Los Angeles
Shopping in West Hollywood
Aviva found a store called Necromance in the Not For Tourists guide for LA; their claim to fame is selling taxidermy specimens, skulls, bones, x-rays, old medical instruments, and other things that are way off the wall. So, we headed out to West Hollywood and went to Necromance. They have two storefronts that are five […]
June 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Dinner at Il Tiramisu in Sherman Oaks
We had a good week at the office (mostly things were quiet and so we made lots of progress on everything – very nice), so I left early and Aviva and I tried an Italian restaurant she wanted to check out. Il Tiramisu (13705 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 – 818.986.2640) is located on […]
June 21st, 2008 by alephnaught
Miracle Mile art walk
We visited about half the galleries that participated this month; the work was so bad that I brought home no (that’s zero for the algebraic or null for the mathematicians) cards home. I stopped in the small gift shop for the Craft and Folk Art Museum on Wilshire Blvd. I bought a book of Japanese […]
June 7th, 2008 by alephnaught
Koreatown
We drove down to Koreatown, which is south of Wilshire and mostly east of Western. We went to both the large Korean malls but only bought a set of brightly colored Tupperware – oh well…. An aquarium in the wall of a restaurant at Koreatown Plaza A Korean Buddhist Temple we drove past on the […]
May 26th, 2008 by alephnaught
Mulholland Drive
We decided to go on a drive and consider David Lynch as well…. Mulholland Drive is a famous road that runs north of Los Angeles through the mountains. It twists and turns, dives and climbs, surrounded by green trees and mansions. The Canyon Country Store on Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a fixture from the sixties […]
May 17th, 2008 by alephnaught
Chinatown in Los Angeles
We decided to take a drive to Chinatown. Not as big as the ones in San Francisco, New York City or perhaps even Chicago, but its still pretty neat. There’s a big sign when you walk up The gates look really cool There are some nifty, oriental-looking buildings And of course a statue of Dr. […]
May 11th, 2008 by alephnaught
Found a cool store in West Hollywood, New Stone Age
While killing time before dinner, we happened upon a cool little store in West Hollywood called New Stone Age, 8407 West Third Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, 323.658.5969, frannie@newstoneagela.com. We bought two cool things, a glass object with what looks like a jelly fish inside (its just glass, but its very cool looking), and a […]
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July 5th, 2008 by alephnaught