Entries from LAist tagged with 'greenwichvillage'
July 10, 2008
Total cost: 5 bucks and some change | Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist In the earlier days of the frozen yogurt craze, Yogurtland sprung up in Fullerton in February 2006. It was a success and so more stores opened in Hollywood, Long Beach, Little Tokyo, Sherman Oaks and many other Southern California locations and one in Cupertino up north. They even opened a location in Greenwich Village in New York City with plans for Vegas,......
Continue Reading "Yogurtland Tastes Delish but has Unfriendly Environs"July 28, 2006
This LAist poster is a BIG fan of turkey sandwiches. But many times, don't we all end up being disappointed, with the turkey being too dry, or the bread being either too chewy or too hard? Or maybe it’s the cheese or balance of condiments that’s not quite right. It’s a never-ending quest – kind of like finding the perfect pizza slice in this city. The last time we came close to the perfect......
Continue Reading "The Best Turkey Sandwich. Ever?"April 27, 2006
Fausto Vitello passing out Thrasher stickers circa way back when. get on the bus The Daily News gets happy with Orange Line riders. take the shuttle The Downtown News checks out the weeks-old Union Station Flyaway shuttle to LAX and finds it's drawing 500 people a day — pretty good, but you'll have no trouble finding a seat. ailing San Gabriel mayor Chi Mui has been hospitalized after less than 2 months at his post;......
Continue Reading "AM news: transportation and departures"July 19, 2005
Editor's Note: Here is the second part of our Interview with author Domenic Priore. Since he's such an expert on SoCal in the 60s, we've asked him to answer our questionnaire as a resident of the Sunset Strip in 1966. Domenic will be discussing "Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece" at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena next Saturday, July 23, 2005 at. 3:00 PM. He'll be joined by Van Dyke Parks, Danny Hutton &......
Continue Reading "LAist Interview II: Domenic Priore"April 21, 2005
We made plans to see House of D with a reminder to our Duchovny-devoted movie-going companion that we were a really good friend for doing so. After all, two scathing reviews of this David Duchovny cinematic "triple threat" had left a bitter taste in our mouth, but also a strange and unfamilliar urge to actually go see the movie, if only to find out how bad it actually was. It couldn't be that bad,......
Continue Reading "LAist Watches: House of D"November 30, 2004
LAist shed a big fat tear of pity for Los Angeles Times writer Lynell George who was probably forced at gun point to write today's oh-so-lame story, "What is hip?" So, like a dutiful hostage corporate soldier, she interviews both John Leland about his new book Hip: The History and Laren Stover who has recently authored Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge, which tracks the lifestyle. The story yields nothing......
Continue Reading "Hipster Hype"