As we came down the impassible sidewalks Stan addressed Ana and I thusly, “I’m kind of hungry. How do you feel? It’s almost nine and I haven’t eaten”. “It’s almost nine?” I said incredulously. “Yeah, it is. Time goes by real fast on these Art Walks,” Stan explained. “I could stand a bite,” said [...]
Author Archives: Alec Silverman
In Praise of Sport Notes on Great Feats of the Recent Past-Part 1
June 2, 2009 – 11:01 am
An unknown Kenyan. How many times have we heard that before? Yet again, a young man from that most prodigious nation of long distance runners came from out of nowhere, (in the sense that he was an an-almost-unheard-of runner in his second 26.2-mile race ever), to set a course record in the 2009 LA Marathon. [...]
Berger Continues to Amaze
June 1, 2009 – 1:19 pm
May was a good month to taste wine at Ralphs downtown and here are some of the highlights: Cellar Night. When you see these two words on the wine tasting calendar at Ralphs you probably expect some high-end Gallo wines and maybe a well-chilled Reunite. I mean it’s Ralphs Market, right? If you think that, [...]
My Travels with Stan & Co. – Part Two
May 31, 2009 – 10:35 am
As we exited g727 into the throng who were milling about the doors of the three nearly adjacent galleries, Stan and Ana passed out their handbills, prompting many short conversations. This slowed our entrance into the neighboring Infusion Gallery. At each gallery, the three of us lit out on our own: Stan to talk [...]
My Travels with Stan & Co. – Part One
May 28, 2009 – 9:22 am
Foreword by Stan Lerner: part of the mission of downtownster is to bring a level of writing and information to our readers that they simply and unfortunately are not able to get elsewhere. Alec, is a second generation great writer from the Silverman family, whom I can always count on to fulfill this part of [...]
The Perfection of an Essence
May 13, 2009 – 4:17 pm
Foreword by Stan Lerner: written as only the great Alec Silverman can the story of Mad Vanilla to follow is a sweet treat to end the day. I am also familiar with this precious substance and find it a great source of pride that it can only be found here in downtown Los Angeles. Great [...]
The Extraordinary Case of Mike Berger
May 8, 2009 – 2:23 pm
Stan Lerner, editor-in-chief and creator of Downtownster is a revered cohort for whom I am indebted to Mike Berger, the subject of this entry, for making possible our acquaintance. Mr. Lerner has been googled over 1.2 million times; his blogs (articles for Downtownster and his satirical serial Downtown Oliver Brown) have around 2 million hits; [...]
