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Sunset Junction was last weekend and lived up to years past, offering terriffic local bands and DJs (including KCRW's Jason Bently). The crowd, a melange of Mexican families, middle-aged Silverlake gay couples, baggy jeaned artist-types, and raver-street urchins, mingled, ate nasty food, and mostly danced and rode the rides into the night (Saturday until midnight, Sunday until ten). Longest line was for the Zipper ride again this year. If you've never attended make a point to check out LA's best local-flavored street fair next year.
Attack of the intsy-bladdered boy: Equipped with a bladder befitting a mangy tabby but certainly not a strapping 170+ pound human, Andy emerges from his fifth (or possibly sixth) rest stop, his festive finery none the worse for its continous close contact with a public port-a-pottie having marked its third day on the fair ground. Good lord, I really am soooo bored. Why do I write this trash? Oh, I remember: Andy blew me off for lunch two weeks ago. Let this serve as a reminder to those of you who might do the same: I have pictures of you, too! Muhahahahaha.
Mark's farewell BBQ was highlighted by an aggressive double elimination round robin table tennis tournement... though isn't it suspect that the neighbors won? hmmmmm? No less telling than Franklin Hills residents reporting sounds of all night ping-pong marathons coming from George and Sara's home for the preceding week. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I don't rule out drug testing...
Mystery Meat Mames Merrymakers
 FRANKLIN HILLS, CA. For the second consecutive year partiers at George and Sara's annual cookout were left puzzled, frightened, and weakened by the appearance of a "large slab of really nasty... meat".
The mysterious meat was first discovered about 7PM, coinciding with the arrival of one Rene "Renj the Love God" Mendoza. However, long after Mendoza had departed the event the meat was noticed by several witnesses to still be on the grill, directly on the flame.
"It really makes no sense, if you think about it," said one attendee. "I mean, why would someone grill, then burn to a cinder a big slab of ribs like that? What reason could there be?"
Many were reminded of the similar events of last year, when a trash bag of assorted marinated meats was dumped onto the grill and left to burn. At that time, too, authorities held and questioned Mendoza in connection with the event, but eventually had to release him failing to provide definitive proof that he was, in fact, responsible.
Still, there is little doubt in many partiers' minds that Mendoza is the offender. However, some wonder whether unworldly forces might be at play. Two evangelical groups are claiming the occurrences as proof of the imminent demise of humanity and backyard barbeques in general.
Cook, apparently resigned to the inevitability of such conclusions offered only this, "In the grander scheme of things it poses an interesting conundrum between the metaphysical and the outright loony; personally I see the actions of marmots behind this."
Virtual Griffith Park
From the lofty heights above the tennis courts here's the view. (QuickTimeVR ~475KB)
Thai Showdown
Best Tom Yum Gai : Mae Ploy v. Yai You be the judge... we won't skew the poll by giving an opinion, mainly because we're still undecided.
Sushi Jihad
So far we have: R23 v. that place in Brentwood v. Sushi Nozawa.
Sushi Nozawa
11288 Ventura Blvd Ste C, Studio City
(818) 508-7017
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