My new job could be a lot worse. I get to work in Santa Monica, my commute is pretty short – ten or twelve minutes – I’ve got free parking, I only work five hours a day, I’ve got an hour and a half for lunch, and I don’t take my work home with me. […]

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A quick update on our weekend, before I settle into my first full week of jury duty: I went for a six mile run Saturday morning, finally starting to stretch things out a little from my normal daily routine, as I eye some fall mountain races and a February half-marathon. After that, I headed down […]

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I spent the last three days of last week killing time in Santa Monica as I waited for the process of jury selection to unfold. And as the third day drew to a close, I couldn’t decide, was I feeling lucky, or was that a sense of doom? Turned out “doom” was on the money, […]

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It’s tough to believe it’s nearly September, but here we are. So the weekend before last we were in Alaska, taking advantage of the seasonal non-stop flights on Alaska from L.A. to Anchorage, and returning for our second go at the Snow City 5k. I wasn’t as fast as I was last year, but at […]

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We’re in the middle of another brief, enjoyable trip to Alaska. We all ran the Snow City 5k this morning, and followed it up with a tasty lunch at the Moose’s Tooth. We’ve spent the rest of the time seeing the new sights around town – the Museum downtown, a new beer bar out our […]

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I spent the weekend cleaning up the office, breaking in my new running shoes, and taking in a few exhibitions around town that would be closing soon. On Saturday, I visited the Central Library for the first time to see the exhibition of drawings by Richard Neutra. The show was terrific, and featured drawings of […]

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My second Movie Week has come to an end, another enjoyable tour around some of Los Angeles’ most interesting movie-going venues. After the first time I tried it, late last year into this year, I had a list of a number of theaters I didn’t visit, ready for the next opportunity. I made it to […]

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Vista Theater Funny People Wednesday 8/5/09, 6:30 pm Price: $9.50. Concessions: Some M&Ms from Cap ‘n Cork up the street. Audience: 20 out of 638 seats, not great but still more than I expected for a movie that seems not to have found its audience. Trailers/advertising: First, the Vista’s usual ad for popcorn, in which […]

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Nuart Theater Not Quite Hollywood Tuesday 8/4/09, 7:30 pm Price: $10.50. Concessions: Gummi bears. Audience: 12 out of 660 seats, unsurprising for a sort of obscure doc on a weeknight. Trailers/advertising: Lots. Ads for the L.A. Times starring Michael Bay, HDNet and HDNet Movies, Stella Artois, the Palm Pre, and Tanqueray gin. Trailers for Still […]

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Majestic Crest Theater The Hurt Locker Monday 8/3/09, 7:30 pm Price: $11. Concessions: None. Audience: 10 out of 500 seats, not an encouraging showing. Trailers/advertising: One trailer only, for Julie & Julia, which opens Friday at the theater. Projection: 35mm platter. The first of this week’s theaters I hadn’t been to before, the Crest has […]

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Billy Wilder Theater The Red Shoes Sunday 8/2/09, 11:00 am Price: Free with my badge. Concessions: None, and none allowed, it seems. Audience: Full, at least 250 of their 295 seats (one of which is brown, while the rest are pink, marking Billy’s favorite spot in other theaters). Trailers/advertising: A videotaped introduction to the film, […]

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Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater Magic BMX Saturday 8/1/09, 10:00 pm Price: Free with my badge. Concessions: A complementary can of Miller Genuine Draft from a tub filled with ice out back Audience: Full, maybe 150 out of 200 seats Trailers/advertising: Trailers for The Blue Lagoon, Caveman (starring Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, and Shelley […]

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