car
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mckare.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/its-go-time.jpg
― My father and mother have closed the factory (admrl), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
simpsons, 100% chance of rain tomorrow, I stumbled into the la contempo art show opening yesterday man it was horrible man
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
thoroughly blue, no surprise:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8172755795_5899e647ba.jpg
― lunar madness (get bent), Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
hi guys, i have a conference in beautiful long beach convention center in january. having seen pretty much all it has to offer in 2008, is there anywhere i can stay that (1) isn't the convention center/queen mary bit of long beach (2) i can reach the convention center from in ~30m on public transport.
― caek, Monday, 12 November 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
hello, rainy angelenos. how are you staying dry today?
a. and i tried to go hiking in fryman canyon, but the light drizzle turned into a downpour.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8193600765_b0ef3f39be.jpg
― fiscal cliff burton (get bent), Saturday, 17 November 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
also: nbd, just enjoying the walnut & fig butter cookies i made.
― fiscal cliff burton (get bent), Saturday, 17 November 2012 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
Whoops, didn't say anything to caek there a few days ago! Let's see, location based on your description -- well my neck of the woods is sadly out, otherwise I'd happily host. Can ask a friend of mine from Pedro for suggestions -- anyone else?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 November 2012 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
you're reminding me that I keep wanting to go hiking on that trail but never do.
― Cunga, Sunday, 18 November 2012 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
two orders of business:
one, i have a couple of shows coming up with my choral group, both free:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8205754551_981f7144ea_z.jpg
second, i'm doing a birthday drinks thing on december 1st at cole's (and the varnish, the speakeasy in back) around 8pm. you're all invited. 118 e. 6th st, downtown l.a.
― les rallizes miserables (get bent), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
New thead, btw.
LA9
― nickn, Friday, 7 December 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link