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Paulette Macarons

April 2, 2011 | 13 Comments

Store: Paulette Macarons Location: 9466 Charleville Boulevard at Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 310. 275 0023 Date: March 30, 2011 Cuisine: French Macarons Rating: Very niche, but some of the best macarons I’ve tasted Only major metropoli like LA, NY, and San…

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Sushi Sushi Sushi

April 1, 2011 | 7 Comments

Restaurant: Sushi Sushi [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 326 1/2 Beverly Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 277-1165 Date: March 30, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Old school sushi – fantastic fish and presentation! ANY CHARACTER HERE Sushi Sushi is fast becoming one of my preferred sushi places. I…

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Better Off Dead

March 31, 2011 | 7 Comments

Somehow I missed seeing all of Better Off Dead in the 26 years since release (only bits and pieces on cable), surprising given my nearly comprehensive knowledge of 80s films, and that I’m a fan of John Cusack — excepting the execrable 2012. This is one whacky film.

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About Last Night

March 30, 2011 | 4 Comments

I’ve always loved this movie. Perhaps I’m a romantic at heart. Perhaps it’s the David Mamet dialogue, or maybe Demi’s just hot.

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Parlez Vu Modern?

March 29, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Vu [1, 2] Location: 14160 Palaway Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 310.439.3033 Date: March 25, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Rating: Very creative, worth a trip, but needs a little tuning up ANY CHARACTER HERE Vu is a new place in Marina…

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Crash Bandicoot – Teaching an Old Dog New Bits – part 3

March 28, 2011 | 181 Comments

Part 3 of a journal article I wrote on making Crash in 1999.

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Crash Bandicoot – Teaching an Old Dog New Bits – part 2

March 27, 2011 | 9 Comments

Part 2 of a detailed journal article I wrote on making Crash in 1999.

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Crash Bandicoot – Teaching an Old Dog New Bits – part 1

March 26, 2011 | 29 Comments

Below is another journal article I wrote on making Crash in 1999. This was co-written with Naughty Dog uber-programmer Stephen White, who was my co-lead on Crash 2, Crash 3, Jak & Daxter, and Jak 2. It’s long, so I’m breaking it into three parts.

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iPad 2 – Less is More

March 25, 2011 | 10 Comments

Being the consummate gadget man, I succumbed to the iPad 2 upgrade. In fact, I even ordered it at 1:01am, only 1 minute after they went on sale (at the Apple online store). Despite my jumping on the bandwagon, it…

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Bleeding Violet

March 24, 2011 | 0 Comments

This is a weird weird book, and I mean that in a good way. Nominally, it’s about a schizophrenic girl, Hanna, who’s dad has died and who decides to move in unannounced with her mom she’s never met. But her mom doesn’t live in a normal town. She lives in some kind of weird place in Texas where gates between universes have let all sorts of strange monsters and realities in. A town with its own supernatural police.

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Fraiche Santa Monica

March 23, 2011 | 5 Comments

Restaurant: Fraiche Santa Monica [1, 2] Location: 312 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401. Phone : 310.451.7482 Date: March 19, 2011 Cuisine: Cal French Italian Rating: On the way up. _ This particular location adjacent to the Barnes and Noble on Wilshire near the promenade has…

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TV Review: Downton Abbey

March 22, 2011 | 4 Comments

Downton Abbey is a fictional great English country estate, owned by the middle aged Earl of Grantham. He has a loving wife and three daughters, not to mention about 30 assorted housekeepers, maids, footmen, and the like. What he doesn’t have is an heir, as his cousin, the closest male relative went down with the Titanic.

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Not so Glad about Gladstones

March 21, 2011 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Gladstones Malibu [1, 2] Location: 17300 Pacific Coast HwyPacific Palisades, CA 90272. (310) 454-3474 Date: March 18, 2011 Cuisine: American Seafood Summary: Fast bordering on brusque   Two months to the day after I tried the slightly revamped Gladstones (REVIEW HERE),…

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Takao Two

March 20, 2011 | 6 Comments

Restaurant: Takao [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Location: 11656 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 207-8636 Date: March 13, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi Rating: 9/10 creative “new style” sushi _ I’ve already covered Takao in some detail HERE, but…

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Tithe – A Modern Faerie Tale

March 19, 2011 | 4 Comments

This is a short YA book, with nice prose and likable main characters thrown into ‘weird’ paranormal situations. The action so condensed as to occasionally be confusing and it has an unhappy but not completely tragic ending. But I found Tithe’s creepy fairy flavor really to my taste.

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Seconds at Sam’s by the Beach

March 18, 2011 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Sam’s by the Beach [1, 2, 3] Location: 108 W. Channel Rd.(PCH), Santa Monica, CA 90402. 310-230-9100 Date: March 12, 2011 Cuisine: Cal French International Rating: Stellar food and unparalleled service. ANY CHARACTER HERE I already covered the background to Sam’s in…

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Book Review: White Cat

March 17, 2011 | 4 Comments

This is yet another foray into the world of paranormal YA. This book, unusually, has a male protagonist, and he’s part of a family of “curse workers,” although he himself doesn’t do any magic. He lives in an alternative reality where a small minority of people are able to “lay on hands” in a bad way and curse people. It’s well written and a fast and fun ride.

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Game of Thrones – The Houses

March 16, 2011 | 9 Comments

With the premier of Game of Thrones, the HBO series based on what is perhaps my all time favorite Fantasy series, fast approaching, the network has been releasing all sorts of goodies. Now I’ve posted about this before, but these…

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Dinner Party – It all starts with Cheese

March 16, 2011 | 1 Comments

Last Friday we hosted a little dinner party. I can’t say it was purely an excuse for more cooking and food photos, but well, here they are. Everything in this meal is made from scratch. The first course in summary….

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Fast Food Sushi?

March 15, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Sushi-Don Location: 970 Monument St #118, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. (310) 454-6710 Date: March 9, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi Rating: Not bad for a $20 lunch.   There seems to be a strange trend going on right now where top…

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