Totally Slimy: For the kid who can’t...

Totally Slimy: For the kid who can’t stay away from mud puddles comes Universal Studios’ newest attraction, Totally Nickelodeon. . . . You can slop around in slime like Erwin Street Elementary School sixth-grader Celeste Davis, right, and face a pie-flinging machine. Fortunately, jumpsuits and towels are provided, as are goo-free activities. Details in today’s Valley Calendar Weekend (Page 40).

Writing Wrongs: Virtually every writer in Hollywood has been stunned by the money, appalled by the excess and struck by the realization that it would all make a fabulous book. . . . So when they aren’t working on scripts, many local scribes are toiling away on the modern Hollywood novel. See Calendar Weekend (Page 36).

Hand Roll Heaven: Reviewer Max Jacobson visits Omino Sushi and suggests it is one of the best Japanese restaurants in the northwest Valley. Another strength: the hand rolls. . . . Serious sushi chefs do not so much take pride in the American innovations as tolerate them, but Omino does hand rolls right. See Calendar Weekend (Page 41).

Flight School: No more dune buggies. . . . High schoolers in Glendale have built an airplane, to be unveiled today. For insurance reasons, though, they can’t fly it.