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Monthly Archives: March 2007

Food in the Valley: Phở 999

Saturday, March 31, 2007

The best Vietnamese place in San Francisco was on Kearny Street, just south of Broadway. New Saigon was definitely a hole-in-the-wall, next door to the extremely popular House of Nanking and while it might not have been jumping in the dinner hours, it was always packed at lunch time with the locals. Fronted by an old blue awning, it’s run by a bunch of old Vietnamese ladies who cook up delicious, cheap, plentiful food. The combination was perfect.

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Food In The Valley: Islands, Porter Ranch

Saturday, March 31, 2007

This one is easy:

For the love of all that is holy, do not go to Islands in Porter Ranch.

I rarely have an experience as bad as I had there at Islands. I’ve eaten at many a shady food place, and never before have I experienced the most incredible combination of badness as I did the other night… it was stunning! Sure, maybe the food could be bad, or the service slow, or the waitresses bring the wrong drinks, and maybe the fries could have been the bottom of the barrel fries, but everything rolled up together in one trip was too much to be a coincidence.

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IKEA vs. The Nissan Versa

Friday, March 23, 2007

IKEA vs. the Nissan Versa

As a proud owner of a 2007 Nissan Versa (as featured in Heroes), I have to say I am pleasantly surprised. A lot of attention to detail went into making it feel like a somewhat fancy car: padded armrests, a beautifully quiet cabin, smooth everything. Polly Danger and I both have a lot of fun driving it.

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Food In The Valley: Krua Thai

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Something I’m going to definitely miss about San Francisco is the food. Thai, Vietnamese, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Pakistani, Ethiopian, Mexican, Korean, Russian… any food you could possibly imagine was relatively close-by on the 7×7 peninsula. LA is a big place though, and I’m sure all those things could be found here… I just need to get out there and find them.

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Ok, some people walk in LA…

Friday, March 9, 2007

LRHB Industries, in co-oporation with Polly Danger, is in the process of setting in to its shiny new home in sunny Southern California. Current residents (spiders) are being humanely relocated, dust is being environmentally removed, and a fresh coat of paint and new flooring will make the entire place glisten and gleam in no time.

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