The intersection of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles will be christened John Fante Square on April 8. Fante is best known as the author of Ask the Dust.
Self-publishing is no longer limited to books and magazines, thanks to Newspaper Club. (Via TMN)
I think I’m going to give this a spin. Please holler if you’re interested.
So good, so good, so good.
J.R. Moehringer dissects Kobe Bryant in this month’s GQ in an attempt to figure out what makes him … well, Kobe.
With all its scars and aches, spasms and pulls, stingers and inflammations and hyperextensions, his body is a living record of his journey. From boy to man. From ball hog to team leader. From alleged narcissist to tormented perfectionist to apparent masochist. Every athlete knows pain, but Bryant’s body charts his unique combination of pain, passion, and virtuosic skill. His body explains him. Maybe better than he can.Also worth noting: Kobe takes a helicopter to work!
It’s a nice dash of glitz, a touch of showbiz that goes well with the Hollywood sign in the hazy distance. But sexy as it might seem, Bryant says the helicopter is just another tool for maintaining his body. It’s no different than his weights or his whirlpool tubs or his custom-made Nikes. Given his broken finger, his fragile knees, his sore back and achy feet, not to mention his chronic agita, Bryant can’t sit in a car for two hours. The helicopter, therefore, ensures that he gets to Staples Center feeling fresh, that his body is warm and loose and fluid as mercury when he steps onto the court.Now that is baller.
Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert are launching a five-week radio show called “Turn and Burn” starting Feb. 18. The show will air on Martha Stewart’s satellite radio channel. If their chemistry is as good as it was on that episode of No Reservations (2:30 in on this clip), this should be pretty entertaining.
Real Talk Episode 11: Don’t Talk About It; Be About It
Y’all know how we do.
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From the Department of Bold Claims: The J. Gold says it is.
Manhattan may boast the highest concentration of high-end restaurants in the world, and Singapore hawker centers may pack more joy into each square inch, but Los Angeles is the best place in the world to eat at the moment, a frieze of fine dining overlaying a huge patchwork of immigrant communities big enough and self-sustaining enough to produce exactly the food that they want to eat.Thoughts?
Yes, that’s Devin and Lamar Odom.
Officials hope to begin work later this year on phase two of the Expo Line, a nearly seven-mile link from downtown Culver City to the corner of 4th Street and Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica’s main business district. Phase one of Expo Line is already under construction from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City.I think I can, I think I can …
Matt Gross, the NYT’s Frugal Traveler, explores a few of Tokyo’s 4,000-plus ramen shops. There’s also a video and a slide show.
