“Linkin Park shows are hardcore!” was the first mention of this band that I remember. They came out of nowhere in 2000 as a screaming, rapping, fusion group which had a little something for almost every young music fan. My first impression of them was “Wow, they have 2 lead singers?! They have a DJ?!” [...]

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3843 Main St Culver City, CA 90232  (310) 558-9336 Located on the outskirts of the recently remodeled Downtown Culver City, La Ballona is a Mexican Restaurant which has a sidewalk patio area that is perfect for eating in front of strangers. Actually, what drew me to this spot were the groups of people watchers obviously enjoying oversized bowls [...]

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  It seems that the days of brick and mortar travel agents may be over. Planning trips online is the way to go especially with Online Travel Agents (OTAs) like www.orbitz.com, www.travelocity.com, and www.expedia.com offering flights, hotels, and rental car services to deal searching travelers. The beauty of these sites is that they are fare aggregators. That means [...]

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Finding new music can be a frustrating, time consuming activity, but internet radio has allowed music lovers to find new tracks and artists outside of the monotony offered by conventional radio. My internet radio site of choice is www.pandora.com. It is fueled by the Music Genome Project which assigns more than 400 attributes to every song; thereby [...]

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3400 Paradise Rd Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 784-5716 The Envy Steakhouse is located in the Renaissance Hotel which is less than 5 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. It was given the 2005 Las Vegas Life Magazine Epicurean Award for “Best New Restaurant – Off the Strip”. At first, this seems like a suspiciously [...]

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988 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 617-9898 The Empress Pavilion has been drawing locals and tourists alike to Los Angeles’ otherwise unexciting Chinatown. The hot ticket here is Dim Sum which, when separated into two words, translates into “touching your heart”. When translated as one word it means “dessert”. Although there are [...]

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