The blogger and frequent L.A. Observed commenter Joseph Mailander is now part of a group blog with three friends called Martini Republic. Their mission: "To say things without regret about ordinarily regrettable topics. To create a forum where we and others may celebrate rather than compartmentalize our own loucheness; and, very parenthetically, to preserve what little remains of our place in more polite company."
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