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Jonah has redesigned the look of LABlogs.com and added a spot to run ads. Fear not, his impressive roll of the L.A. blog community remains, just moved to the left side. I'm in the process of adding new links to L.A. Observed (and weeding out dead and irrelevant ones) but I recommend the LABlogs.com blogroll. He lists many more personal sites than I could ever fit in and signals which blogs have been recently updated.
Here, the new listings include Scram magazine, Catalog of Cool, Los Angeles Neon and Science Blog. More as time allows. The general criteria I use: sites based in or about L.A., of interest to me or the readers who come here, and not hate sites. If I'm missing a site you like, let me know.
Today I also added Professor Bainbridge.com, the site of UCLA corporate law professor Stephen Bainbridge. Like everybody else he writes about politics and media (new thoughtful posts critique LAT coverage of Bush's Pryor appointment and blast "nativists" in the California Republican party), and he also reviews L.A. restaurants. This weekend he liked Chaya Brasserie (except for the loudness of the room). He writes frequently on wine and does a weekly wine commentary on Hugh Hewitt's radio talk show.
Since he mentions Chaya, I'll mention the original Angeli Caffe on Melrose. Stopped in on the way home from Griffith Park today and found it a warm and inviting place to sit out an afternoon rain shower, as always. From our favorite table in the window we even watched Melanie Griffith and her daugher pull up in a Porsche, run upstairs to a piercing parlor then scamper back down a minute later. Earlier, the city view from the park was spectacular, enhanced by Beatles music at a tribute for George Harrison and a rousing speech from councilman Tom LaBonge extolling the Observatory as the city's one true meeting place. (The ceremony was in the Observatory parking lot).
Thanks for the kind words Kevin, looking good over here as well.
Posted by: jonah at February 23, 2004 08:28 AM(This is actually Ken Layne, writing from Matt Welch's horrible computer in the lovely Franklin Hills.) Congrats on the new design & the addition of BlogAds, Kevin. Looks great. And thanks for adding Ben Sullivan's wonderful ScienceBlog to the links.
I don't know if you already know this, but Ben was a great reporter for the LA Daily News and the LA Business Journal, and also did a fine tech daily column for the old Comdex site (until recently). His father is retired LAT theater critic Dan Sullivan and his sister Kate is a rock journalist -- for the LA Weekly and many other pubs -- and a public radio deejay.
Anyway, ScienceBlog has been one of my favorites since it launched 2+ years ago.
Posted by: Matt Welch at February 23, 2004 11:39 PMGreetings Ken, and thanks. I managed to be unaware of those connections between Ben, Dan and Kate, and didn't realize Science Blog's home was L.A. until recently, so thanks again for the fill in. I needed it... Good luck with your upcoming shows.
Posted by: Kevin Roderick at February 24, 2004 12:39 AM
of LA Observed
It's too bad Bainbridge doesn't have comments. Now I've gotta write a post and do a trackback. As for the "nativists," I'm sure there are some in the CA Repubs. I'm also sure that many of them - and many Democrats as well - are opposed to corruption and employers who like cheap compliant labor and shoving all of the welfare and social costs off on the rest of us.
74% of respondents answered "Should Not" to this question: "Do you think the United States should or should not make it easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens of the United States?"
Consider his comment: "Do they really think we could deport all the undocumented workers in this country without resorting to Gestapo-like tactics - or even with such tactics? Do they really think we could prevent undocumented workers from entering this country even with such tactics?"
Allow me to devastate his argument with one quick fact: in FY 2002, only 13 (thirteen) employers were fined for hiring illegal aliens.
Maybe we should start throwing a few of Bainbridge's corporate buddies in federal prison for immigration violations. That would work wonders.
Posted by: Lonewacko at February 22, 2004 09:50 PM