Archive for the ‘Musings’ Category

Derby Day and Microbrew Festival

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Saturday afternoon, after I ran the 5k, I went back to Santa Anita Park with Paul, Roger, and Adam for the KROQ Microbrew Festival. The festivities started at 12:00noon, and we ended up arriving shortly after 1:00pm. Mike met us there about an hour after we arrived. General admission was $5, ...

Santa Anita Derby Day 5k

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Yesterday, Ariele and I went down to the Santa Anita Race Track with Bert, Katie, and Ted to run the Derby Day 5k. I had never run an organized race before, so I imagine I was looking forward to the race a little more than most of the others out ...

Rosemount Estate and Montpellier

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Last night, Ariele and I had a few people over for dinner, and over the course of the evening, Roger, Mike, Kristin, and I ended up splitting two bottles of wine that I really enjoyed. I suppose I should admit up front that I am by no means a wine connoisseur. ...

Finch and Say Hello To Sunshine

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

I have a new album that I would like to add to my own personal debate of best rock album of all time. The album is titled Say Hello To Sunshine, and the band's name is Finch. Most people that recognize Finch know them from their very popular album of a ...

Algebra Is Worthless

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Or so claims Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. Mr. Cohen wrote about how Los Angeles is now requiring that all high school students pass an algebra course and a geometry course (gasp!) before they can graduate. In the world of some people, this requirement seems reasonable. To Mr. Cohen, ...

An Awesome Valentine’s Day

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

For Valentine's Day, Ariele got me two tickets to the Houston Rockets-Los Angeles Clippers basketball game here at the Staples Center last night. Because tipoff was at 7:30pm local time, we had to do a quick dinner, so we hit up Baja Fresh before driving downtown. Burritos and basketball...is there ...