Will's Blog – March 2009 Archive (7)

It's strange to me that there are people of the legal drinking age that have never seen a cassette tape before. I remember 8-track. A teacher at my school had one in her Celica that we used to listen to when she'd give me a ride home. They only fit 8 songs per cartridge. Then the cassette tape came along a revolutionized music.



For those of you readers who don't know what a cassette tape is, they're like CDs, except that they use record… Continue

LA Times Review of Church & State.



Okay... so I've been to the restaurant a few times now and it has quickly become one of my favorite spots to grab a bite. Since you've taken the time to check out this post, I feel obligated to give you a review.



Name: Church & State

Address: 1850 Industrial Street,… Continue

I love awesome advertising like this. The creativity just kills me.…

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Changing one letter of a movie's title can yield some funny results.
See the rest of the set at here.

Yes, I know it's fake but it's awesome anyway.



1. Fantasy Football

Not having a team here in L.A. made it hard to get behind any team. I'm a Raiders fan, but they're so terrible. I really had no motivation to watch any games on TV, so would just get score updates online. Then last year, my friends finally convinced me to join a Fantasy Football league. I totally caught the bug. After drafting my team, I scheduled a lot of my life around watching as many… Continue

Norbert Youngwood, the owner of this Hancock Park house formerly belonging to Nat King Cole, gets my nod for LA's most ostentatious display of ghetto fabulousness. (Sorry for the crappy photo taken with my camera phone out of a moving car.) Perversely, as much as I think this overuse of statuary is tacky, I love the fact that it's in L.A. Along with the Hollywood sign and the obligatory late night post-alcohol run to a roach coach or El… Continue