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"I had a fabulous Single Life but now I am fabulously married"

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West Los Angeles, CA

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September 2007

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LA, Kauai, Tokyo, NYC

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Miami

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http://SingularCity.com, Wall Street Journal; Twitter

The Last Great Book I Read

The Sovereign Individual

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What the Bleep Do We Know

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My husband's cooking

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Haley Bennett

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480 S San Vicente Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 782-0547

Haru Sushi & Roll CafĂ©  

Categories: Japanese, Sushi Bars
Neighborhood: Mid-City West

5 star rating
 6/28/2009  
I had the lunch special combination, choosing black cod and sashimi.  It came with salad, miso soup, pumpkin and brown rice. A beautiful bento box for a very reasonable price. I love to eat outside and few Japanese restaurants have this option. Haru Sushi does.  

The staff, as is mentioned many times here, is lovely and the service is excellent.

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9 Klines Ct
Lambertville, NJ 08530
(609) 397-6380

No 9 Restauarant  

Category: Restaurants

5 star rating
 6/10/2009  
First of all Lambertville is adorable so I'm glad that location was suggested rather than Philadelphia.

Bring your own wine is a great feature here.

There were 5 of us and it appeared that pretty much anything you ordered was a winner.

My only mistake was to not remember to say, please give me double vegetables instead of potatoes.

Be prepared to pay for parking.

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105 3rd Ave
New York, NY 10003
(212) 388-1838

Friend House  

Categories: Sushi Bars, Chinese
Neighborhood: East Village

4 star rating
 6/10/2009  
Went there because my relative living in the area says it is the best for Chinese delivery and I happened to be nearby. They actually have quiet outdoor seating in back. This month they are running an "eat-in 20% off" promotion.

As reported already here - great vegetable dumplings.

Earnest service.

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JFK International Airport
Jamaica, NY 11435

Cibo Market  

Categories: Vegetarian, Health Markets
Neighborhood: JFK Airport

4 star rating
 6/10/2009  
We were in the American terminal at JFK.

Excellent selection with lots of healthy alternatives. Much better than what I have found in other airports.

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404 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 614-0120

Crunch  

Categories: Gyms, Trainers, Pilates, Yoga
Neighborhood: NoHo

4 star rating
 6/10/2009  
Travelers to NYC, take note.
You can buy a day pass for the reasonable price of $16/day for this facility.

I tried to buy a day pass at the near-by Equinox and all I could get was an annoyingly aggressive sales pitch to join Equinox in Los Angeles with an all access pass. In my opinion they should offer a day pass - they could just make it expensive if they want to protect their members.

Do be prepared to spend about 10 minutes to check in for the day pass though. Even though you are an out of town visitor they insist on entering information into their computer system -  which appears to be slow and awkward to use.

Reason #2 to go. Gene Darconte will give you training hints for free! This guy has a great attitude and is very helpful.

Equipment - they were missing a few things that I am used to at Bodies in Motion - my LA club but there is enough there to get by.

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11305 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 478-7676

Sawtelle Union 76  

Category: Gas & Service Stations

5 star rating
 5/23/2009 1 photo  
Love this place. They consistently have the lowest priced gas in the neighborhood and they are helpful. I failed to get his name but I took a photo of one of the great guys there against the 76 sign yesterday with my iPhone.

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10861 Weyburn Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 824-5994

Ralph's Grocery  

Category: Grocery
Neighborhood: Westwood

2 star rating
 5/23/2009  
When you only know the address of this store it is hard to find the entrance. DON'T try to find it from Weyburn.

Just moved from 90025 to 90024. Loved the Ralphs at Bundy & Wilshire, have been hitting the nice Ralph's at Barrington & Olympic. By comparison, I have to wonder, how can the fish at this Ralph's look like it's from a completely different store? The fish in the counter looks old! I had to wait TEN MINUTES for the fish guy to show up.

Only positive experience I had was that unlike another reviewer, I actually got a very nice gentleman on the self serve check out (and indeed you will be pushed to self serve).

I stopped to tell the store manager Jesse, I think is the spelling of her name, that I had to wait for the fish dude. She explained that the fish locker is far away and he has to walk back and forth. OK I lived in Japan and my customer service expectations may be be unrealistic. But could you add a "I'm sorry for your inconvenience" to that?  I was trying to give her helpful feedback.

Other folks around the fish counter agreed that fish looked "very tired" and one said "you always have to wait for service"

I stopped next door at Best Buy to get something and check out was a giant line.  I mentioned to a woman who was standing near another register and she finally opened up. Like Duh!

I was searching for an extension cord at Best Buy then CVS  and Rite Aid very near by. Didn't have or out of inventory. Finally found really nice inventory down the street at the Radio Shack on Westwood blvd near Olympic.

Going to be driving further to shop now - but little worth trying to shop in Westwood. Although Whole Foods there is passable though less selection on hot prepared food than the one at 19th and Wilshire. Trader Joe's at least seems prepared to handle check out.

I can understand the "urban space" limitations of these locations but as for the counter fish at Ralphs and the attitude of the store manager - not excusable.

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11701 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 826-0013

Asakuma  

Categories: Sushi Bars, Japanese, Bars

5 star rating
 5/12/2009  
Excellent. Great sashimi and sushi.

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2030 Sawtelle Blvd
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 479-3810

Safe & Save Japanese Market  

Categories: Grocery, Seafood Markets, Ethnic Food

5 star rating
 5/12/2009  
I worked as an executive in Japan for 20 years and am very conscious of good nutrition = I know a good fish when I see one. This place is excellent.

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10250 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 286-7595

J Crew  

Category: Fashion

4 star rating
 5/11/2009  
Went with my husband today to buy a light weight suit style jacket for his business trip to Africa. Peter waited on us. He had a great attitude and was very helpful. We ended up buying two jackets, one on sale. Being spring, most of the light weight jackets had just come out but we took one in a dark color. We felt the prices were reasonable and were pleased with what we found. An efficient, successful shopping trip.

Although they don't bother mentioning on their website, the store on Santa Monica Blvd is located inside the Century City mall.

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    Have a smokin' hot holiday weekend!

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    A good one to recall for Memorial Day!

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