No sonorous hard sell by Ruth Seymour or endless loops of Roy Orbison at the Cocoanut Grove. Just a simple pitch. We all love putting LA Observed on the web, but it takes a daunting amount of time and wreaks havoc on the more remunerative endeavors we should be doing. And there are expenses, including an exploding amount of bandwidth: 61.27 gigabytes already this month, a pace that blows away our previous level.

We could do LA Observed quicker, cheaper and less credibly, but we wouldn't want to — and the reader survey confirms you don't want us to either. More than 80% of respondents visit LA Observed daily (half come multiple times a day.) If you read the site every day and feel like supporting us, here are some options. Thanks very much.