Poop and Piss and Pooches

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Welcome to the New Downtown Los Angeles!

Have you heard the good news?

Some darted into discount clothing and electronics stores. Others waited to catch a bus.

Then there was the crowd that five years ago wasn’t here. A group of stylish 20-somethings were having a bite at Umamicatessen. Just up the street, the Los Angeles Brewing Company had a batch of office workers gathered at the bar for happy hour. Some well-dressed diners were beginning to trickle in to Figaro, a massive new French restaurant near Sixth Street.

Are you one of the average working class people that works, lives, or visits Downtown Los Angeles on a regular basis? Well you can fuck off now cuz nobody wants you here. The heart of this grand metropolis is getting a spit shine, picking up the trash, kicking out the poor, and hosing down the piss to make room for the new “creative class” that will miraculously revitalize our city (whatever that means) with their coffee consumption, penchant for expensive food, and fascination for lil’ doggies. We have decided to swap out the human piss and shit that comes from institutional neglect for the much more agreeable excrement of trophy dogs. It will be lovely!

Maybe we can build the world’s largest communal toilet, a much needed service in downtown, next to the proposed football stadium just to balance things out?

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LH Xmas Parade 2012

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Men not amused by this guy with a camera.

It took me over a month. But here it is, my roundup of our very own LH Xmas Parade. I think I did a crappier job than my usual crappy standards. Still, in some sense, by which I mean the ratio of price paid to product consumed, I think this is still possibly the best value for your parade coverage dollar.  Maybe.

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Huevos Rancheros: Nine-Ten – La Jolla Edition

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My stay overnight in La Jolla was dark and miserable as it turns out to be a mostly ugly suburb where the terrain is designed for autos and you walk fearfully on unlit sidewalks hoping you don’t get hit by the river of cars. But in the light of the morning we headed over to the cove area and saw some birds and seals which redeemed this previously damned town. A little bit later we happened on this decent place for a meal that helped to further improve the mood.

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Two Worlds in DTLA

Aww, how cute! More cupcakes. Life is sweet.

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Huevos Rancheros: Tacos Don Chente

It has been a few months without an HR review on this here site, mostly because the ones I’ve sampled lately haven’t pushed me to say anything: mediocrity makes for poor inspiration. The ones from Tacos Don Chente in MonteFeo are good enough to mention!

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Holocaust Tunnel

3rd St. and Hill.

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