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Garrett's Mom
August 09, 2023 • Estimated time reading vibes without HOV Lanes: 13 minutes
Weather Report ⛱️ |  August 9th, 2023 |
good news alert:
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Good morning everyone! Garrett’s Mom here with a good news alert.
Late last night, Garrett, Wyatt and I decided to provide everyone seeing this message with an avenue to do community together. And into the early morning, after removing bugs, we implemented an online community board, which we are calling, ‘Surfboard’
Wyatt made it as easy as possible to signup, and is it completely free to start posting. Wyatt has also hyperlinked each newsletter section, which can be seen throughout today’s newsletter. Clicking section hyperlinks will allow you to surf with other neighbors in that particular conversational topic.
We believe that this can help strengthen our community, both online and in-person.
Aubrey Plaza, you’re even invited:
on this day in history
📆 August 9th
🏒 In 1988, Edmonton Oilers center Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings along with Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley in return for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas and first-round draft picks in the 1989, 1991 and 1993 drafts.
🏅 In 1984, Daley Thompson of Great Britain scored 8,797 points to win the Olympic decathlon in Los Angeles; later recognized as a world record.
wednesday headlines
🌀 What we should expect for Tropical Storm Eugene: The remnants of Tropical Storm Eugene should be happening outside by the time you open this favorite newsletter of yours, and continuing into tomorrow night. Tropical Storm Eugene was centered several hundred miles off of the northern Pacific Coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula with sustained winds of thirty-five miles per hour. We can expect light precipitation and cooler temperatures. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible tonight through tomorrow night. Ventura County could also see some isolated flooding and minor debris flow. TL;DR: we are so hot in LA that Mother Nature is having to cool us down.
💃 REMINDER: She’s here: Tonight is the last United States Eras Stop, and it is happening in our own SoFi Stadium. Our curated Eras Guide allows for all of us to enjoy Taylor Swift’s last SoFi show, both inside-and-outside of the arena. being in LA, both inside-and-outside of SoFi:
eats
📊 LA Foodie live-tracking restaurants with service charges: LA Foodies have curated a Google Sheet that lists various restaurants with service charges. The sheet notes restaurant names, neighborhoods, surcharge percentages, and often live or frequently updated noted commentary from restaurant servers. It also includes how the restaurants that those servers work at are allocating those unwanted fees being funneled off to the paying customer
🐖 Bludso’s BBQ in Santa Monica: It’s been packed with customers since it opened. The restaurant is known for its authentic BBQ and specialty brisket which is moist, smoky, and tender. The pork ribs are also good but the ratio of meat to fat is not exactly fine-tuned the way some people like it yet. The restaurant also serves baked beans and fried okra which we hear are excellent
🌮 All aboard for tacos. From Long Beach to Azusa, let’s get tapping: Amazing tacos can be found along the smooth-riding trails of The Metro A Line track, which runs almost fifty miles from the Heart of Long Beach to Azusa. Those that choo-choo as patrons will have the opportunity to chew-chew over fish tacos from the shoreline in Long Beach, to the masa packed with huitlacoche and cactus in Pasadena
GOD. FAMILY. FOOTBALL.
NFL quarterback Russell Wilson serves as an executive producer with Propagate and Watershed producing a series that follows legendary high school football coach Denny Duron as he returns to coach Evangel Christian Academy for the first time in 30 years.
events
😺 CatVideoFest THRU SUNDAY | 💰️ Donation |📍Vidiots | CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. CatVideoFest is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities | Find out more
🤠 Big Thief, Bill Callahan 6:00pm | 💰️ $20 - $55 |📍Hollywood Forever | Bill Callahan is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Big Thief is an American indie rock band with a folk rock and alternative country sound. | Find out more
🎸 Sun Kil Moon 7:00pm | 💰️ $20 |📍Constellation Room | Sun Kil Moon is an American folk rock act from San Francisco, California, founded in 2002. Initially a continuation of the defunct indie rock band Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon is now the primary recording moniker of vocalist and guitarist Mark Kozelek. | Find out more
🎤 Ben Schwartz SATURDAY, 9:15PM | 💰️ $65 |📍Largo at the Coronet | Ben Schwartz. With his friends. Doing improv. Late show. | Find out more
🦖 Dinosaur Improv AUG. 25TH, 8:00PM | 💰️ $35 |📍Largo at the Coronet | With Paul Scheer, Owen Burke, Chad Carter, Rob Huebel, Seth Morris, Jason Mantzoukas, Rob Riggle, and very special guests! (Rescheduled from July 15th) | Find out more
🪕 John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic SEPT. 7TH | 💰️ $35 + |📍Largo at the Coronet | Please join John C. Reilly for an evening of love, longing and song accompanied by the sweet sounds of a crackerjack band including Gabe Witcher, Davíd Garza, Sebastian Steinberg and Charles De Castro. Come alone, with a love or with a love to be but please do come and share some magic with ole Mister Cellophane himself. | Find out more
🫶 Things To Do in Los Angeles This Week [8-7-2023 to 8-11-2023] GUIDE from the fine folks over at We Like L.A.
📆 Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And SoCal: Aug. 7 - 10 GUIDE from the fine folks over at LAist
local
🚪 A free escape room inspired by Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Fans of the show can try to solve a murder mystery inside life-like sets at the Westfield Century City Mall on Aug. 11-13. The escape room experience is free, but reservations are required. The series follows three strangers who are obsessed with true crime. They suddenly find themselves immersed in a mystery when a death occurs in their luxury Upper West Side apartment building, the Arconia. The trio then decide to investigate the death themselves
🏫 Oh, to be a student again. And save huge on food, museums + movies: This is worthy of a bookmark that we can save, provide to friends, family and neighbors: a massive list of legit awesome places that students can save money on when using their student ID. Thanks to the folks over at FOX 11 for this great list of places nearby to save textbook money
🍯 Reminder: Shakespeare Meets Pooh: The Actors’ Gang and Shakespeare in the Park are collaborating for the 16th year in Culver City’s Media Park. This year, they’re presenting a unique show that combines Shakespeare’s popular comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, with characters from A. A. Milne’s beloved Winnie the Pooh series. The play is adapted by Rynn Vogel and Directed by Adam J. Jefferis. The event is free and open to everyone
real estate
🎉 West Harbor waterfront project commences: Phase One of the West Harbor Project has commenced with permanent steel being raised for Building 1A. This has been a huge project within the works, and from the look of things, we all know that it is going to be worth it:
As a refresher, West Harbor LA will consist of the following:
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More information regarding this amazing project can be found on the newly-curated West Harbor Project website, and we do promise that this is worthy of a bookmark: we will ensure to bookmark it ourselves and provide continual updates accordingly
city + g’vt
🎒REMINDER: And back to school we go: The first day of school for most students in North Hollywood and Toluca Lake is August 15th, 2023. The school year is 2023-24. Here is the list of dates to know for this school year:
First Day: Aug. 15
Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 23—24
Winter Break: Dec. 20—Jan. 5
Spring Break: March 25—29
Last Day: June 5
business
🔉 Taco Bell solving national problem: Taco Bell HQ, located in SoCal, is proposing new-universal designs for dedicated drive-thrus on mobile orders, eliminating window wait time, while additionally providing a dedicated walk-up window outside of their restaurants. The two lane drive-thru also helps reduce congestion, making it easier for customers to get their grub quickly. Taco Bell hopes that by introducing these changes, that I will start taking both Wyatt and Garrett to their locations as opposed to McDonald’s….
sports
🧢 Dodgers over Diamondbacks, 5-4: The Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks yesterday, 5-4. Freddie Freeman had three hits and started the game winning-double in the ninth with a heads-up defensive moment. Mookie Betts added two hits, two RBI, and Julio Urias threw six quality innings as the Dodgers held on the ninth inning to claim victory over the Diamondbacks. Our Dodgers are now 66-46 on the year and are atop of the NL West at five games ahead of The Giants
have an awesome wednesday. catch you surfin, la 🤙
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