It’s getting hot outside, folks, and you know what that means … we’re all going to be wearing shorts soon. Today, at Burn Fitness, it seemed like everyone was wearing shorts — everyone except for me.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monicans who love authentic Italian food do not have to travel to Tuscany to get it. It turns out there are two quality restaurants right here, according to the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West.
MAIN STREET — In my imbibing infancy, I found Budweiser to be palatable, enjoyed the crisp burn of the High Life and chugged with happiness ice cold Coors Light at many USC tailgate parties.
Dear New Shrink, I recently received a job offer to join a new company. I am really excited about this new opportunity, however, I am nervous about letting my current boss know that I am leaving.
They say that when man lands on Mars, he will find a Starbucks on one corner and an Italian restaurant on the other. But, like in Los Angeles, no classical French food.
Neil Simon and Jason Alexander would appear to be a theatrical match made in heaven. And so they are. In Simon’s “The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” now running at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, Alexander romps, rages, and unravels to early Simon at his most hilarious.
Dear New Shrink, I feel jealous of so many of my friends and after watching the royal wedding, I am even more jealous. Both of them had, as many of my friends do, mothers that doted on them (even though poor William lost his mother so tragically.
Dear New Shrink, I have been interviewing for a new position and have been fortunate enough to secure several interviews. Last Tuesday, I interviewed with Company A and was told that they would make a decision in two to three weeks.
If “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” had been written by Mel Brooks, it would be “God of Carnage.” “God of Carnage,” Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning Best Play of 2009, brings four of Broadway’s best actors to the Ahmanson to drive each other into a riotous, scenery-chewing frenzy.
Gladstone’s is back. When Bobby Morris owned it, it was the hot spot on the beach, where you could wet your pallet and quench your hunger with a nice selection of seafood, while overlooking the Santa Monica Bay.
SUNSET PARK — Alexandrine Wiese was visiting her mother in Monaco, France when doctors there told her the news. “I have a growth, a tumor near the ovary,” she said.
Dear New Shrink, I often find myself wondering about karma. I am a very honest person, so when I find myself lying about something, I eat myself up for it.
