A Fitness Club That Saves Your Energy
You know who’s really in shape at the L.A. Fitness Sports Club in La Habra? The guys parking cars. Yes, the fitness club offers valet parking for visitors. Hey, who wants to make that walk from the back of the parking lot to the gym, anyway?
DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Life is a series of choices, as the snapshots from column readers constantly remind me (see photos).
A dead-end near Carmel has a golf club in one direction and a church in the other (snapped by Marvin Chandler).
Another set of arrows at Big Bear might serve as a reminder to skiers not to speed (from Richard Gilbert).
And, another set in Budapest (from J.A. Rasson) poses the age-old question for worn-out vacationers: When’s the best time for that caffeine therapy?
DRINK TOO MANY OF THESE AND YOU GO INTO A SPIN CYCLE: Customers at Nic’s Restaurant in Beverly Hills sometimes sound as though they’re ordering a handyman rather than a drink.
That’s because the eatery offers the Maytag Repairman: Belvedere vodka served with olives stuffed with Maytag bleu cheese.
OR, IF YOUR INSIDES NEED CLEANING . . . Nic’s also serves a drink consisting of Malibu rum, blue curacao and pineapple juice. It’s called Windex.
EVERY STORY HAS A HOLLYWOOD ANGLE: Writer Paul Harris took note of the revelation that a 300-pound pig flew first-class from Philadelphia to Seattle because U.S. Airways allowed two women to bring the porker along as a “companion pet.”
Harris, author of the Just Plain Harris cyber-column, said, “No word on whether they made the reservation for the pig under the name Kevin Bacon.”
THE TIMELESSNESS OF THE VALLEY: In Friday’s column, I mentioned this 1903 warning from the Auto Club: “Don’t try to drive between Burbank and Lankershim. The present road is deep with dust, full of ruts and chuckholes. It is a spring-breaker to most cars.”
Which brings us back to 2000 and this note from Dave Kinchen:
“I live in the West Valley, Encino to be exact, and quite often take Burbank Boulevard to the city of Burbank. This is one of the roughest roads in L.A., with the stretch through North Hollywood (formerly known as Lankershim) particularly pockmarked. When you cross over into Burbank, the street is smooth as a pool table.
“Some things never change!”
VOTING DAZE: There seems to be some confusion over when to vote. I received one e-mail that said:
Due to an anticipated voter turnout much larger than originally expected, the polling facilities may not be able to handle the load all at once. Therefore, Democrats are requested to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 7, and Republicans on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Please pass this message along and help us assure that nobody gets left out.
Sincerely,
2000 Presidential Election Commission
Then another e-mail arrived with the opposite instructions--Republicans should vote Tuesday, etc.
But what about those of us voting for perennial candidate Alfred E. Neuman?
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One of the personalized plates singled out on the https://knx1070.com Web site is SHARK2BE.
Explained owner Hal Byers of Riverside: “I am a law student.”
But you guessed that.
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