Category Archive: Quick Notes

  • Ann Miller Costume Jewelry Auction - 05/27/2005

    Attending an auction — or even viewing the entire set of to-be-auctioned items — might make for a fun afternoon. In addition to the upcoming June 4, 2005 Marilyn Monroe auction, Julien's is also running a same-day auction of Ann Miller Costume Jewelry. Check out the exhibition schedule on that last — looks […]

  • It's about style … - 05/26/2005

    Anyone coming within reading distance of fashion magazines in the last, oh, few decades will have noticed a bold propensity for dictating one's personal style. We should clad ourselves always in low-slung jeans or business suits. To throw that statement quite out of whack, we'll note that BBCAmerica declares the Golden Rules of dressing (and […]

  • E3 Expo 2005 - 05/16/2005

    For those gamers among us (people who play computer games), the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2005 starts today, and will run from May 18-20, 2005 in Los Angeles. overed by e3insider.com, entrants will include the biggest names in computer game manufacturers (we're talking serious name brands). And no wonder — if memory serves, […]

  • It's the weekend - 05/13/2005

    It's the weekend, and here in L.A. there is plenty to do. The L.A. Times' CalendarLive.com features an entertaining piece entitled Raising the bar; gotta love an article that declares, "There comes a point in one's nightlife career when the sawdust-on-the-floor aesthetic just doesn't cut it. Dance clubs start to make you cringe, dive bars […]

  • West Wing Week - 05/10/2005

    Lately, we just can't get enough of West Wing. Great characters, excellent actors, strong plots. Starting May 16, cable TV (TimeWarner, Channel 55) is running a week of West Wing, one of those (almost) every-hour-all-day things. Definitely our cup of tea. Enjoy.