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Alessio Bistro Italiano (restaurant review)
We found a new Italian restaurant in our neighborhood, and it’s good! Alessio Bistro Italiano is west of us in West Hills in a strip mall (like so much of this part of southern California) which we hadn’t found before. It’s a dark place inside with a huge bar and a lot of tables. The […]
August 7th, 2011 by alephnaught
Schipperke party 2011 (pics + video)
Yesterday was the yearly Los Angeles Schipperke party – last year there were 25 schipps in one backyard – we only stayed for about one and half hours, and we still got to meet a number of dogs, including a young puppy only 4 months old. We had a great time talking with people that […]
July 31st, 2011 by alephnaught
Various photos
We’ve taken a few shots that I thought I’d share from around LA.
July 26th, 2011 by alephnaught
The Information Empire: The Rise of the Los Angeles Times and the Times Mirror Corporation (review)
Title: The Information Empire: The Rise of the Los Angeles Times and the Times Mirror Corporation Author: Jack R. Hart Paperback: 420 pages Publisher: University Press of America (November 1982) Language: English ISBN-10: 0819115819 ISBN-13: 978-0819115812 We finally checked out Iliad Bookshop, a very cool used bookstore in North Hollywood, and I found this book […]
July 9th, 2011 by alephnaught
My notes from the Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) for District 1
I attended the TLI on July 8, 2011 at California State University, Dominguez Hills. As usual, I stayed for the whole day, first attending president’s training (I’m president this year for WLE Toastmasters club) and the advanced leadership training afternoon session. As usual, I took notes in my iPhone – here’s what I came away […]
July 4th, 2011 by alephnaught
July 3rd, 2011 by alephnaught
Mission Buenaventura
We decided to rustle up the dogs and head to Ventura to check out the last mission close enough to us to easily drive to. Mission Buenaventura is near the coast in the City of Ventura about 45 minutes from us (with traffic though it took about one and a quarter hours to get there). […]
July 1st, 2011 by alephnaught
First visit to the DIRECTV call center in Boise, ID
I finally got to visit one of our call centers, this on in Boise, Idaho. The scenery right around Boise wasn’t spectacular (although there was a wonderful sunset on evening, unfortunately we were in the car and couldn’t stop for a pic), and I suspect just a half hour north would be completely different. We […]
June 26th, 2011 by alephnaught
Castle Green tour
Castle Green is a large multi-residence building in Pasadena; we’ve been past it often and admire it’s Moorish architectural influences. Today, we got to attend the tour – they open the building two times a year for people to walk through, arranging to have some of the condos and apartments open to view, and people […]
June 24th, 2011 by alephnaught
Two new portraits of Iggy and Jett
We took a couple of nice photos of our pups.
August 14th, 2011 by alephnaught