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West SGV Restaurant update July: Pistachio, Churro Boss, Old Shanghai Closed, etc.
And we're back on the "blog" like it's 2007. Because I referenced #2girls1cup today, in addition to spotting a cherry Veedub Corrado and weirdly clean Pinto . Figured it was timely:
Pistachio Kitchen has taken over the old Victory French Restaurant which long sat dormant in Monterey Park. The food.. well, the food is a Chiu-Chou/Vietnamese/Canto mess. Looks like there's pho, there's cornish hen red rice; there are goi cuon springs roll, and there are HK cafe style dishes. With the standalone footprint, as well as the large parking lot, both translating to higher than average rent, and the amalgamated menu pan Chinese-Vietnamese menu, the lifespan of Pistachio Kitchen, should be just about a year. Maybe 16 months considering the proper green and red colors of the building signage.
580 E Garvey Ave, Monterey Park.
Monterey Park food truck scene has suddenly blossomed after the temporary closure of Kembo food truck. In addition to the new al pastor specialty truck, Churro Boss soft opened in July as well in front of the Ralph's on Atlantic, south of the AMC Theatres. Sneaking fresh churros into Chinese import movie is now officially the best Mexi-Chino move one can make on a Saturday night. Their schedule can be found on Facebook as well as Instagram.
Old Shanghai in Rosemead lasted just about a year at this awkward plaza space squeezed between American fast food and a crappy tea house. The replace is Shanghai Bistro, but the food, according to Chihuo.net reports, is more Zhejiang than straight Shanghai. Seriousuly though, the interior still looks like crap, so if you want Dongpo pork belly, head over to Chang'an:
Rosemead's Crown Palace had been flipped into Sunshine Seafood. This is still a dimsum house with push carts. The previous iteration of this location lasted less than a year.
The seafood boil phenomenon, as well as the Chinese kebab rise — think, non-chicken proteins on many, many sticks — just won't quit the SGV. With the opening of Big Fish, Na Mama, and King Red Crawfish, Cajun House S. El Monte is already the fourth seafood boil opening already this year.
Still Missing from Blogging Action in October: But I Had a Blow-Out Meal at Chuan's
And got a "feature" on Eater under the new VOX guise. That felt good. Chuan's is awesome. It's the Republique of Sichuanese food in America. It will succeed as such whereas Lao Sze Chuan Las Vegas will fail. Mark my words. The story was first published on Eater on 10/10, my hat-tip to the Taiwanese Independence Day, also Mary Chen, PT's birthday:
Chuan's is the Future of Chinese Dining in Los Angeles
Beautifully designed Chuan's brings Sichuanese local dishes in a modern-rustic setting to LA.
Chuan's is the first non-franchised outpost of the highly glamorous "Ba Guo Bu Yi"[BGBY] Chinese restaurant empire in the US. BGBY was established in 1996 by Mr. He Nong, a highly respect watercolor painter of lotus flowers in China. In 1998, disgusted by the rapid expansion of Yum Brands's KFC in China, He (pronunced "huh") took it upon himself to turn the Chinese millenials towards Chengdu style Chinese food instead of the more popular Cantonese style, Western influenced cafes that were rapidly expanding from Hong Kong towards inland China. By mid-2000s, thanks to glamor of Sichuanese food and He's dedication to promoting his "culinary culture", He Nong had become the proverbial Danny Meyer of Sichuan restauranteering.
He Nong had become the proverbial Danny Meyer of Sichuan restauranteering.
Even while finding capital for expansion into major Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing, He was still painting. In 2001, his water colors traveled to Malaysia for a multi-national exhibit. In 2004, 60 of his paintings were placed in a Germany in a China-Europe exhibition; 10 of those paintings were given to Japan, France, Australia, etc. as national gifts. His 2005 water color titled 秀水沐山川 won him the title of the "Peoples Artist". After 30 years of painting, He Nong had become China's own living Monet, except Monet wasn't also the CEO of a restaurant corporation.
Beyond operating an empire of over thirty upscale Sichuanese restaurants, He Nong is the chairman of the multi-faceted conglomerate Chengdu Jove Industrial. Joe Bastianiach may be an empire builder and a TV show judge, but under Jove Industrial, He Nong operates a culinary school, a boutique hotel, a food processing company that produces seasoning and snacks, an interior design firm, a book publishing company, and a handmade furniture production company. Chengdu Jove Industrial also dabbles in real estate and has developed three commercial complexes.
Despite being busier than Queen Bee herself, He Nong can still be spotted at his newest restaurant baby in Temple City. This particular outfit of Chuan's in under the management of partner Carol Chen, who brought in a team of Chengdu chefs and paired them with an American FOH. Every member of the waitstaff speaks English but the kitchen doesn't kowtow to the US palate.
Every member of the waitstaff speaks English but the kitchen doesn't kowtow to the US palate.
A beer and wine license is coming, and the stage is already set for nightly Sichuan opera showcase (courtesy of the Jove Industrial's "cultural division"). Furniture was obviously produce by Jove group and imported from China, but the overall design was a joint effort between BGBY HQ in Chengdu as well as an LA-based architect. This Trans-Pacific style of cultural integration, evocative of BYD's tech center in DTLA, is also apparent in ingredient selection: witness the dish of California avocados and Chinese cucumber salad, witness the use of large mouth bass.
The menu is relatively concise, and is still subject to additions as the alcohol and dessert menu are still in the works. The most prosaic dish of twice-cook pork featured delicately sliced pork belly sauteed with fermented black bean, leeks, and the untraditional jalapeno peppers. The slightly spicy end result is accompanied by 8 palm-sized buns in case patrons wish to produce Sichuanese pork sliders. This unctuous peasant dish is eons above any rendition of twice-cooked pork found in Chinese take-out shacks.
This unctuous peasant dish is eons above any rendition of twice-cooked pork found in Chinese take-out shacks.
The meaty heavy hitters of rice-powder steamed beef on yams and bullfrog hot pot — served in massive ceramic washbasin — are two other highlights of the menu. Chengdu expats will appreciate the hard-to-find greens such as fresh Houttuynia cordata (chameleon plant/heartleaf) and childhood street bread of brown sugar "guo kui" . Despite Chuan's dedication to Sichuanese cuisine, non-spicy eaters can find solace in dishes such as braised pork belly, "crispy meat with beans" soup, and whole steamed fish. Some of BGBY's signature dishes in China even makes an appearance in the form of braised soft shell turtle "calipash".
With the opening of mainland Chinese restaurants all over Los Angeles (ie: Dongpo Meizhou, Little Sheep, Haidilao, Three Travellers, Singapore Leaf), the feel, and the growth of Chinese dining scene is definitely changing. Thanks to the star power of He Nong, Chuan's is the definitive future of Chinese cuisine in SGV, if not in America. Its arrival in LA is akin to Wolfgang Puck opening Spago in Chongqing.
Finally, a bit of trivia: Chuan's Temple City officially opened on September 26, 2014, exactly 18 years to the date He Nong opened the first Ba Guo Bu Yi in Chengdu city.
5807 Rosemead Blvd
Temple City
(626) 667-6667
Reservations are accepted.
SinoSoul AWOL in August, Part II: Met some Thai pals at Kruang Tedd
This experience was totally lovely, except for being filmed for some Asian food show. That was awkward. I look old and creepy next to young some gal. But I got to eat this, and it was delicious. So much so I had subject some vegetarians to oxtail soon. ** HI5 Andrea W **. Originally published on LA Weekly:
Kruang Tedd Restaurant's Chef Can't Eat Her Own Muslim-Thai Chicken And Rice, But You Can
By Tony Chen
Categories: Thai Cuisine
P'Toi A'prasert is a petite Thai woman, hardly 40 kilograms even when soaking wet in coconut milk. She took an early retirement from the Royal Thai Navy years ago and, in 2008, came to the United States, with her pensioner husband, looking for a fresh start. Without much English under their belts, the couple settled in Thai Town.
Thanks to her cooking family, A'prasert's knowledge of her mother flavors runs as deep as any tattooed chef in America with formal training, and she quickly found a job cooking atKruang Tedd restaurant on Hollywood. A'prasert happens to be a devout Muslim who observes halal.
The problem? The chef cannot taste the food she's cooked before it crosses the pass — because Kruang Tedd's kitchen isn't halal. This means that if you eat A'prasert's glorious khao mok gai, or buried chicken rice, you'll have to tell her that it's as good as she thinks it is.
More on that later — first, a little backstory. The building that hosts Kruang Tedd has a long Thai culinary lineage. Previously it was Tepparod, possibly the first Thai restaurant in L.A.'s Thai Town. As early as 1972, the California Restaurant Writers Association nominated Tepparod as one of the best "ethnic" restaurants in Los Angeles. It hustled Thai food to farangs for more than 20 years before closing.
Tepparod became Kruang Tedd, which quickly became a gathering place for Thai rock musicians in the '90s. Alas, aspiring rockers make mediocre restaurateurs, and Kruang Tedd soon hit a patchy stretch.
Two years ago, while brainstorming concepts to push Kruang Tedd toward the forefront of the competitive Thai Town dining scene after years of neglect, A'prasert casually mentioned she could test a few Muslim Thai dishes not found elsewhere in the area.
The results were the most unusual chicken and rice in Los Angeles — and a Muslim-Thai oxtail soup previously unknown to Angelenos. The khao mok gai (buried chicken rice) andsup haang wua (oxtail soup) were both immediate hits.
The chicken and rice of khao mok gai is essentially a Thai biryani. Deviating from traditional halal cart chicken and rice, it uses turmeric in addition to curry, and the rice is steamed in plentiful coconut milk. As suggested by the dish name, marinated (and pan-fried) chicken leg quarters are buried under par-cooked jasmine rice, which is steamed a bit to ensure complete flavor osmosis. Upon serving, a mint-green chile sauce complements the rice, much like Halal Guy's white sauce.
There's chicken and rice in Manhattan, and there's chicken and rice in L.A.'s Thai Town. One has been hugely hyped; the other is a dormant crouching tiger, as it were, ready to dominate the palate. The oxtail soup tastes like the beautiful marriage of Vietnamese duo boi and Thai tom yum, sporting dreamy chunks of braised beef. Portions of both are insanely large by Thai standards.
Despite the success of the two dishes, Kruang Tedd manager Noi Vanichyanukroh is hesitant to expand the Muslim-Thai menu, as he worries about the health of A'prasert, who is now 60. This year, she wasn't able to fulfill her Ramadan fast. Thankfully, the night shift at Kruang — the restaurant is open until 2 a.m. on weekends — has mastered her recipe. The second shift happens to be mostly Issan, non-Muslim, women who dish out a coconutty khao soi noodle soup, finished with crisp egg noodles.
While plenty of Muslim-Thais in Southern Thailand, as well as Bangkok, live in perfect comfort in Thailand, A'prasert's life in the United States is one of inconvenience — since the chef can't actually taste her own cooking.
In his biography Life, on the Line, noted chef Grant Achatz (Alinea, Next) details the tragedy of completely losing his taste buds due to tongue cancer in 2007, and having to rely on the other chefs on his restaurant's line for survival.
A'prasert's cooking style in Kruang Tedd's commercial kitchen is evocative of Achatz-during-chemo phase, except A'prasert has never sampled her own food at Kruang Tedd, ever. When asked how she cooks her Muslim-Thai dishes at KT, she coyly points to her heart, then smiles wryly. "The kitchen team helps me, and often so do the customers," she finally answers.
Still, she says the two Muslim dishes offered at Kruang Tedd are prepared exactly as she would cook them for her spouse. The Muslim dry spices (versus traditional Thai fresh spices) are sourced from various Pakistani and Bangladeshi markets in Koreatown, just south of Thai Town. The meats aren't halal — since neither is KT's kitchen — but the flavor is pure Muslim-Thai.
Is the Blog Dead? August Edition with Szechuan Impression
Since July, I've been eating a lot of a Sichuan food with my new Sichuanese pal Juliet. I've also started WeChatting some Sichuanese restaurant folks in LA as I could no longer stand the wait at Chengdu Taste and Szechuan Impressions. Also, I'd like to think Eater introduced Szechuan Impressions to the English-speaking white folks:
Welcome to Dining On A Dime a feature in which Eater surveys LA's cheap eats—often obscure, ethnic, unsung restaurants—proving that dining on a dime is alive, well, and quite tasty in this here city. Where do you want us to go next? Do share.
Szechuan Impression took over Ray Ray's Eat to the Beat just two weeks ago. Last weekend, thanks to some good ol' Chinese social media, and the boat tons of Chengdu city ex-pats in Los Angeles, the compact restaurant had to purchase all-weather chairs for the diners lining up outside. Yes, another Sichuan restaurant in Alhambra is rapidly blowing up, and there is no way to avoid the lines, even on a Tuesday evening.
Lynn Liu is the young, petite force behind Szechuan Impression. She shys away from talking about herself, but admitted this is already her second restaurant venture within as many years in the United States. The modus operandi here is not so simple: find Sichuan regional culinary treasures that Chinese millenials may (or may not) have had during childhood, find chefs to duplicate the flavor, find seasonal greens to match a Sichuanese's memory, and update everyone's impression of Sichuanese cuisine while retaining a bit of nostalgia even in the United States. Hence the name "Szechuan Impression".
For a solo lunch, a fellow visitor, says a Sichuan-er would partake in the chitterling starch noodles and a bowl of rice (total $7.99), then proudly announces she is a Chengdu ex-pat. For a lunch of two, go for the steamed rice powder dipped lamb with pumpkin and the "school garden" classic starch noodle hot pot . With a four top at dinner, the meal is transformable with limitless combinations. Start with a cold dish of bath tub ("fresh") pickled cabbage ($8.99), add the spiced minced garlic pork ($8.99), go big with the Chengdu classic of bo bo chicken pot with 40 skewers of spicy chicken and accoutrements ($16.99). Alternatively, begin with rice powder steamed lamb ($9.99), the "impressive" smargasbord spicy hot pot ($14.99), and finish off with Cinderella's pumpkin cakes ($5.99).
Don't forget to let the mamasan have her way with the seasonal vegetables, despite the menu's "UP2U" instructions. Sometimes the staff will offer yam leaves, sometimes it will be empty heart vegetables; all will be quickly tossed in the wok hey, and available with a variety of seasonings suitable for individual greens. Just like the French, the Chinese have always eaten farm-to-table, and Szechuan Impression is aiming to maintain the tradition, but add a little mom & pop "trust me" fun.
The point here is to avoid the twice-cooked pork, the kungpao chicken, the mapo tofu, the stereotypical home-cooked dishes that "mom knows how to make best". Liu wants to bring elevated Sichuan flavors, not so much the common Sichuan dishes. She favors the dual-purpose dishes of soup casseroles and trusts her Chinese diaspora customer base to provide authentic feedback
For those who are completely lost when confronted by the menu, the following are Liu's favorite sons from every section of the menu: traditional garlic, spicy cold noodles ("because it's so hot out right now.. we don't use any sesame paste"), 狼牙土豆 "wolf teeth" wavy seasoned street fries ("it reminds me of my childhood when these crinkle-cut fries were sold right in front of middle school from street carts"), "敲脚牛肉" crossed-leg beef stew. ("this beef casserole is cooked for 5 hours, it can be eaten 2 ways — spicy, or not, with soup, or not, as you wish. it's so good it makes you lean back with your legs crossed"), 金汤肥牛 beef golden soup ("we tweaked this recipe a bit to suit SoCal weather. the pumpkin tinged soup is a bit more vinegary than we'd cook in Sichuan, but global warming has not been kind to Los Angeles"), and for dessert, "红糖糍粑" red sugar sticky rice cake.
Of note: the crossed leg beef stew is evocative of a pho broth. In fact, it may the platonic ideal which every bowl of pho bo should achieve. Except this is at a Sichuan restaurant, and the pho is rice, not rice noodles. A pot of this beefy hodgepodge ($18.99) and several bowls of rice should satiate a dining couple. Don't forget the dessert section, which will be a highlight in the final menu.
Where the Heck Have You Been? July Edition
It's been half a year since the last update. I've lost a refrigerator, lost a scooter, found 200 pounds of winter squash in the yard, and did some stories for LA Weekly. In July, the poke story was a huge hit:
4 Places to Get Good Poke in L.A.
By Tony Chen
Categories: Seafood
While even poke stalwart Sam Choy isn't sure of poke's exact origin, it's apparent that the current form of Japanese-influenced poke became pervasive throughout the "grindz" culture in the 1970s. Since then (and even more so since President Obama's win), poke — a Hawaiian seasoned raw tuna salad — has become one of the go-to island food memories for mainlanders. During a hot, summer day, a bowl of poke, whether eaten solo or accompanied by rice, brings out the snorkeler in everyone . Here are 3 newish — and one that's been around for a while — L.A. restaurants for fresh poke.
4. Seasalt Fish Grill
Seasalt Fish Grill's new branch in Downtown opened with poke on the menu — and the dish was so popular it was immediately introduced to Seasalt's original Santa Monica branch. The poke here is sesame soyed ahi (sourced daily under the guidelines of Long Beach Aquarium's "seafood of the future" program), tossed with sesame seeds and green onions. It's available with tortilla chips, on top of a salad, or by the pound. Restaurateur Jimmy Jang says the the Peruvian ceviche has also been a hit, and there's absolutely no "secret ingredient" in the poke recipe; we say he's simply bringing Hawaiian dreams to the cubicles drones of downtown Los Angeles. 508 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica; 213-944-6631. 812 W. 7th St.; Los Angeles; 213-243-5700.
3. Poke Etc.
Ofelia Shively, who has lived in Juno and Hawaii, runs a distinct poke deli from the back of a mixed-use Filipino market/cell phone store/notary. Five flavors of poke: oyster sauce, wasabi, kimchee, spicy and limu, are sold a la carte here for $13 a pound, seven varieties if the tako and salmon are also included. A poke bowl with nearly half a pound of poke (of one's choosing) is $6.95. The kimchi poke, with tuna chunks the size of Duplo, seems to be the most balanced, as the shoyu-based poke trends salty. The limukohu tuna poke is the closest to the Hawaiian style, as it is made with sesame oil, soy sauce, white onion, seaweed, green onion and a generous pinch of white sesame. While waiting for the poke bowl, it's also possible to order a side of dinuguan and send peso remittane to Philippines for a low fee from businesses within Angelito's Market, in which Poke Etc. resides. 860 E. Carson Ave., Carson; 310-847-5520.
2. Jus Poke
Stefanie Honda took her Hawaiian father's original poke recipe and applied a stringent sourcing practice to create a memorable homage to her culinary roots at Jus Poke. In addition to the original sea salt poke, the shoyu, and the spicy (mayo-Sriracha) poke are also available. The latter two are the top two sellers at this new shop. The tuna is sourced from Santa Monica Seafood and co-owner Jeff Snow believes the ogo seaweed from Kona really sets Jus Poke apart. (A pound of poke, made daily, is $19.) The family-operated restaurant is closed on Tuesdays so Honda and Snow can properly instill the island (and Redondon Beach surfer) spirit in their newborn as well as their 6-year old. Salmon as well as octopus poke should be coming out in a few months. 501 N Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach; 310-379-1133.
1. Fish King
The 66-year old fish Glendale purveyor and seafood larder has served poke on and off for years. Recently, it has become a staple in the chilled fish cases next to the mixed ceviche. The dish here is simple: light soy sauce, cilantro, seaweed, wasabi sesame seeds, sesame oil and ahi. The result is a mild and refreshing seafood mixture that is decidedly perfect with readily available rice from onsite galley. Unfortunately, despite Fish King's maturity, it still does not have an alcohol consumption license. It does, however, have house-made pickled herring with cream sauce, also available at the fishmonger's station. Just go early and beat the lunch rush, as the waiting throng is mercilessly hungry. 722 N. Glendale Ave., Glendale; 818-244-0804.
Lacha Somtum: Thai Town's new Issan Superstar
This is going to be a long(er) read. After all, everyone got the more fun read earlier via Tasting Table.
Thai Town has been in some type of lull since Darabar Secret Thai settled into its groove. The clubby restaurant is lovely at night — to slurp khao soi, to pick at kaeng som pae sa while sipping on some scotch and juice. Pailin is still grooving along, doing its mix of Northern and Issan cuisine. Thai Town Plaza old-hand Ganda has been pushed out by Pa-Ord, and that's a downright shame. I always loved visiting Ganda later in the the evening, over Palms, over Ruen Pair. It always made me feel like I belonged with the prols of Thai Town, not the ritzy kids going to do it up at Hollywood Thai's karaoke. Alas, things ebb and things flow. Crispy Pork Gang is barely surviving, and really depends on the night crowd to sustain its insane hour (and equally insane rent). There is lip given to some other hip Thai restaurant with hip, tatted cooks, there is some lip given to some Thai-American TV personality. Emporium Thai is still trying as hard as ever to knock-off Jitlada, and Jitlada is still churning out some of the illest Thai food in America under the right conditions. However, there hasn't been much genuine excitement to really tickle the hounds.
Good thing the noshing highlight of Thai Town so far this year aren't the relocations (of the duelling Pa-Ord and Hoy-Ka, who hate each other). It's the quiet bang made by the opening of Lacha Somtum. My Thai comprehension is non-existent, except to barely discern the difference between guay jap and kuai tieu reu when listening to a native.
When I listened to Lacha's waitress' translation of the specials menu (above) board the first time, I did not flinch as it didn't sound impressive. Until I got home.
"Mushroom soup with egg" became "ant egg mushroom soup". OK. Why did she pull back the punches? From the regular menu, tamarind pork rib soup was indeed the Isan regional soup queen, tom sap. And it goes on, and on, and on. The bamboo "salad" (not under the bamboo "som tum") is the proverbial Isan/Laos bamboo salad with roasted rice powder known as soop nor mai. Kaeng om (below) is available with chopped cornish hen instead of the typical lame chicken breast.
This changes everything. And of all the kaeng oms available in LA (Cancoon, Yai, Luum Ka Naad, etc.), Lacha's reigns. This is clearly not just a papaya salad restaurant as the name claims.
Larp ped (above) is geotagged with "Kon Kaen", the education and economic center of Isan province. This larp ped is undeniable the most interesting duck larp "salad" in LA right now. The shredded duck meat carries carries a light crisp from being confited first, and is topped with the typical Isan style roasted rice powder. It is deliriously good, and at $10, is enough to serve four people during a meal as an appetizer course.
Every thing is just a bit twisted.
Out of the entire som tum menu, there are a couple of caveats, or, really intriguing things, depending on the perspective. Som tum "tum mua" can be translated to som tum garbage, or "kitchen sink". It is the most offensive of the som tums on the menu, even more so than the "combination". The chef throws bits of everything from the mis en place into the stank papaya salad (with pla ra, not with regular fish sauce), including mussel, bamboo shoot, long green bean, Thai egg plant, and rice noodles. There's no escaping the funk if one decides to actually pick from this particular plate. Everything is borderline rancid, and there's no taming the heat with the khanom jeen noodles, which are often served on the side of a typical Bangkok som tum specialist. There's something rather Pollack (or, schizophrenic and amazing) about this salad. It's like a Thai bibimbap, but avant garde and of actual culinary importance. However, like modern art, som tum tum mua is difficult to understand, especially to the typical farang Thai-food n00b. Better then, are the more "traditional" som tum Thai variations with simple fish sauce, and not fermented fish sauce. The puffy shredded fried catfish topping Thai style som tum is a great mix of two fun eats so accepted by Bangkokers — sorry, couldn't help it — these days. But why stick to Thai som tum (typically over sweetened for Thai-American palates), when there's this bamboo gloriousness:
From the som tum (which simply means "mixed") menu, this is the highlight for me. Crunchy, refreshing whole shoots of bamboo, mixed with the fresh brininess of the blue crab. The black crab version, according to the waitress, is even too salty for her. I think I chose wisely. The alternating texture of the crunchy shoots, followed by the soft gooeyness of the raw crab flesh which one had to extra from the shells by sucking and knawing, is an oral pleasure that is probably only matched in the back rooms of Thai massage parlors. Couple this with a tub of sticky rice, a plate of some larp, and a proverbial Issan-Laos lunch is served.
A typical Lao meal is eaten around a low set table, with mixed item "salads", crudites, some stews or soup (kaengs/non-coconutted curries) and some form of grilled fish/seafood. Any discussion of Lacha offering the "crab" pad Thai listed under "specialties" is basically hog wash. Lacha is also a bit short on the palate-easing soups so known in the Issan traditon. The noodle menu is also rather tame, except for one dish: the khanom jeen nam ya – basically, a Thai "dipping"/"mix-in" noodle with fish stew and crudites (dill, mint, etc.)
With the advent of canned/jarred nam ya curry paste at the grocery, and the commonality of canned tuna in America, it is ridiculously easy to make this Southern Thai dish. Jitlada's is fiercely spicy. Lacha's? Aptly named "Super Spicy". It is undeniably spicier than the kua kling curry(s) at Jitlada. I was never down with Jitlada's dynamite challenge, but this little plate of noodles offered so much pleasure, then pain, then regret, that it'll probably become the most important dish, under $10, of 2014 (besides Michael Lee's aged brisket sandwich I'm currently consuming). The sour mustard accoutrement is suppose to assist in cooling. It doesn't help worth a damn, neither does the cabbage.
Lacha also does kaeng right. The kaeng nor mai is jammed full of thickening ya nang leaves. It's also rather funky, but in an earthy, not so briny way. It's grassy, spicy, gratifying in a way no common Penang curry can ever be. Bamboo shoots is then main game here, just like soop "nor mai" (bamboo). Northwest Laos and northeast Thais must have really regular bowl movements. The kaeng om comes with hearty vegetables, and served alone over rice, makes a rice bowl that makes anything everything coming out of Chego look like stoner food for rubes. Kaeng is stew for the Asian gods. Korean ramen pots are remnants of an U.S. occupation that forced force meat onto a war-torn that just didn't know any better. One tastes of the Silk Road. The other tastes like msg-infused imperialism.
The kaeng som, typically served in LA Thai town with whole fish, is also stellar. Sourness dominates, but it's balanced with spiciness instead of sugariness. It's difficult to say which version (whether Lacha or Darabar) rules supreme, but it does show Lacha is well versed in kaeng. We should just be happy.
However, Lacha is not without bombs. The fried pork larp, a tangy, salty, crispy ball of porcine goodness at Pailin, tastes like a balled up mess of random pig parts (ear for sure). The entire noodle section is weak, without gway chap, the Laos/chinese soy rice noodle sheets so commonly found in Issan street markets. Still, what's the alternative for LA Thai food right now? Overpriced nam priks being served by tatted kids paired with shitty Thai rum carrying a 400% markup? Feh to that.
Belcampo: multi-millionaire-driven, dry-aged, grass-fed cheeseburger, Downtown
Note number 1: that's Downtown Los Angeles, not somewhere up in Marin County.
Note number 2: sorry for all the hyphens.
The face of Belcampo is ostensibly a late 30s entrepreneurial mom from the Bay Area. The money behind Belcampo, however, is really a retired-in-name-only Wall Street gentleman who sold his brokerage firm, for $1.5B, at age.. 47/48ish. Money may not buy happiness, but money buys manpower to grow good California beef.
Belcampo is a vertically integrated conglomerate. That $12.50 burger above is a from a conglomerate that owns ranches, travel resorts, 20000-sqft USDA licensed slaughterhouse and meat processing plant, butcher shops, and restaurants. You could be eating a burger produced by Hyundai, one of the nastiest chaebols in South Korea, but instead of Kraft, it's Belcampo. Thankfully Belcampo is focused on delivering sustainable protein from top-end down. Whew.
With a more than just a few million dollars, Mr. Robinson, now the chairman of Global Portfolio Advisors, a brokerage clearing house, has powered Mrs. Anya Fernald to backup Eat Real with some meat, instead of words. While Eat Real LA was mostly a tame bomb, Eat Real Oakland has expanded year over year, and Eat Real will reach Atlanta this year. But what good is a food festival when one can't get a morally compassed burger in Downtown. In comes Belcampo with all its gloriousness.
Will I eat another burger in '14 other than what is served at Belcampo? Probably not. Is this is the single most expensive 1/3 pound burger in LA? As far as I know. Does anyone know how expensive it is to own and operate a USDA certified slaughterhouse? Rancho Feeding Co. does, (and they just got shutdown by the FDA, then bought out). Will Mr. Robinson ever be portrayed in Wolf of Wallstreet, the III? Hopefully not. Should he inspire us to make millions of dollars so we can hire our own Edibles CEO and run butcher shops? Yes to the millions, no to the cow blood.
The point of this is really to demonstrate how it took takes a one-percenter to bring "affordable" sustainably raised beef to the plate. No one else is doing this in America, save perhaps Blue Hill Stone Barn. We, as Angelenos, are lucky as hell that a rich and smart man decided to pay it forward. Also, hipsters: just shut up about rich people and eat the burger. It is way, WAY better than anything coming out of Umami/Comme Ca/Father's Office.
Belcampo Meats Co.
Grand Central Market
(right next to the parking garage elevantors)
All over that social media
A. Zimmern Doesn't Know How to Use Yelp; Or He's Just Smarmy.
I'm just going to give him the benefit of the doubt (since I've never met the guy, and never watched a full episode of any of the shows) and say he's just "doing it wrong". User error, so to speak.
Back in '12, he railed against Yelp. Eater, being NY-centric, gave him air time. A year later, he's still none the wiser. In this "exclusive" Eater National coverage, Zimmern keeps going on and going on how he doesn't need Yelp, ostensibly because Mario Batali is going to know where to eat in Clearwater, FL (where I recently visited).
Is there a Chicago Magazine equivalent in San Antonio where I once found myself stuck after dinner time? And will Andrew be able to crowdsource his way to a Cubano sandwich 5 minutes after landing in Ft Lauderdale? Can Zimmern's twitter friends instantly come up with a useful map as below? (Belizean Blvd, Los Angeles)
Is the man so desperate he's still talking about a non-problem in 2014? This is my favorite from the interview:
I do not care what people — who I don't know where they live, don't know what their eating habits are, don't know what sort of expertise or standards they bring to the experience — telling me what they think of a hot dog on the street or Blue Hill at Stone Barns. It's meaningless to me.
But asking Siri Bourdain's favorite place to eat in Ontario, California is actually meaningful? Please cut us regular food-lovers some slack. By "us", I mean those who don't have 99,999 followers on Twitter. Zimmern might be "no one's food snob", because he's just a regular "presumptuous snob". Presumptuous because the host guy knows more chefs and cheftestants than the Eater interviewer. Presumptuous because the celeb foodie thinks his Twitter followers opinions are any superior than those of Yelp users.
(May I remind everyone these particular followers are interested food in a certain weird way, fetishsizing what other cultures consider cuisine norms, and generally being condescending as hell?
Us plebs, perhaps a trucker, perhaps a corporate consultant with a low per diem, use Yelp. We use it wisely, we use it to find gems like El Coraloense and the latest restaurant openings. Sure, it's also crowd-sourcing, but what exactly is the difference between the idiots that follow Zimmern on Twitter versus the idiots on Yelp? A hashtag? Or absolutely nothing.


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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Advance 4 is a GBA remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES.
Super Mario Advance is a four-part series for the GBA with Super Mario games of the NES and SNES era. The remakes came with adjusted graphics, sound and additional content. Each game of the series includes additionally the arcade-classic "Mario Bros" which can be played in multiplayer via link cable.
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (known in Japan as Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4) is a side-scrolling platformer developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on November 21, 1990 (in Japan), August 31, 1991 (in North America), and April 11, 1992 (in Europe).
One of the launch titles of the SNES (and bundled with early systems in North America), Super Mario World is the fifth main game in the Super Mario series. (starring Nintendo's mascot, Mario, and his brother, Luigi). The game follows both Mario brothers as they explore Dinosaur Land (known for its large amount of dinosaurs) to find and defeat the evil Koopa king Bowser (and his seven underlings, the Koopalings) while rescuing Princess Toadstool.
Along with new abilities (such as the "Spin Jump"), a new power-up (the "Cape Feather") and more obstacles, the game introduces dinosaur companions (known as Yoshi) that Mario and Luigi can ride. Yoshi, known for using their long tongues to snare and eat enemies, have become a fan-favorite among the series (giving them their own games and spin-offs, most notably this game's prequel).
Special bundles of the SNES in 1994 included a compilation cartridge mixing Super Mario World with Super Mario All-Stars. The only difference in this version is a new sprite set for Luigi. The original game was later ported to the Game Boy Advance on February 11, 2002 as Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. Along with a special version of the original Mario Bros., the port includes a variety of differences, including Luigi as a selectable character (who now has unique features, such as his floating jump from Super Mario Bros. 2), new voice acting, and the ability to save anywhere. The original game was also digitally re-released in Nintendo's Virtual Console platform for the Wii (on February 5, 2007) and Wii U (on April 26, 2013).
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Sonic travels to the distant shores of Never Lake for the once-a-year appearance of Little Planet - a mysterious world where past, present, and future collide through the power of the Time Stones that lie hidden within it.
Sonic arrives only to find the once beautiful world imprisoned beneath a twisted metallic shell. His arch-nemesis, Dr. Eggman, has come for the Time Stones and with them, will soon have the power to control time itself!
In order to put an end to Dr. Eggman's nefarious schemes, Sonic must use the power of Little Planet to travel through time; breaking Dr. Eggman's hold over the future by destroying his machines in the past and recovering the missing Time Stones!
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Super Mario 3D World
Leap into the first multiplayer Mario platformer set in a 3D world! Play as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad—each with their own special skills—in the all-new Sprixie Kingdom. Scamper up walls with the new cat power-up to find secrets or pounce from above to claw enemies. Enjoy a solo romp or add friends on the fly for instant Mario multiplayer magic! Freely roam the world map and each sprawling stage alone or team up with friends to find hidden stars while competing to take the crown for most coins and points found. Tap the Wii U GamePad controller's touch screen to freeze enemies and reveal invisible secrets. Or, use the GamePad for off-TV play while tilting it to spot hidden nooks and crannies with the moveable camera. All this and more makes Mario's world deeper than ever. Jump on in!
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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
The battle for suburbia grows to crazy new heights in Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2! In this hilarious, action-packed shooter, zombie leader Dr. Zomboss has strengthened his horde and rebuilt suburbia as a zombie utopia. But hope remains, because for the first time the plants are taking the offensive in an all-out attack to reclaim their turf. Play as the plants in the all-new 24-player Herbal Assault mode, or choose your side in 4-player co-op or Solo Play!
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 is a platform video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console. Mario and Luigi embark on a quest to save Princess Toadstool and the rulers of seven different kingdoms from the antagonist Bowser and his children, the Koopalings. The player, as Mario or Luigi, is able to defeat enemies by stomping them or using items that bestow magical powers. Mario and Luigi are given a wider range of abilities than in previous Super Mario games, including flying or sliding down slopes. In addition, Super Mario Bros. 3 introduces numerous elements, such as new enemy characters and the use of a world map to transition between levels, that have reappeared in or have influenced subsequent Mario games.
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Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World is a remake of Super Mario World for the Game Boy Advance starring Mario's dinosaur friend Yoshi for the first time.
Super Mario Advance is a four-part series for the GBA with Super Mario games of the NES and SNES era. The remakes came with adjusted graphics, sound and additional content. Each game of the series includes additionally the arcade-classic "Mario Bros" which can be played in multiplayer via link cable.
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Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank is a new game based on elements from the original Ratchet & Clank (PS2), featuring more than an hour of new cinematics (including footage from the film) in vibrant 1080p, new locations, weapons, bosses and more. Join Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark and new friends as they embark on an intergalactic adventure, and experience the start of an epic friendship (again) on PlayStation 4.
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person puzzle-platformer and action-adventure computer and video game published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 21, 2003 and is a reboot of the landmark video game series Prince of Persia, created by Jordan Mechner in 1989.
The Sands of Time, developed internally at Ubisoft Montreal, successfully captures the mechanics of the original platformer and extends it to the 3D generation. An earlier attempt by The Learning Company to transfer the game to 3D (Prince of Persia 3D) was released in 1999, but despite its initial good reception failed to sell enough and the company responsible for the original trilogy was already closing doors. The game was praised for its visual design, finely tuned game mechanics and intriguing storyline, winning the game several awards.
The game was developed for the PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and later a 2D-version for the Game Boy Advance and mobile phones. The success of The Sands of Time led to three followups, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004), Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005), and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010). A remastered, high-definition, version of The Sands of Time was released on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 on November 16, 2010.
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South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Players will once again assume the role of the New Kid, and join South Park favorites Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman in a new hilarious and outrageous adventure. This time, players will delve into the crime-ridden underbelly of South Park with Coon and Friends. This dedicated group of crime fighters was formed by Eric Cartman whose superhero alter-ego, The Coon, is half man, half raccoon. As the New Kid, players will join Mysterion, Toolshed, Human Kite, Mosquito, Mint Berry Crunch and a host of others to battle the forces of evil while Coon strives to make his team the most beloved superheroes in history.
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Super Mario All-Stars was released on the SNES and is compilation of NES ports of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.:The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA), and Super Mario Bros. 3. All four games had updated 16-bit graphics and sound to go with it's newer more powerful hardware while gameplay remained mostly identical to its NES counterparts. A year later the All-Stars pack received a fifth game to its collection, Super Mario World. Late 2010 had yet another release called Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition for the Wii in honor of Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary. This Wii edition came with a CD featuring much of the music from the games and a small booklet detailing Super Mario Bros. history.
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Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Oh, yeah! He's back! AND he's ready to rumble! It's a whole new adventure with Crash Bandicoot, and this time he's time traveling through the ages with his little sister Coco! Scubadive with the sharks, ride a baby T-Rex, go soar the skies in a plane, gallop along the Great Wall of China on a tiger, dodge ancient Egyptian mummies and much much more!
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Super Mario 64
Mario is invited by Princess Peach to her castle, but once he arrives he finds out that Bowser has kidnapped her. Mario has to overcome many challenges and collect Power Stars hidden in the castle's paintings and walls to defeat Bowser and rescue Peach in this seminal 3D platformer.
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Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2 is a GBA-remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES.
Super Mario Advance is a four-part series for the GBA with Super Mario games of the NES and SNES era. The remakes came with adjusted graphics, sound and additional content. Each game of the series includes additionally the arcade-classic "Mario Bros" which can be played in multiplayer via link cable.
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Prince of Persia
The game is set in ancient Persia. While the sultan is fighting a war in a foreign land, his vizier Jaffar, a wizard, seizes power. Jaffar's only obstacle to the throne is the Sultan's daughter (although the game never specifically mentions how). Jaffar locks her in a tower and orders her, under threat of execution, to become his wife. The game's nameless protagonist, whom the Princess loves, is thrown into the palace dungeons. The player must lead the protagonist out of the dungeons and to the palace tower, defeating Jaffar and freeing the Princess in under 60 minutes. In addition to guards, various traps and dungeons, the protagonist is further hindered by his own doppelgänger, an apparition of his own self that is conjured out of a magic mirror.
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Crash Twinsanity
The game's story takes place three years after the events of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and follows the main protagonist and main antagonist of the series, Crash Bandicoot and Doctor Neo Cortex, as they are forced to work together to stop the Evil Twins, a duo of mutant parrots who seemingly have a connection to Dr. Cortex, from destroying the Wumpa Islands.

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Stick-Point-Oh! 2! - The Hidden Caverns
You're a small stick man, with big guns, and a rather big head too! Kill your foes, Collect marbles, and upgrade to crazy cool weapons like the Fire Toad and Dual Pistols!
A re-hash of the first, with altered backgrounds, enemies, and four new weapons.
Achievements, Highscore Leaderboards, and a 5000 Marble pack (800 Mochi Coins/$1) available through Mochi.
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I like this game for graphics, buying weapons, etc..
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It also removes the sign up the points and put a button on the side that every time I go to the armory I have to wait to load the game.
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Hater: How do you make an X-Men movie more spectacular? Introduce time travel. In the latest installation of the Marvel series, mutants from two time periods must work together to ensure the future of their kind. Led by the bristly, motorcycle riding bad boy Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the X-Men must overcome the efforts of Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) and his army.
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In the agency's first action involving geolocation data, Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission that the company failed to adequately disclose that users' location information was shared with third parties.
Noting that "Brightest Flashlight Free" app is "one of the most popular" apps for Android mobile devices, the FTC said that Goldenshores deceived the "tens of millions" of users that downloaded the app. The company's privacy policy informed users that Goldenshores would collect data, providing a list of the types of information that would be gathered. But since at least February 2011, the company neglected to mention that geolocation information would be shared with third parties, including ad networks, the FTC alleged.
In addition, Goldenshores offered users a deceptive choice, the FTC said. After downloading the app, the first time users opened it, they were presented with the company's End User License Agreement and a choice to "Accept" or "Refuse" the terms. The decision was illusory with regard to data collection, the agency claimed, because even before the user accepted the terms the app was already collecting and sharing their unique device identifier and exact geographic location.
"When consumers are given a real, informed choice, they can decide for themselves whether the benefit of a service is worth the information they must share to use it," Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a press release about the settlement. "But this flashlight app left them in the dark about how their information was going to be used."
Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the defendants – Goldenshores and Erik M. Geidl, manager of the company – would be required to delete any personal information collected from users. Future misrepresentations about the collection and sharing of customer information, including the level of control given to consumers about how their data is used, would be prohibited. Finally, Goldenshores promised to add a just-in-time disclosure regarding geolocation data requiring affirmative express consent from users before the collection, use, and sharing of the information.
The proposed consent order is open for public comment until January 6, 2014.
To read the complaint and the proposed consent order in In the Matter of Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, click here.
Why it matters: The Goldenshores action signals focus by the agency on the intersection of consumer privacy and geolocation data, an issue previously recognized by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.). Last year Sen. Franken introduced the Location Privacy Protection Act, which would have required mobile apps to receive user permission before collecting and sharing location data. Although the bill was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in a voice vote, it also faced opposition from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, which argued the law would have posed technological challenges for the mobile industry.
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A recent Federal Trade Commission workshop on the Internet of Things was only the beginning.
After spending a day discussing the burgeoning ecosystem, the agency is now requesting comment on some of the topics discussed about the "ability of everyday devices to communicate with each other and with people."
Specifically, the FTC wants to learn more about the potential benefits for consumers from the Internet of Things. Counterbalancing the benefits, the agency asked about the privacy and security challenges posed by the new technology. "How can privacy and security risks be weighed against potential societal benefits (such as improved health-care decision-making or energy efficiency) for consumers and businesses?" the FTC asked.
As discussed during the workshop, the agency questioned what the appropriate role of the Fair Information Practice Principles should be in the Internet of Things, and what steps companies can take – prior to releasing a product or service on the market – to limit potential security problems.
Notice and choice for consumers may also present unique challenges within the Internet of Things, the FTC acknowledged, asking what options companies have when providing effective notice and choice is impossible.
The agency also queried what effect the Internet of Things may have on data de-identification or anonymization and how companies can reach consumers without an ongoing relationship. For example, how can consumers be notified if a software update or security patch is available for a product?
The deadline for filing comments with the agency is January 20, 2014.
To learn more about the workshop, from the agenda to videos of the proceedings, click here.
Why it matters: At the workshop, FTC speakers indicated that the agency plans to release a report on the Internet of Things in 2014 with recommended best practices for smart devices. While Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, also said the agency does not intend to issue new regulations on the topic, the FTC asked for comment on whether "new use-restrictions [are] necessary to protect[ ] consumers' privacy," as well as sought input on how the FTC should "encourage innovation in this area while protecting consumers' privacy and the security of their data."
According to a new class action suit filed in California, music streaming service Spotify violated state law by failing to obtain affirmative consent from users before enrolling them in an automatic renewal program.
Spotify offers users two membership options: the Unlimited plan, which gives users the ability to listen to music ad-free on their desktop and/or laptop for $4.99 per month, and the Premium plan, which for $9.99 per month offers the same service on multiple devices (such as a desktop, laptop, and cell phone). When Melissa Bleak accepted an offer for a one-month trial of the Premium service in August, she provided her credit card. Since then, her card "has been charged and continues to be charged, every month, on a recurring basis," according to her complaint, without her express permission.
Users who upgrade to the Unlimited or Premium plans on their desktop or laptop computers select the desired plan and a payment method, and a statement appears: "You authorize Spotify to automatically bill your credit card each month, until you cancel your subscription. No refunds or credits for partial monthly subscription periods. You can cancel your subscription at any time by logging into your account and follow [sic] the cancellation instructions."
Those who upgraded via a free 30-day trial link were told: "If you do not cancel your subscription before the end of the free trial the credit card you provide will automatically be charged the Spotify Premium subscription fee of US $9.99 + $0.00 sales tax per month, until you cancel. You can cancel at any time by logging into your Spotify account and follow the cancellation instructions."
Despite these statements, Bleak claimed the company's auto renewal plan violated Section 17602(a)(2) of California's Business and Professions Code because users did not affirmatively consent to the terms. Spotify failed to provide a link to the terms and conditions of its service and failed to provide a mechanism such as a box for users to click that they agreed to the terms, Bleak said.
Bleak's amended complaint noted that her suit only pertains to users who enrolled in the service via their desktop or laptop – the Spotify application requires a user to check a box stating that he or she has agreed to the terms of service.
In addition to damages and/or full restitution in the amount of the subscription payments made by all California residents who paid for the Premium and Unlimited plans on their desktop or laptop computers since December 2010, the suit seeks injunctive relief to stop Spotify's auto renewal program.
Although Bleak originally filed her putative class action in state court, Spotify already filed a motion to remove the case to federal district court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act. Federal jurisdiction is appropriate because the proposed class is composed of more than 100 members and the aggregate amount in controversy exceeds $5 million, the company said. California residents spent more than $9.5 million via auto renewal payments for the Premium plan in 2013 alone, Spotify said – putting "substantially more" than $5 million in controversy.
In its motion, Spotify also said it "denied Bleak's allegations of liability, injury and damages and will oppose certification of the putative class."
To read the motion to remove and the complaint in Bleak v. Spotify, click here.
Why it matters: Companies that offer automatic renewals should endeavor to make clear and conspicuous disclosures of all material terms of their programs or face the possibility of regulatory action or a class action suit.
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers is dealing with yet another investigation into its advertising and marketing practices.
Having weathered inquiries from attorneys general in Florida, Georgia, and New York, the men's clothing store chain recently received a subpoena from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. The new investigation was revealed in the company's quarterly earnings report earlier this month.
"We endeavor to monitor and comply with all applicable laws and regulations . . . to ensure that our advertising, marketing and promotional activities comply with all applicable legal requirements, many of which involve subjective judgments," according to the report.
Jos. A. Bank is already facing legal action in the state of Ohio from a consumer class action. That suit claims the "regular price" listed by the company was "grossly inflated" to cover for the cost of offering consumers free suits in a buy one, get three free deal.
Outside of Ohio, the company has dealt with other legal woes based on its promotional materials. In 2004, the retailer paid $425,000 to settle charges of deceptive pricing in New York for having merchandise "perpetually 'on sale,' " making the sale price actually the real price. A subsequent investigation was launched in 2011 by the state's new Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman.
Jos. A. Bank's most recent report states other challenges for the company with an investigation by Georgia's Office of Consumer Protection, while a subpoena and inquiry from Florida's AG "requiring the production of certain information relating to our advertising and sales promotion practices" is now closed.
Why it matters: The myriad of legal actions Jos. A. Bank is currently tackling provides an important lesson for advertisers: review promotional materials to avoid violations of relevant state law and potential regulatory or consumer legal action.
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Peters Named to VES Board for Northern California
Jon V. Peters, CEO and founder of Athena Studios, has been named to the board of directors for the Visual Effects Society's Northern California chapter.
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Lot 158: LONIE BEE (1902-1995). SOUTHERN PACIFIC / SUMMER FARES EAST. Circa 1936. 22x16 inches, 57x40 cm.
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LONIE BEE (1902-1995) SOUTHERN PACIFIC / SUMMER FARES EAST. Circa 1936.
22 3/4x16 inches, 57 3/4x40 1/2 cm.
Condition A-: time-staining and minor creases at edges; light foxing in bottom margin. Paper.
"Lonie Bee was born in Santa Rosa, California, and remained there, one of the few major illustrators based on the West Coast . . . he appeared on the national scene with his spirited illustrations for the magazines Collier's, American, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Home Companion, Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping and The Saturday Evening Post; among these, he painted numerous covers" (The Illustrator in America, p. 261). In the mid 1930s he was also a member of the Artist's Guild of San Francisco along with Maynard Dixon and Maurice Logan. We believe this poster, with its atmospheric depiction of the observation car amidst a verdant twilight, is the only image he designed for Southern Pacific. rare.


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text: March 07, 2017 Potter, J K Tagged: Art (1956- ) Working name of American artist Jeffrey Knight Potter; some works are signed Jeff K Potter. Although born in California, he has lived most of his life in the American South, a region which he reports has had a major impact on his extravagantly outré artwork. After contributing to fanzines, Potter began his career by doing covers for small press publications (see Small Presses and Limited Editions), beginning with H Warner Munn's Tales of the Werewolf Clan (1979) for Donald M Grant, and these have remained his main market, though he has also done covers for major publishers' books, SF Magazines, and CDs. Potter has garnered a unique reputation for relying upon altered photographs to produce strikingly bizarre or grotesque images which often "morph" disparate elements, like a human head emerging from a disembodied hand playing the piano, his cover for the Winter 1985 issue of Night Cry, or the woman with octopus's tentacles for hair on the cover of Poppy Z Brite's collection Are You Loathsome Tonight? (coll 1998). His art, unsurprisingly, is most often found on works of Fantasy or Horror, but occasional sf assignments can be effectively evocative, like his cover for the 1997 edition of Ursula K Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven (1971), depicting a man's head merging into a devastated urban landscape. Oddly, three Potter works that received or were nominated for awards, while impressive in their own way, seem less adventurous than his better-known creations: his cover for the May 1985 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, illustrating Bruce Sterling's "Dinner in Audoghast" by showing a large shrouded figure looming over a guarded entryway; his cover for Tim Powers's The Anubis Gates (1989), foregrounding a misty pyramid set against Egyptian hieroglyphics; and his cover for Powers's A Soul in a Bottle (2006), a subdued image of a beautiful woman inside a bottle. He has also created the covers for several books by Stephen King and Lucius Shepard. [GW] Jeffrey Knight Potter born Riverside, California: 10 July 1956 died works Horripilations: The Art of J. K. Potter (London: Paper Tiger, 1993) [graph: edited by Nigel Suckling: pb/J K Potter] Neurotica: The Darkest Art of J K Potter (New York: Overlook Press, 1996) [graph: pb/J K Potter] Neurotica: Images of the Bizarre (London: Paper Tiger, 1996) [graph: vt of the above: pb/J K Potter] links Jeff Knight Potter Internet Speculative Fiction Database Picture Gallery Previous versions of this entry 04/09/2012 24/09/2012 15/05/2013 09/06/2013 12/08/2013 05/02/2014 26/10/2014 03/04/2015 23/11/2015 27/04/2016 11/05/2016 09/02/2017


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Two helicopters from the Rescue Co-ordination Centre in New Zealand have confirmed earlier sightings of the wreckage of the plane operated by Kenn Borek Air of Calgary on a steep slope near the summit of Mount Elizabeth.
Officials at the centre say the impact would not have been survivable and that the next of kin of the three men have been informed.
The pilot has been identified as Bob Heath of Inuvik and a second crew member as Mike Denton, a newlywed from Calgary.
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Addiction and Entrepreneurship
Posted by Tim Askew in Addiction, Blog, Corporate Rain, Entrepreneurship, tags: Broadway, Corporate Rain, Glengarry Glen Ross, Miracle-Gro, Sherman Alexie, St. Augustine, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Willy LomanThere are two experiences in my life without which I personally could never have become an entrepreneur. These two things are addiction and failure. They are seminal to my entrepreneurial vocation and the bedrock of my current joy and fulfillment.
I spent many years as a committed addict of several sorts. Without detailing the specifics of this, suffice it to say I was at times a liar, a thief, a drunk, a seducer, a narcissist, a scofflaw, and a devotee of magical thinking. I was a wastrel using his innate gifts, education, and background to avoid reality, to not grow, to hide his authentic core and to avoid an engaged life. I was a creature of ashen hollowness living in the shadows of a moral and mental abyss, a soulless Gollum caught in a vertiginous descent into life killing compulsion and escapism.
I was not unaware of my fallen state, but felt quite like St. Augustine who famously prayed, "Lord, take this sin (read lust, compulsion, addiction) from my heart—but not yet." I told myself I could give up my addictions any time as long as it was next Tuesday. Nevertheless, at a nadir I had to stop or spiritually die. I chose to come to a dead stop with the help of the usual suspects—Twelve Step programs, friends, family, faith, therapy. But most importantly to me, I discovered, quite by accident, a new vehicle of salvation into which to pour a repairing soul. For me that vehicle was entrepreneurship.
The formation of my executive sales outsourcing firm, Corporate Rain, was an attempt to simply create a company I could live healthily in. Yes, I needed to make a profit, but my primary purpose was to become useful and whole and sustainable in rebuilding a personal center. For me that meant staying honest with myself and others and forming a communal value system that constantly buttressed those qualities.
My addictions were close kin to my series of failures in life. I started out to be a minister or teacher or professor. Something ennobling and service oriented. I actually was on the road to a Ph. D. in philosophy, but I dropped out to become an actor for ten years, where, despite appearances in a couple of Broadway shows and a national soap opera I basically crashed and burned, supporting myself mostly on unemployment and bar tending. (Being an actor was also like catnip to my addictive nature. It was like putting Miracle-Gro on my character defects.) I tried to sing opera for two years and totally failed. I tried to produce a Broadway show and lost a ton of money.
As I approached 40, I was broke and didn't know what the hell I wanted to do. Quite out of the blue, a CEO, who I knew socially, asked me to represent him around some high dollar discreet business matters. It was essentially a customized, high-level sales job. The very idea of of sales made my gorge rise. What was sales? Used car sales? Glengarry Glen Ross? A corporate Willy Loman? I had no business training, no sales training, and no interest in being a corporate cog. But the offer was from a friend, so I tried it.
Lo and behold, I was a tremendous high-level salesman. And I loved it. I saw a niche in executive sales outsourcing and formed a company around the idea. It worked. Out of the maelstrom of confusion, chaos, and bleakness in my life to that point, I became a successful entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship offered me a unique life saver and a shot at personal redemption.
My gratitude for the institution of entrepreneurship is beyond words.
My entrepreneurial journey is not about money. It is about meaning, integrity, recovery, and usefulness. Entrepreneurship gave me a magical palimpsest reset to my life of addiction and failure. It allowed me to banish demons and pour myself into a profit-making service vocation, fraught with meaning and value. It was the ultimate therapy, offering the where-with-all for a life awash in grace and earned dignity. A life after death, so to speak.
Thus, for anyone with a yen for meaning, I suggest entrepreneurship. It is a gift quite separate from its value as a vehicle of capitalist striving. If I went bankrupt tomorrow I would be a success as an entrepreneur because I have grown courageous, passionate, free, and whole through living in my company and serving its corporate community and clients.
So, as a recovering addict and as a multiple failure, my business life daily offers me a spiritual home and a locus for centered growth and earned satisfaction. This is the goal and chief reward for my personal business journey.
One of the many insights of AA include the suggestion of shifting out of your addiction through substitution. My small business is The Good Addiction.
So addiction and failure can be the hand maidens of success, when mediated through the leavening antidote of entrepreneurship. While the bad stuff doesn't go away, it is transmorgrified into new and useful experience through productive enterprise.
I am convinced we are all addicts and failures to a lesser or greater degree. Sherman Alexie, in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, says, "There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make that pain go away." Thanks, Sherman.


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singing the praises of TCP/IP filesharing
I have installed the released version of OS9 on three computers so far.
Because of this, I can now file share amongst the three using TCP/IP. I just transfered a 142MB folder from my Wallstreet 233 to my Beige G3/300. The data transfer rate was between .9 and 1.2 MB/s, pretty close to the theoretical max that the 10BaseT network would allow. In the AppleTalk days, I generally got about 200-300 KB/s transfers. TCP/IP is affording a 3-4 fold increase in file-sharing performance. This also means that program linking over TCP/IP will be very feasable for smaller Apps over a 10BaseT network (I would not really want to load Photoshop over a network). ------------------ Don |
I have yet to have the opportunity to use OS 9, so I was hoping you might be able to elaborate a little on your TCP/IP commentary. My experience with Appletalk has been with acceptional speeds. Even over flaky CAT 3 wiring, I am able to get almost 1MB per second, provided there are no fast path routers present and I'm not moving a thousand 10k documents. I'm wondering why your performance was so poor. . . My real concern is with printing. Appletalk printers are the one thing on all of my networks that have never failed me. They just work. . . all of the time. Have you setup a TCP/IP printer yet? Has printing been migrated to TCP/IP in OS9 or are we spared until OSX?
Yesterday, I transferred a 35MB folder of EPS, Photoshop, and PageMaker (yech!) files across campus w/ TCP/IP file sharing. Total time? About 2 minutes. I'm pretty impressed, considering that there are about 5-6 hops between the two computers.
As for TCP/IP printer (aka LPR), I think the LaserWriter driver has been able to support LPRs for quite some time now. At least since OS 8.5 came out, probably earlier. |
Yesterday, I transferred a 35MB folder of EPS, Photoshop, and PageMaker (yech!) files across campus w/ TCP/IP file sharing. Total time? About 2 minutes. I'm pretty impressed, considering that there are about 5-6 hops between the two computers.
As for TCP/IP printer (aka LPR), I think the LaserWriter driver has been able to support LPRs for quite some time now. At least since OS 8.5 came out, probably earlier. |
To set up a LPR (IP) printer use the desktop printer utility in the Apple Extras : Apple LaserWriter Software. Its very easy really, just set the printer up to accept connections over IP. Then in the desktop printer application all you really have to do is enter the IP address of the printer and tell it which ppd to use. It creates a desktop printer and from then on it works just like any AppleTalk printer. We have been very successful with this setup.
See also: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n24409 |
Since Appletalk printing has been so easy and reliable, I haven't had the need to setup any TCP/IP printers. I appreciate your instructions, however, I have two dilemmas which will make moving to TCP/IP printing an expensive headache:
1. I have many low end laser printers from Apple and HP on my network that are using Ethernet to Localtalk converters. I don't believe these printers support TCP/IP printing. 2. I have a very limited amount of static IP addresses. Apple's Desktop Printer Utility doesn't appear to allow for DHCP. Does OS9 require TCP/IP printing, or will it support Appletalk printing? I'm not expecting miracles, but any suggestions you have would be more than welcome. thanks |
Yes, AppleTalk printing is still supported on OS9 and as far as I can tell it's the default for setting up desktop printers.
I should also note that AppleTalk is the default for file sharing as well, and needs to be specifically activated in the File Sharing menu. Additionally, I think the first time a server is addressed, you need to go through the Chooser and select the "Server IP Address" button. After that, making an alias of a shared volume will preserve the IP address and the TCP/IP connection. I have yet to find anyway to make TCP/IP the default if you go through the Network Browser application. ------------------ Don |
I guess you are out of luck if your printers don't support IP, but Appletalk does still work and is the default in the chooser.
If you are browsing the network with AppleTalk via the chooser or Network Browser...when you try to login to a server it will try to switch to IP for the connection if both the server and the client are capable of making an IP connection. I have had instances where this doesn't work for some reason. (The connection would be made using AppleTalk, even if server and client are IP capable) The fix was usually to update the AppleShare Client or delete some prefrence files. |
By "out of luck" I ment that you would be out of luck to print to a printer with IP if the printer did not support it. I did not mean that you would not be able to print via AppleTalk in MacOS 9.
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