Monday night, Roger, Chris, Cory, and I headed out to the Skybar at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood. Now, this is supposed to be one of the best hangouts to go to in town, but we were far from impressed. The drinks were watered down and the best we could do for celebrities were some ladies who looked like the Dixie Chicks. I’m sure…
June 12, 2002Well I almost made it. I was in the middle of getting signed off on the Matterhorn when the mountain decided that it had other plans for me. In a matter of minutes, I inadvertently caused a Sled Escape (infernal Sled Escapes – the bane of my existence), and my co-trainee was having problems getting a sled aligned on a transfer table. The result? Cascade…
June 10, 2002Day Two of the training. by the end of the day we had learned two new positions – grouper and tower. Grouper is the person who keeps asking “How Many” and its their job to keep the people lined up and ready to get into the sleds. It can be one of the toughest positions at the mountain, especially when you get a lot of…
June 8, 2002Day One of Matterhorn training went pretty well. It is defiantly a challenging ride to get the hang of, but once you do, it is a lot of fun. We walked the mountain twice (once on each side), and spent time learning the Belts, Load, and Unload positions. I think Unload is the toughest position – you are always on the lookout for a sled…
June 7, 2002Well he is no David Lynch, but yesterday at Baja Fresh, Roger and I stood in line in front of Thomas Ian Nicholas. It is one of the few instances where I recognized a celebrity before Roger did. I remember him from Rookie of the Year back in 1993 and I know he was in the American Pie movies, and a quick perusal through the…
June 6, 2002Tonight’s big excursion was to the famous Bob’s Big Boy on Riverside Drive. We try to get there once in awhile, since Bob’s played an important role as chef during my childhood. While I was waiting for Gina to ring me up at the register, I asked her if she had seen David Lynch. I know David frequents this particular Bob’s since he had a…
June 4, 2002Well the apartment on the street of yesteryear was directly out of yesteryear. Needless to say, we won’t be moving there anytime soon. No AC, smallish rooms, and no garage as promised pretty much shot down this apartment. One of the other oddities – no cable in the front room – only in one of the bedrooms. I think if there had been an AC,…
June 2, 2002It is now three years since I relocated back to the friendly confines of Southern California. One thing that seems to stand out is the number of redevelopment projects that are going on in various places around the Southland. It seems that no matter where Roger and I look for a new apartment to call home, there is some sort of construction going on next…
May 29, 2002Another Grad Nite is in the books. This one was a bit different than last week’s because I was working out at the main entrance as opposed to in the park. Basically, imagine when the cowboys are herding the cattle into a pen, and substitute graduating seniors as the cattle, and us poor guest control cast members as the cowboys. Some of us got trampled…
May 24, 2002Well, I finally did it. After months of research and searching and being pestered by auto salesman, I am the proud driver of a Silver 2002 Honda CR-V LX. It took over six total hours over two days at a car dealership in Fontana (where is Fontana? way out in the inland empire about halfway to Palm Springs from LA) to get the deed done.…
May 21, 2002