You can tell a lot about a trend or product by checking out the clearance aisle of Target. You can see that a certain type of battery-powered toy dog that barked constantly wasn’t a big seller or coconut lip gloss or Star Wars curling irons. I like to stalk the “loser” section because sometimes I […]
What’s your Starbucks’ name?
Peet’s Coffee is not only has my favorite coffee, it’s the closest coffee place to my house. Just a quick walk and I can be sipping my au lait within five minutes of leaving my front door. But I’m back on Starbucks. The reason is as simple as it is pathetic: I can’t get […]
Breaking News: Rain
For most of you "Rain" isn't news, but in Southern California rain is a screaming headline, a reason for breaking news tickers running at the bottom of the T.V. screen. "Rain" is covered with the same intensity as a natural disaster and for my dogs–George in-particular–it IS a disaster. Maybe it has rained five times in […]
Bob’s Big Boy: Reunited and it feels so good
For some reason, most of my fondest memories of being a kid are associated either with food or music. Along with the AM radio, Bob's Big Boy played a major roll in the first 15 or so years of my life. There used to be a Big Boy right down the street from where I […]
What was your first job? Mine was working at KFC
Picture lifted from this person's Flickr page.My first job, at fifteen, was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Huntington Beach. Not very glamorous, but at fifteen, you took what you could get. All of my friends worked there, which was really the only criteria for a first job–well, that and your parents willingness to drive […]