Rikki’s and Balls’ Day out in L.A. Chinatown

https://instagram.com/p/16QGz1OLBq/?taken-by=johnzdennis   Today, we participated in the first (we think?) #ChinatownChampions Scavenger Hunt, sponsored by the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.  Top prize:  Free airline tickets to anywhere in the USA On Delta It was a pretty good time!  We had no idea what to expect as this was the first time we had done

The case against a NFL team in L.A.

  Sam Farmer of the L.A. Times has produced another of his many many columns about the possibility of a new stadium in the greater Los Angeles area and therefore the possibility of one or more NFL teams moving into this stadium.  It features a pretty slide show and, if you

The Two Jakes (Part 1)

[INTERIOR, DIM, SHADOWY OFFICE IN A SEEDY PART OF NASHVILLE] A tall man slouches in a chair behind a desk. Sighing, he pulls open a drawer and takes out a small bottle of Benchmark Old No. 8 Boubon. He pours a healthy measure into a paper Gatorade cup and knocks it