October 27, 2016

Trump: 'We should just cancel the election' and declare me the winner

Source: CNN

Toledo, Ohio (CNN)Donald Trump, trailing his opponent in key battleground states polls less than two weeks from Election Day, said Thursday he'd like to "cancel the election" and be declared the winner.

"Just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and just give it to Trump," the Republican presidential nominee said during a rally here on Thursday.

"Her policies are so bad. Boy, do we have a big difference," he added of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/politics/donald-trump-cancel-election/index.html

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The Onion headlines and real life headlines are too damn similar.

October 27, 2016

The beautiful Bradbury Building in downtown LA.

It’s rare that a building can make you feel like you’re encased in a time capsule from the past – yet at the same time make you feel as if you’re looking at a vision of the future. The unique and fascinating architecture of the Bradbury Building has that effect.

If you've never seen it before and you're in downtown Los Angeles, it's definitely worth checking out!

October 20, 2016

So many places to buy food - but no place to eat!

The Grand Central Market in downtown LA is a great place to get a bite to eat. But not on a Saturday afternoon! It's a really cool place with 99 years worth of history. My wife and I were in the area and thought it would be the perfect place for lunch. There are so many places to choose from, but all of them had huge lines and all of the tables and seats were taken. We couldn't even a wall to stand against except near the bathroom downstairs!

It's an extremely popular place - just a little too popular for comfort on the weekends for our taste.

October 13, 2016

Facing the end or coming back? The Last Bookstore.

I find it sad that so many brick and mortar bookstores have gone out of business over the last decade. I'm no Luddite - nothing wrong with Kindle or buying books online - but there's something about going into a bookstore to browse or buy that is a lifelong pleasure for me. With the demise of the chain bookstore which Barnes & Noble seems to have a monopoly on, I think that independent new and used bookstores have become more popular. Certainly that is the case with The Last Bookstore in downtown LA. It's a two-story building of 22,000 square feet that not only houses 250,000 new and used books, not only contains a great selection of vinyl records, but it also houses an artist collective on the second floor and the place is filled with amazing sculptures, paintings and other artwork.

The only other bookstore I've seen that I think is more impressive is Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon. If anyone else who loves bookstores has a recommendation, I'd love to know what others are worth checking out!

October 6, 2016

OK, who else this summer engaged in the guilty pleasure of going to the county fair?

I'll testify: I went and I loved it! Every year, my wife and I trek out to the Pomona Fairplex to attend the LA County Fair. It's great for the reasons every county fair is great - watching people get sick on crazy spinning rides, seeing lots of animals, eating deep-fried decadent deliciousness - and a whole lot more. There were some really great exhibits this year for us to see, both for art and sports. We also like going there to do wine tasting, even if we don't always like the wine!

So how many people here enjoy going to the county fair each summer? What do you enjoy most about it?