Scott Farcas Takes It on the Chin June 20th, 2013 @ 9:19 pm PDT
I should note two things here: (a) It wasn’t until I was in my late 30s that I first saw A Christmas Story, so I had no idea who Scott Farcas was for a long, long time and (2) It’s hard to imagine that the Less Than Jake song Scott Farcas Takes It on the […]
#FridayFive: Best Los Angeles Restaurants May 17th, 2013 @ 7:07 am PDT
Where to eat in the City of Angels
#FridayFive: Los Angeles Bars March 22nd, 2013 @ 7:53 am PDT
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Stretch, Run, Stretch February 1st, 2013 @ 10:10 am PST
About two weeks ago, on January 17th, Dr. Sohail Shayfer told me I was suffering from iliotibial band syndrome. He told me to take a break from running so much, to take two Aleve naproxen sodium tablets every twelve hours for four weeks, and to stretch, stretch, stretch. I’ve never stretched before or after a […]
I’m Not Okay December 10th, 2012 @ 8:26 am PST
Okay, so there weren’t icicles on the eaves when I left the house this morning. But 49°F is freezing once you’ve lived in Southern California for over a decade. I’ve also never been able to run in anything but shorts, and I have to stick with something incredibly light — a t-shirt — if I’m […]
The Last Song December 3rd, 2012 @ 7:40 am PST
It was incredibly difficult to roll out of bed at five-fifteen this morning, but I did. It’s been (very uncharacteristically) raining for several days in Los Angeles and it was just a wet, dark, miserable morning for a run. But about two miles into it and I started to feel better, and by the time […]
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton November 29th, 2012 @ 8:00 am PST
There’s just something about running in the cold rain. You want to run fast to get done quickly but you also want to be careful and watch every footfall so you don’t slip and break an ankle. Of course “cold” is relative: It was 57°F when I started. And it wasn’t a torrential downpour or […]
They Just Seem a Little Weird November 26th, 2012 @ 8:27 am PST
I’ve been trying to consistently go for a really long run on Monday mornings and a “regular” run on Thursday mornings. I’ve done a pretty good job at it for about three months now; I even managed to get in a five-miler on Thanksgiving. This morning while coming down Century Park towards Olympic, a man […]
Big O Tires – West Los Angeles October 21st, 2012 @ 3:17 pm PDT
Dealing with auto repairs is always a hassle.
Somewhere Across Forever October 15th, 2012 @ 7:41 am PDT
I managed to hit my new goal of 3500 Nike Fuel points on Sunday, so I feel pretty good about that. (I did the P90X Shoulders & Arms workout in the middle of the afternoon.) After an early dinner at Lakeside Golf Club, my wife and I watched this week’s Saturday Night Live, part three […]
