Apr 7th, 2010
Spending spring break in the valley
While everyone else is planning elaborate trips to Mexico, Las Vegas or maybe a Hawaiian island for spring break, you find yourself, for whatever reason, stuck in the San Fernando Valley during the week of April 5-10. Just because you are not going to some exotic location, doesn’t mean this year’s spring break has to be [...]
Apr 7th, 2010
Where to find the alternative to iPods
To find vinyl records in today’s world of high tech gadgets may be difficult especially finding records or record stores on a college student’s budget and close distance to CSUN. Here are a few places you can shop for used or new records at a reasonable price. 1. Atomic Records 3812 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, Ca 91502 (818) 848-7090 Atomic [...]
Mar 15th, 2010
Best spots on the CSUN campus
It can be annoying when you have an hour to kill on campus and all the tables are taken in the Matador Bookstore Complex or when you have to meet with a group and all of the study rooms in the library are occupied. What about when you have to print out a paper and [...]
Mar 7th, 2010
Finding things to do on Reseda Boulevard
What do you do if you have time to kill and you don’t want to lose your campus parking spot? All you have to do is walk to Reseda Boulevard. On foot, you will see shops that you probably have never noticed before: a comic book store, the 99 Cent Store (for cheap school supplies), Acapulco, [...]
May 5th, 2009
Star Party Delight
In these tough times, with our economy failing, the high rate of unemployment and people struggling to keep their homes and cars, nearly everyone is looking for an outlet to relax that is cheap, or even free. What better way to spend a lovely afternoon or the whole day if you would like, than to take [...]
Apr 19th, 2009
Can I have a tweeker burger and a cum shot please?
During spring break, Cindy and I stayed in Concord, Calif. I don’t know what it is with small towns and my attraction to them, remember Perris? ( Stuck in Perris for the weekend ). We had decided to go to San Francisco, but we were in an extreme low budget, so we stayed with my brother and [...]
Apr 18th, 2009
Travels by the Bay
Let me indulge you with Mercedes’ and my travels in the city by the bay. After arriving in Concord on Wednesday night and staying up late watching “Twilight,” we set off the next morning with the family GPS and San Francisco guide book (courtesy of Mercedes’ niece). Without either of those things, I’m sure we [...]
Apr 16th, 2009
A weekend get away
Are you looking for a place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the Los Angeles area? Possibly a small, quaint town where people still say “Hi” and “Good day” with a sincere smile? Then Cambria is the place for you. The community is about a four-hour drive up the 101 freeway. It’s well [...]
Mar 24th, 2009
Breakfast on Hillhurst Avenue
The area in Los Angeles between Los Feliz Boulevard and Prospect Avenue is a mecca of independently owned restaurants, cafes and mom-and-pop type stores for customers to hang out and explore. Age-old buildings have been renovated on the inside to house karate studios, acupuncture practices and organic supermarkets. Like a smaller version of Melrose, the eight blocks [...]
Mar 19th, 2009
A lot more to offer than just a patch of green
Griffith Park is one of those places I always meant to visit when it was just a 10-minute drive from my bachelor apartment near Park La Brea. I realize now that I missed a lot by not exploring the park back then. I finally visited on a sunny and warm Saturday morning in February with a [...]
Mar 12th, 2009
Stuck in Perris for the weekend
My plan for Sunday morning was to arrive at MacArthur Park to take photos of the lake for my propose blog series on it. But instead I ended up in the City of Perris. Why Perris? When it’s a city that has a population smaller than CSUN, 30,000 to be exact, and doesn’t even have [...]
Oct 22nd, 2008
Two hikes and six martini’s
Gossiping with girlfriends, enjoying some of the best views in L.A. and checking out some hot sweaty men are three excellent reasons why hiking is the perfect way to spend an afternoon. But forget Gatorade to replenish those lost electrolytes, nothing tops off a hiking adventure better than a martini, or two. Los Liones is a [...]
