If you travel as much as we do, you'll want to be sure to take this cool sausage suitcase as your carry-on bag.
Located in the former Cornell Post Office and Country Store, The Old Place was the living definition of "rustic" dining. Established in 1970 by Tom and Barbra Runyon, the couple ran the place in what could only be called an "informal" fashion. The menu had two choices: steak or clams--and you had to call ahead to let them know you wanted steak because they allegedly had to "cut it by hand" (or, more likely, go to the store and buy it). Barbra doubled as waitress and bartender (beer and jug wine only); Tom would fire up the wooden stove when he damn well pleased and sometimes not at all.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Angelyne is everything we love about Los Angeles. She’s the good and the bad, the cool and the cruel, the alpha and the omega.
First it was phony 50's diners and ther ilk. Now it seems you can't go picking through a dumpster without looking up and seeing something like this, an ultra-faux throwback barbershop that promises some kind of retro experience.
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Researching a book like L.A. Bizarro can be a tricky proposition. Not everyone wants their business immortalized in a book with “Bizarro” in the title, but that’s usually because they don’t understand that when we say “Bizarro,” we mean it in the best possible way, and with only the greatest reverence. Usually.
You’d think promoting a book like L.A. Bizarro would be easy in a town as incestuous and self-celebratory as Los Angeles. We figured that twenty-one weeks on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list—including the #1 spot—should be enough to warrant some legitimate local media attention. Our much-anticipated new edition made #1 on Amazon’s local bestseller list before it even hit bookstores, and we were the #1 bestselling non-fiction paperback at one of L.A. preeminent independent bookstores within two weeks of our release.
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