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Going to a Comic Convention on the cheap
Spring is here, and with it, the beginning of comic book convention season. This past weekend, the annual Emerald City Comic-Con was held in Seattle, a convention I have long wanted to attend (I have...
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Weird Los Angeles
Photo by Vlasta Juricek, used under a Creative Commons License. An online friend that I’ve known for years and had never met in person came to LA recently for a visit, and I got to show him around...
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Weird LA part 2
The continuing adventures of Paul and Jim in Weird LA… Friday evening, after spending the day at Anaheim’s WonderCon, we dropped into Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles for a uniquely American...
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Weird LA part 3
On the road with Paul, Koop and Jim… I still can’t believe just how long these stairs are.Photo by me.© 2014 Jim MacQuarrie From the Bradbury Building, we made a jaunt over to the Silverlake area to...
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Weird LA part 4
Sadly, no gorn to be seen. no Xanti either.Photo by me. After Koop dropped us at home and headed on his way, Paul and I jumped into my car and went north. About 40 miles north of Pasadena, we arrived...
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Weird LA: The Stuff We Missed
I hope you’ve enjoyed our exploration of some of the interesting things to see around LA; we plan to continue to show you around town as we find things to show you. Meanwhile, here’s a look at a few...
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Backroads Bookscouting
I should make it clear from the beginning that the way we do this isn’t the way real bookscouts do it. This is the edition I owned… the 1962 hardcover, which currently goes for over a hundred dollars...
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A Luxurious Afternoon Tea For 15 Cents!
Afternoon Tea at the The Langham Hotel, Pasadena is like stepping through a glorious doorway to another time and continent. Relax in the beautiful surroundings overlooking the gardens while you...
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Explore the California Missions
Mission San Antonio de Padua, Monterey County.The third mission built along El Camino Real, constructed in 1771, this is considered the most remote of the missions.Photo by mlhradio, used under a...
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Everything You Ever Wondered About LA
Hooray for Hollywoodland!Photo from LAPL. If you’ve been in Los Angeles for more than a week or three, you start to notice things, and you may begin to wonder about them. Like why is there a Hollywood...
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