Archive for April, 2010

Huevos Rancheros: 3 por 1 LH Edition!

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

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(Wow! This post has been sitting in my draft folder since August of 2009! Let’s see if I can finish it.)

So yeah, I’m a bit behind on HR reviews. Usually, if the dish is exceptional in either a good or bad way, it gets a timely write up. But if it’s one for the mediocre/not-bad pile, I tend to get distracted and forget it ever happened. But since it seems the restaruant scene in Lincoln Heights is changing quite a bit as of late, I’d be remiss to not post these notes on some recent examples, for whatever it’s worth.  Still with me? Click ahead then!

First up, the sign that grabbed my attention. I was walking along on N. Broadway running my usual errands: paying bills, mailing mail, buying a fancy outfit for the weekend, checking out the specials at the lil’ Big Saver, when this sign just jumped into my path. Can you believe that Le Blanc has HR’s? Me neither, lets go find out!

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Tofuteria Closed?

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

For the past 2 weeks everyones favorite source for tofu in Lincoln Heights has been closed.

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Nothing is Special

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Stop thinking you can get a deal. That you’ll be presented with a fabulous surprise in your favor. Everything is exactly as it is. The mundane remains. The daily grind is to be expected, yet again, tomorrow morning. It never ends.

There is no special.

Recognizing that fact is the first step.

Kinder Protest

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Kinder as in garden. My friend Vlad posted this old-but-new-to-me video on facebook and I thought it was a pretty awesome response by youngsters to some anti-people demo by some stupid adults happening across the street. The youthful arts of negation, in its most basic glory.

Well done kids! A++!

Giving Streets

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

On the same block that I acquired this fine new-to-me toaster…

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