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L.A. the Blog: $30 – Drink ‘Till You Puke, Or Something …

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Cruising the famous Hollywood Walk of Stars today L.A. the Blog came across an interesting sidewalk advertisement – $30 all you can drink alcohol.  As it turns out they have all you can drink Tuesdays, the rest of the time you pay top dollar.

$30 all you can drink sidewalk advertisementSo for the hardcore alcoholic and barfly out there we suggest you run not walk to this establishment.  They even have a facebook page where you can post pictures of you puking after!!  It is also good to know Jack lives there, except we ourselves have no idea who Jack, Jose or Jim actually are but we keep hearing those names in drinking establishments.

Last we want everyone to appreciate that the sign is tagged … what a great use of negative space.  Oh, and before we forget the place is called Angels & Kings.  At this moment we are considering sponsoring an contest to see who can drink the most, entrance fee will only be $30 and if you win we will feature your photo on L.A. the Blog.

L.A. the Blog: Persecution Takes A Holiday in L.A.

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Call it art!  Call it vandalism!  Call it the protest that its name implies, but whatever it is (maybe I should just ask??) these pics circulating online show once again that making a statement requires little else than a few drops of paint and an idea.  L.A. the Blog applauds “Persecution Takes a Holiday In L.A.”:

PS – If you have more pics send them my way!!!

UPDATE:  Added in June 2012 is some more pics from the project.

 

L.A. the Blog: Air Into Drinking Water

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So while paying a handsome price for some healthy-vegan-macrobiotic-specialty sandwich (yes it had sprouts) at the LifeFood Organic retail/raw food/juice store something astonishing happened.  First let me just say the sandwich was good, and if you are looking for organic supplements and vitamins then LifeFood Organic is for you.

Getting back to the story, nestled in the corner of the shop is a water dispenser that upon further investigation is pretty darn cool.  It converts air into drinking water.  Yes, I will say it again.  It converts air into drinking water.  The first ever this writer has seen or heard about.

Upon a little minor investigation Wikipedia failed in providing any answers – right or wrong, but Bloomberg Businessweek picked it up in 2009 and ranked in the top 25 Products That Might Just Change the World.  WIRED magazine wrote a great article in 2006 that claims the Pentagon helped develop the technology to provide troops in dry conditions (Iraq for example) with water.

Wherever it came from or where in the future it is going, there is a company located in Santa Monica named what else Air2Water that makes a few of these products.  It is a local company and while they aren’t the only one that makes the machines, they have a few sleek designs.

Searching the internet for the type of machine that is featured in the pictures from LifeOrganic didn’t turn up an exact match, and the machine had no visible product name.  The specific machine will stay a mystery, but it looks like on average air-from-water machines do about 4 to 8 gallons of water per day for drinking.

What is clearly labeled is the FDA approved sticker.  L.A. the Blog tried the water and we haven’t grown a third head just yet, but the FDA symbol did make us feel better.  So now you have to reasons to visit LifeFood Organic – for the supplements and to stare at the magic machine.  A soon to be tourist attraction in Hollywood I am sure.

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