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The View from 37,000 Feet – Part 1 [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea May 15, 2014

I love traveling and I love flying on planes (provided that there are sudden jolting flashes of turbulent death.) I love airports – I like the mayhem of them, with all their refugee camp meets duty free perfume/chain restaurant/bar/gift shop/high end jewelry store/commemorative t-shirt and shot glass stand glory. When I fly I like to […]

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Let’s Go Whale Watching LA, Shall We? [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea May 12, 2014

Over Mother’s Day weekend, my wife and I took our son for his first boat ride, a whale watching expedition along the Southern Pacific Coast leaving from Marina Del Ray and heading north past Santa Monica and up to Malibu before swinging home in a three hour counterclockwise arc across the stunning blue waters of […]

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Burbank Gets Foodie [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea April 25, 2014

Food trucks are everywhere these days. Once a dodgy culinary proposition, calling to mind trichinosis and perhaps botulism, food trucks have been given a 21st century makeover and gone gourmet, achieving a kind of populist fascination in the process, certainly if you live in Los Angeles, New York, or Portland or perhaps a dozen other […]

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Let’s Go to CicLAvia Again, Shall We? [PICTURES]

by Tony Shea April 7, 2014

Yesterday’s CicLAvia event in Los Angeles was another success as thousands upon thousands of Angelenos chose to abandon their cars and explore the city via bike and on foot, along a six mile stretch of historic Wilshire Blvd.

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Lights! Camera! Beardo!

by Nate "Chops" Johnson February 21, 2014

I was on set at Warner Bros. in Burbank working as a background actor on a show when my phone signaled that I had a message. The text was from my photographer friend, and author of The Beard Book, Mary Lou Sandler, and read “A casting director for a national Fiat commercial contacted us asking […]

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Let’s Take a Big Bite of Loose Meat … Shall We???

by Jay Hood November 16, 2013

Sioux City, Iowa is one of those places you typically breeze right past while headed one way or the other on I-29. With a population just above 80,000 and little more than 50 square miles you would be easily forgiven. When considering the near 200 mile stretch from Omaha, Nebraska to Sioux Falls, South Dakota […]

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Let’s Eat Our Way Through Porkland, Shall We?

by Shannon Murfree November 15, 2013

Portland (or Porkland as I affectionately call it, because you will without a doubt put on weight in this town if you’re doing it right) is one of the best foodie cities in the U.S. Yes, there is the obvious San Francisco Bay area which excels at providing the ultimate culinary experience at all price […]

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Let’s Eat a Chicago Beef Sandwich in Burbank, Shall We?

by Tony Shea November 13, 2013

Joe Montegna turns 66 years old today, so to celebrate I decided to head over to his restaurant, Taste Chicago, which just happens to be less than mile from my house here in Burbank.

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Let’s See Where My Priorities Have Been, Shall We?”

by Lenny Schmidt October 21, 2013

I’ve spent most of my life beating myself up, “I should be doing this. I should be doing that. I don’t try hard enough.” It made me miserable. I never realized it until after my divorce (and the two and a half years of therapy that came after it). Since then, I’ve learned to enjoy […]

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Lang Goes to Afghanistan

by Lang Parker October 18, 2013

“Hey Lang do you want to go to Afghan…” “YES!” Debbie Praver, a fellow comic, didn’t even finish the sentence and I was all for it. You’re probably asking “Out of all the places in the world why would you want to go to a war-zone?” Simply….to entertain our troops. Legally. I’m a standup comic. […]

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Beardos In the Big Easy

by Nate "Chops" Johnson October 18, 2013

Here it is. The first day of the 3 day weekend dedicated to the facial hair carnival that is the National Beard and Mustache Championships. Location: New Orleans, Louisianna, Aka, The Big Easy, NOLA, ‘Nawlins. Checking into the hotel, I see faces full of facial hair I’ve never met but we all nod at each […]

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CicLAvia – LA’s Awesome Day of Bike Fun [Video] [Pictures]

by Tony Shea and Dan O'Day McClellan October 11, 2013

Over the weekend, Los Angeles’ 8th CicLAvia event took place, closing down large sections of downtown for an all day bike ride that was incredibly fun. Extending across “The Heart of Downtown” in a 7.5 mile course, this version of CicLAvia included the 7th Street corridor, parts of the warehouse, fashion, and Pinata districts, Boyle […]

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Beardos in the Big Easy: The Post Competition Weekend Blues

by Nate "Chops" Johnson October 3, 2013

Well, it’s here again. The day after a beard and moustache competition. All the bar hopping shenanigans are over. The impromptu 2a.m. hotel room parties have quieted down to just a few whispers as the blue light from the dawn begins to peak through small open spaces of hotel room window curtains. The realization hits […]

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