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Red Little Mermaid Hair

// July 31st, 2010 // 8 Comments » // I Love LA.

I colored my hair bright red and now I look like Ariel. Not on purpose. I was walking through the cute Los Angeles Koreatown Korean shops on Vermont and Wilshire near the Coffee Bean where I get a lot of writing done and I saw Davinci haircolor which is some brand I didn’t know existed yet bought it anyway. In my stubbornness I didn’t think it would be as red as it is even though the hair sample near the product clearly indicated it would be. Anyhow, this is what I look like per a photo snapped at the Santa Monica beach yesterday morning. Cheers.

Senior Citizen First Date

// July 2nd, 2010 // 7 Comments » // I Love LA.

I was at the Coffee Bean on Wilshire and Vermont in Los Angeles yesterday trying to write my book when I inadvertently and advertently overheard two senior citizens on their first date.  They’d met on Match.com.  Hilarity ensued.  Here’s my video about yesterday that Stan shot on my iPhone.

No Taxes, “To Go” Food

// March 16th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // LA Done Me Wrong

Today I made a discovery at the Los Angeles Coffee Bean across from the Wiltern on Wilshire and Western.  The employee in her hat and dark eyeliner asked me “Do you want that for here or to go?”  I was only purchasing a packaged caramel chocolate cookie.  “Does it really matter with this item?”  I asked as clearly there was no need for a “to go” bag.  “Actually yes, since we add tax if you are dining in.”  Hmm. 

So there you have it, friends.  Sitting your booty on a chair at Coffee Bean equals added sales tax on your bakery food items and hot beverages, whereas “to go” does not (as long as you are not purchasing any other hot food).  This is if the establishment, like Coffee Bean, chooses this policy and not the “let’s just tax everything!” policy of Starbucks. 

Here’s another titillating fact.  California has the highest state sales tax.