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Apparently,  a lot.  I was making my way through James Ellroy’s “The Big Nowhere,” and,  not too far in, Howard Hughes appears, along with his head of security, a crooked retired cop named Turner “Buzz” Meeks.  Meeks works at Hughes Aircraft, and it takes him an hour to drive to Studio City for some dirty [...]

Are you looking for an inexpensive family-friendly event to attend this weekend or next? If so, Dana Point’s 39th Annual Festival of Whales may be just what you are looking for.
The Festival kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, March 6th at 10:00 a.m. with a parade along Pacific Coast Highway. According to the website all events are [...]

Thanks to the great gang of folks who came out to Classic Eats Number 9! We started the adventure at Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles. We squeezed 13 of us around a table for 10 and proceeded to plow into some monochromatic waffly goodness. Mmmm, waffles and fried chicken!
Much fun and laughter was had [...]

Just a gentle reminder to prepare yourselves for the awesomesauceness that will be Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles and Boardner’s!
The details again:
5:00pm meet up at Roscoe’s on Gower. Eat some tasty chicken and waffle goodness, try not to spill maple syrup on yourself.
6:30 (or so) head over to Boardner’s for a post chicken COCKtail (get [...]

In their first two years of operation, they would build new streetcar lines from Third and Hill to Vermont and Exposition.
They were the men of the Los Angeles Traction Company. The year was 1897.
Photo from the USC Digital Library