Xeni Jardin is a long-time contributor and co-editor of the mighty BoingBoing. She's a Contributing Writer for Wired and you can also hear her quite often on your radio if its tuned into .
Recently she traveled to Guatemala (just getting back home this week) and blogged about it beautifully on her travel blog.
Because she's perfect, when we asked her to compile a list, she chose "Top ten places to buy things that consume electricity in LA" whose title alone made us smile.
(1) Samy's Cameras on Fairfax (http://www.samys.com/)
(2) Fry's in Burbank (http://www.frys.com/)
(3) Apple store in the Grove (http://www.apple.com/retail/thegrove/
week/20061210.html)
(4) APEX electronics (http://www.apexelectronic.com/)
(5) Giant Robot (http://www.giantrobot.com/)
(6) Liz's Antique Hardware (http://lahardware.com/)
(7) Wherever you can find a local Tesla Motors sales rep (http://www.teslamotors.com)
(8) Guitar Center (http://www.guitarcenter.com/)
(9) Sur La Table at the Grove (http://www.surlatable.com)
(10) Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (think big, buy a stealth bomber or an invisible solar death ray -- it's in Palmdale) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works)
photo of Xeni floating in microgravity by Jim Campbell
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Hi Xeni,
I really don't think "Liz's Antique Hardware Store" and "Sur La Table" should be considered as "Consumer Electronics Stores". Yeah, I know you could buy a light fixture in Liz's and maybe a Blender or Toaster in Sur La Table, but I think naming them as a CES is reaching a bit, don't you think?
Yeah, I didn't title the list "Consumer electronics," the title I worked with was "places where you can spend money on things that consume electricity," which was way too long for LAist to use for a blog post!
Sur la table has cool kitchen gizmos, Liz' hardware has hard to find vintage lighting doodads. I didn't say they were consumer electronics sources. Was trying to reach a little outside of that styrofoam-lined box. :-)
Hey and just for the record, SkunkWorks also does not produce things you find at CES. Do not show up there with a credit card. You will be shot.
Hey Xeni,
OK, since it wasn't your working title, I'll let you off the hook. But what's with all the SkunkWorks plugs? Is that how you got your free parabolic flight? Looks like a lot of fun.
yeah my bad on the horrible headline
Xeni, forgive me :)