A tip from an old friend of mine at DHS interrupted my usual coffee routine at Bottega Louie. “The government is covering up the numbers, Stan.” I can’t say what else I was told as I don’t want to compromise my source, but so credible is my source that I raced over to Vaughn Blake’s [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
BATTLE FOR TERRA
There are major topics and discussions in the news world over right now (other than Swine Flu and the economy). Hot on the heels of Earth Day, citizens and activists are still abuzz over the environment and global warming while for the rest of us, the impending release of “Star Trek” seems to be the [...]
Robert Vargas
It’s a brightly lit Tuesday afternoon and I’m sipping on an iced mocha at LA Café, chatting with downtown resident artist Robert Vargas for the second time. The painter is having lunch while flipping through a book of Albert Moore’s languorous nudes, feeling inspired by some of his favorite romantic compositions between nibbles of salad. [...]
Fighting on Sundays – Eleven Former Trojans Taken in NFL Draft
A wise man once said – if football player wants to make football his profession, football player must sign with USC. Okay, so a philosopher didn’t provide this adage. It was former NFL Head Coach Herm Edwards and he said, “If you want to play pro football and you’re a high school athlete, you know [...]
Varnish
Foreword by Stan Lerner: You might notice that downtownster writers, including yours’ truly, write about or mention Varnish often — this is what happens when a place is this cool. And since I tell my writers to go with their gut when it comes to blogs I’ll never say no to a story about a [...]
Tyrese Gibson Brings Mayhem to Lucky Stike Lanes
“Burks?”
“Burks?”
“Nah man, you’re not on the list. Sorry.”
A summer ago I worked a door at the Ivy Hotel in San Diego. The Ivy is a boutique hotel that also features several nightclub venues. Think Modrian Hotel and the accompanying Skybar in Hollywood. Drunks bad-mouthing you. Hotheads challenging you. Older women grabbing you. Sigh. Well, that [...]
Hello Wine Lovers!
Hello Wine lovers tonight from 5pm til 8pm we will visit the region of South America and Spain for our wine tasting. Malbec is considered a blending grape in most Bordeaux. In certain parts of the world this varietal is treated as its own single wine. Much like that of a Cabernet from Napa valley, [...]
AN EVENING AT THE 9-0
It was Monday night and like most Monday nights, most of my friends weren’t quite up to heading deeper into downtown for some nightlife. Fraternity Row was quiet; the registered party fiascos were over and one house was silently dealing with a sexual assault case (they still are). So, with nothing better to do and [...]
BETTY BOOZE 3
Welcome back,
Question: What’s better than wearing a skirt?
Why in his right mind, he would ever say yes, is beyond me… but I wasn’t about to question it. His ASSistant emailed me the address, and then after a nanny emergency, I was emailed another.
I was supposed to meet him that night on the roof at the [...]
Crown Café Best Panini In LA!
“Stan you should try out Crown Café—and blog about it,” said cute little Sarah a wine tasting buddy of mine at Ralphs.
“Really, I haven’t heard of it.”
“It just opened. Emma, my roommate is the supervisor—you’ll like it.”
“Well, what do they serve?” I asked, not always feeling up for [...]
