One sale is for vintage dresses and consignment designer clothing and the second sale has 50% off designer jewelry. First - the clothes, shoes, handbags and sunglasses:
Bleu Vintage and April Joy are having our huge grand opening sale for our new downtown LA showroom Saturday December 11th from 10- 4 pm.
We have a large selections of vintage women's clothes and jewelry. All women's vintage dresses are $15 each or two for $25. There is also a great selection of vintage shoes, handbags, sunglasses, and accessories.
Did we mention we also have designer consignment?
Currently on consignment are items by Gucci, Marc Jacobs, YSL, and Tory Burch. Many more items available and you will be sure to find the perfect Christmas gift.
Spring Arts Tower 453 S Spring St. #533 Los Angeles, Ca 90013 323-384-6323
Next - the 50% off jewelry sale:
ZOE CHICCO & SMITH will have a 50% off sale today only - Saturday December 11th from 11 AM - 4 PM for all their remaining stock of fine jewelry from 11 - 4 in Suite 366 of the Spring Arts Tower 453 S. Spring #366 Los Angeles CA 90013.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Did you know your cat's tongue is faster than a speeding bullet when it's lapping water?
Well, maybe not quite faster than a speeding bullet - but still pretty damn fast. A cat's tongue can complete four full laps of milk or water - every second. That comes to - roughly one meter or three feet per second. That's a lot faster than the human eye can see, much less what the human tongue can do.
The New York Times website explains how four scientists from MIT, Virgina Tech and Princeton had to combine disciplines to discover just how a cat does it, why a cat has to do it (unlike humans, they can't fully close their mouths to create the vacuum needed to produce suction), what the always essential to liquid mechanics Froude number has to do with it, how African safari YouTube videos helped validate their hypothesis (and elegant mathematical formula) that correlates a cat's lapping speed with the size of the species of the cat and - most critically of all - why cats are more elegant than dogs when lapping up water.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/science/12cats.html?scp=1&sq=cat%20lap&st=cse
UPDATE - Los Angeles Times also has same story, courtesy of Nature Magazine:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cat-drinking-20101113,0,1073899.story
The New York Times website explains how four scientists from MIT, Virgina Tech and Princeton had to combine disciplines to discover just how a cat does it, why a cat has to do it (unlike humans, they can't fully close their mouths to create the vacuum needed to produce suction), what the always essential to liquid mechanics Froude number has to do with it, how African safari YouTube videos helped validate their hypothesis (and elegant mathematical formula) that correlates a cat's lapping speed with the size of the species of the cat and - most critically of all - why cats are more elegant than dogs when lapping up water.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/science/12cats.html?scp=1&sq=cat%20lap&st=cse
UPDATE - Los Angeles Times also has same story, courtesy of Nature Magazine:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cat-drinking-20101113,0,1073899.story
Friday, October 29, 2010
City Hall's Assault On Citizen's Wallets Goes On 24 Hours A Day
Since the start of this year, it has gotten harder and harder to do business in the City of Los Angeles what with all the new fees, fines and taxes that make everything not just more expensive but also increasingly harder and harder to get anything done. Still, after a particularly tough few weeks and thinking I had seen every possible way the City could extract money from it's citizens, I spotted a new low last night at 10 PM.
Walking down an empty street, I saw a city employee ticketing a car parked in a commercial loading zone. Surprised, I asked the officer wasn't it legal for a car to park in in a commercial loading zone at night? The officer replied, yes. I think then asked if that was the case - then why was this car being ticketed? There was now no answer. I asked a second time, with no answer, and then a third time, but there was still no answer.
The officer then got into city car and drove away. Another person shortly walked up and we speculated on why the car was ticketed. The only possible answer we could come up with was that while the front tire was almost touching the curb, the rear tire was further way from the curb. The car behind this vehicle had parked - legally - at the very end of its space and that had made it hard for this car to pull into its space.
But the tire didn't seem to be at all far enough from the curb to warrant a ticket, though the angle of the car did somewhat exaggerate the distance - and a couple other cars on the same block were also parked with a tire the same distance from the curb but none of them received tickets. This car was also parked well within the white marks on the street side of the parking space and so this now ticketed car was in no way a hazard to passing traffic.
That left only one option for us to consider. That every night a certain number of tickets have to be written and a certain amount of money has to be raised and the officers who patrol each night have no choice but to select those whose turn it is to pay that night.
Walking down an empty street, I saw a city employee ticketing a car parked in a commercial loading zone. Surprised, I asked the officer wasn't it legal for a car to park in in a commercial loading zone at night? The officer replied, yes. I think then asked if that was the case - then why was this car being ticketed? There was now no answer. I asked a second time, with no answer, and then a third time, but there was still no answer.
The officer then got into city car and drove away. Another person shortly walked up and we speculated on why the car was ticketed. The only possible answer we could come up with was that while the front tire was almost touching the curb, the rear tire was further way from the curb. The car behind this vehicle had parked - legally - at the very end of its space and that had made it hard for this car to pull into its space.
But the tire didn't seem to be at all far enough from the curb to warrant a ticket, though the angle of the car did somewhat exaggerate the distance - and a couple other cars on the same block were also parked with a tire the same distance from the curb but none of them received tickets. This car was also parked well within the white marks on the street side of the parking space and so this now ticketed car was in no way a hazard to passing traffic.
That left only one option for us to consider. That every night a certain number of tickets have to be written and a certain amount of money has to be raised and the officers who patrol each night have no choice but to select those whose turn it is to pay that night.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Why is Law and Order: Los Angeles So Bad It's Unwatchable?
As a fan of all the New York based Law and Order series - and I have seen every episode of every series multiple times - I can not understand why the LA based series is badly written, indifferently directed and horrendously miscast.
The first episode was so weak, I couldn't even stay interested long enough to follow the story and second episode was so badly written, once the last wildly improbable words were spoken - I deleted the series from my Hulu queue.
The first episode was so weak, I couldn't even stay interested long enough to follow the story and second episode was so badly written, once the last wildly improbable words were spoken - I deleted the series from my Hulu queue.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Ed Rosenthal Found Alive! Plus Update!
(Updating the below story, the LA TImes reports that Ed was conscious and talking with the rescue team when he was found this morning.)
It's a miracle. After a week alone in the dessert Ed Rosenthal was just found alive and airlifted to a hospital.
Here is the opening of the story at blogdowntown and the rest of the story is at the above link:
It's a miracle. After a week alone in the dessert Ed Rosenthal was just found alive and airlifted to a hospital.
Here is the opening of the story at blogdowntown and the rest of the story is at the above link:
Downtown's Poet-Broker has been found alive nearly a week after he failed to return from a day-hike in Joshua Tree National Park.
Ed Rosenthal was airlifted to a local hospital and is reported to be in critical condition.
Friend Jack Skelley posted the news on Rosenthal's Facebook page late this morning.
Ed has been found! He is alive! In critical condition. We just heard from his wife Nicole. They are taking him to hospital. Please keep praying....more info later...
The Desert Sun is also reporting Rosenthal's rescue, saying that he was located in the East Wide Canyon area. The paper quotes a park spokesman as saying that Rosenthal was conscious and talking with rescuers, but has "some injuries and some exposure issues."
(more at above link)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Still No Word On Search For Ed Rosenthal
There is a full search for missing Downtown real estate agent, community builder and poet Ed Rosenthal l going on today in Johusa Tree National Park and while many articles have been written about all his has down for Downtown. no one has yet mentioned - much less printed - the poem he wrote to help Tom Gilmore get an extension on his purchase of the bulk of the Old Bank District which started the Downtown revival. I can't find my copy of the whole poem, but I did find this excerpt:
I'm sorry to say/That Gilmore can't pay/For the extension requested today/
But if you take my advice/You'll stay by his side/As he shifts to Downtown overdrive
And here is the first part of the Downtown News story linked to above and the rest of the story is at the Downtown News website:
I'm sorry to say/That Gilmore can't pay/For the extension requested today/
But if you take my advice/You'll stay by his side/As he shifts to Downtown overdrive
And here is the first part of the Downtown News story linked to above and the rest of the story is at the Downtown News website:
Search Effort for Downtown ‘Poet-Broker’ Triples
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| Ed Rosenthal has been missing in Joshua Tree since Friday. Photo by Gary Leonard. |
Ed Rosenthal Missing in Joshua Tree Since Friday
by, Katie Schaufelberger
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Park rangers and rescue teams today vastly increased their search in Joshua Tree National Park for veteran Downtown real estate agent Ed Rosenthal. The 64-year-old known to many as the “poet-broker” has been missing since Friday, when he went hiking near Black Rock Campground.
Rosenthal told other campers he planned to go out for a day hike on his own. When he didn’t return, they reported him missing. Park staff were informed on Sunday and launched a search that day.
Joe Zarki, a spokesman for the park, said the search effort tripled in size today, with 55 people, most from the San Bernardino County Search and Rescue team, now combing the wilderness south of the campground. A helicopter is also canvassing the park.
Rosenthal told other campers he planned to go out for a day hike on his own. When he didn’t return, they reported him missing. Park staff were informed on Sunday and launched a search that day.
Joe Zarki, a spokesman for the park, said the search effort tripled in size today, with 55 people, most from the San Bernardino County Search and Rescue team, now combing the wilderness south of the campground. A helicopter is also canvassing the park.
(reminder of story at above link)
Monday, September 27, 2010
Downtown Poet-Broker Ed Rosenthal Reported Missing
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Poet-broker Ed Rosenthal, a figure in the Downtown arts and real estate communities, is missing after failing to return from a weekend hike in Joshua Tree National Park.
According to a report that first appeared in the Los Angeles Business Journal, Rosenthal was reported missing Sunday evening after his car was found at the park's Black Rock campground. The L.A. Times reports that Rosenthal was last seen Friday. Rosenthal has brokered a number of large deals Downtown, but is best known for his poetry about the neighborhood.
Friday, September 10, 2010
FInal Map and List of TONIGHT's - Friday Sept 10th - Downtown Fashion's Night Out Stores!
Twenty-three Downtown fashion stores within walking distance of each other on Main, Spring and LA Streets between 4th and 7th, 20 vintage vendors at the Cooper Building and contemporary designers and vintage pop-ups at the PE Building at 6th & Main will all be open from 6 - 10 PM tonight - Sept. 10th - in Downtown. And there will also be a special appearance by the Cynthia Rowley Fashion truck filled with special sale items on Main between 6th and 7th! See map for locations.
Many of the local designers will also have one night sales such as Fremont's 75% off of their entire Spring Line at 7th and Main and Skingraft's 20% sale on everything in the store or on-line near 4th & Main.
Katie Kay will also continue her 'soft opening' of her new boutique GATHER at 630 S. Main and only a block away martinMARTIN will have its first unveiling of its flagship store at 713 S. Los Angeles St., next to the The Cooper Store.
1-Man's Trash http://www.1mtclothing.com/
111 W. 7th St. #106 (store on Main)
Los Angeles, CA 90014
1-Man’s Trash Shoes http://www.1mtclothing.com/
614 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Apliiq www.apliiq.com
548 S. Spring St. #114 (store fronts 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Blends http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571#!/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571?v=info
125 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Bliss http://www.iheartbliss.com/
204 ½ 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Bolt Barbers http://boltbarbers.com/
460 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Crack Gallery http://www.crackgallery.com/
204 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Dialect http://www.downtowndialect.com/
215 W. 6th #113
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Elmer Ave. www.Elmerave.Com
120 W. 4th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Flea http://www.thefleastore.com
548 Spring #112 (store on 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(closes early tonight)
Fremont www.Fremontapparelco.Com
111 W. 7th St. # R1
Los Angeles CA, 90014
Gas’D Station http://www.facebook.com/pages/GASD/187716221116
600 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Gather http://gatherla.com/
630 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
KAPSOUL http://www.yelp.com/biz/kapsoul-los-angeles
548 S. Spring St. (store on 6th) #110
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Local Tourist http://localtourist.biz/
450 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
martinMARTIN http://www.martinMARTIN.net/
713 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Pussy & Pooch www.pussyandpooch.com
564 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
SK8Cafe http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Sk8-Cafe/118550961510229
111 W. 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Skin.Graft www.skingraftdesigns.Com
125 W. 4TH St. #102
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Stelladottir www.stelladottir.com
430 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
SUB(URBAN) http://www.suburban-la.com/
101 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
The Cooper Store http://twitter.com/thecooperstore
721 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
ZLB http://ww.examiner.com/affordable-fashion-in-los-angeles/denim-never-dies
215 W. 6the St. #108
Los Angeles, CA 90013
111 W. 7th St. #106 (store on Main)
Los Angeles, CA 90014
1-Man’s Trash Shoes http://www.1mtclothing.com/
614 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Apliiq www.apliiq.com
548 S. Spring St. #114 (store fronts 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Blends http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571#!/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571?v=info
125 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Bliss http://www.iheartbliss.com/
204 ½ 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Bolt Barbers http://boltbarbers.com/
460 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Crack Gallery http://www.crackgallery.com/
204 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Dialect http://www.downtowndialect.com/
215 W. 6th #113
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Elmer Ave. www.Elmerave.Com
120 W. 4th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Flea http://www.thefleastore.com
548 Spring #112 (store on 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(closes early tonight)
Fremont www.Fremontapparelco.Com
111 W. 7th St. # R1
Los Angeles CA, 90014
Gas’D Station http://www.facebook.com/pages/GASD/187716221116
600 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Gather http://gatherla.com/
630 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
KAPSOUL http://www.yelp.com/biz/kapsoul-los-angeles
548 S. Spring St. (store on 6th) #110
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Local Tourist http://localtourist.biz/
450 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
martinMARTIN http://www.martinMARTIN.net/
713 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Pussy & Pooch www.pussyandpooch.com
564 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
SK8Cafe http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Sk8-Cafe/118550961510229
111 W. 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Skin.Graft www.skingraftdesigns.Com
125 W. 4TH St. #102
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Stelladottir www.stelladottir.com
430 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
SUB(URBAN) http://www.suburban-la.com/
101 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
The Cooper Store http://twitter.com/thecooperstore
721 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
ZLB http://ww.examiner.com/affordable-fashion-in-los-angeles/denim-never-dies
215 W. 6the St. #108
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Tonight's - Friday Sept. 10th - Fashion Night's Out Downtown Events - And Sales!
Twenty-three Downtown fashion stores within walking distance of each other on Main, Spring and LA Streets between 4th and 7th, 20 vintage vendors at the Cooper Building and contemporary designers and vintage pop-ups at the PE Building will all be open from 6 - 10 PM tonight - Sept. 10th - in Downtown. And there will also be a special appearance by the Cynthia Rowley Fashion truck filled with special sale items! See map for locations.
Many of the local designers will also have one night sales such as Fremont's 75% off of their entire Spring Line and Skingraft's 20% sale on everything in the store or on-line.
1-Man's Trash http://www.1mtclothing.com/
111 W. 7th St. #106 (store on Main)
Los Angeles, CA 90014
1-Man’s Trash Shoes http://www.1mtclothing.com/
614 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Apliiq www.apliiq.com
548 S. Spring St. #114 (store fronts 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Blends http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571#!/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571?v=info
125 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Bliss http://www.iheartbliss.com/
204 ½ 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Bolt Barbers http://boltbarbers.com/
460 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Crack Gallery http://www.crackgallery.com/
204 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Dialect http://www.downtowndialect.com/
215 W. 6th #113
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Elmer Ave. www.Elmerave.Com
120 W. 4th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Flea http://www.thefleastore.com
548 Spring #112 (store on 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(closes early tonight)
Fremont www.Fremontapparelco.Com
111 W. 7th St. # R1
Los Angeles CA, 90014
Gas’D Station http://www.facebook.com/pages/GASD/187716221116
600 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Gather http://gatherla.com/
630 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
KAPSOUL http://www.yelp.com/biz/kapsoul-los-angeles
548 S. Spring St. (store on 6th) #110
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Local Tourist http://localtourist.biz/
450 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
martinMARTIN http://www.martinMARTIN.net/
713 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Pussy & Pooch www.pussyandpooch.com
564 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
SK8Cafe http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Sk8-Cafe/118550961510229
111 W. 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Skin.Graft www.skingraftdesigns.Com
125 W. 4TH St. #102
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Stelladottir www.stelladottir.com
430 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
SUB(URBAN) http://www.suburban-la.com/
101 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
The Cooper Store http://twitter.com/thecooperstore
721 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
ZLB http://ww.examiner.com/affordable-fashion-in-los-angeles/denim-never-dies
215 W. 6the St. #108
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Two Great Arts Shows Open Saturday Night August 7th 1/2 BLock From 5th and Main - 7 - 9
Lino Martinez presents a new series of drawings with silkscreen printing intervention that explores representations of Native Americans using images of the famed photographer, Edward Curtis. The drawings become part of an abstract composition, and the subject a negotiation of metaphors associated with geometric patterns and reinterpretations of documentary photography.
In an atmosphere of immigration politics along with the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of Mexican Independence and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution, Lino Martinez’s drawings provoke a meditation on the idea of the plight of the primitive mind, the meaning of being civilized, and habitat in the architecture of the contemporary society.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Need doctor or physical therapist highly experienced in dealing with shoulder problems such as an aggravated supraspinatus and also need....
.... a caterer with a license to serve beer at a non-profit event.
Brady Westwater
bradywestwater@gmail.com
213-804-8396
Brady Westwater
bradywestwater@gmail.com
213-804-8396
Looking For Person With Catering Permit to Serve Beer at Non-Profit Event - and
.... also looking for a doctor/physical therapist who is a highly experienced in dealing with shoulder problems such as a very aggravated supraspinatus.
Brady Westwater
213-804-8396
bradywestwater@gmail.com
Brady Westwater
213-804-8396
bradywestwater@gmail.com
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Special Fashion Events On Tonight's Art Walk! Thursday July 8th Noon to 11 PM
July 8th 2010 Art Walk and Fashion Walk Map – Noon to 11 PM
MAIN STREET between Sixth & Seventh Streets
A. PE LOFTS 610 S. Main
&
B. MERCANTILE LOFTS 620 S. Main
One Night Only – Two Huge Spaces
Art and Fashion and Cupcakes!
Over 20 great new designers.
Runway Fashion & Vintage
Jewelry, sun glasses, sandals & hats
1. Gather///Otto Gates 630 S. Main St.
Gather presents a sneak preview of downtown's soon-to-open repurposed furniture and unique home wares boutique. Special guests include San Francisco's Chanteuse Lingerie and Los Angeles favorite, Kucoon.
2. Symbiotic Form NW Corner of 7th & Main on Main
SALE! Vintage inspired woman's hand bags, hats, clothes and jewelry.
3. Not For Sale NW Corner of 7th & Main on Main
Art Gallery showing Kaws, TrustcoCorp, Tristan Eaton, & Monsieur.
4. 1-Man's Trash NW Corner of 7th & Main on Main St. Vintage items, and one of a kind re-worked vintage pieces
5. ZZYXX Gallery of Natural Science NW Corner 7th/Main on 7th
Gems, minerals, crystals, shells and fossils.