James

Bell's Brewery is looking at expanding distro and California is being highly considered. Hope this comes to fruition in the near future, love their brews. Troegs and Bell's are two that need to move out here. On another note, for anyone in the LA area, Drakes Aroma Coma and Prieta will be on tap Thursday at Select Beer Store in Redondo. I am sure Coma will end up at quite a few places but I am hearing Prieta is still a much smaller batch than Coma.

The history will be preserved from the WWII generation. Historians have made a conscious effort to do so but it takes teachers like halomatt to make history meaningful and tangible to their students in order to truly make the preservation worthwhile.

Another LA institution has announced it is closing as of Sunday. Great job by the new owners, remodel, raise prices, reduce portion size and within months you are out of business. Some things are what they are and shouldnt try to be more than it is. Hopefully Angelenos will step in and save this property. It is one of the few places that pours an acceptable Guiness and serves traditional Irish dishes done well.

DR, Thats awesome man. Pickett is a very interesting man. He is studied somewhat but probably deserves a bit more. Does your family have anything from him? Pics, diary, uniforms, etc. Guessing not but it is pretty amazing to hear stories about what family members still own. I dealt with this researching my thesis which led me to a little house in Redondo searching through the garage of my research topics great grandson.

I believe they still do reenactments. I went years ago and thought it was a bit of a waste of time to be honest. Probably had just read the Confederate in the Attic for the first time though and wanted much more.

This story has zero merit on his racist comment but go ahead and Paula Deen him. Mr Buss wasnt much better when it comes to ladies and whatnot but he ran a great organization so it was okay.

He is why we call them sideburns

He has been rushed to the hospital due to seizure. Hope all ends up okay. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/la-kings-jarret-stoll-rushed-hospital-suffering-seizure-192846755.html

Burnside, Stuart and Ames are my top 3. I get to spend a couple weeks there for grad school to do research. Looking forward to it and doing some archaeological work as well. It will be my fifth time there and one of my favorite places although I prefer Shiloh.

We have been having fun here at work with all the stuff on the web for the anniversary. Bunch of History nerd stuff that most would not be interested in. This is a fun little contest here though. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Who-Had-the-Best-Civil-War-Facial-Hair.html

Now the Hawthorne police are receiving death threats due to this. I saw the video where the arrested idiot went back to the scene to describe the situation that went down because the video just was not enough for him. He spells out the officers name who shot his dog in said video. This guy is complete scum and if anything happens to that officer he should be held accountable regardless of his participation in such an act.

Thanks, I went to Hop Monk last year due to a local recommendation while hanging out at Bear Republic. Very good place but I thought TAPS in Petaluma was better.

I have heard some good things about Solemn Oath from some friends who have been there. I have not tried their beers myself. http://solemnoathbrewery.com/

Only Orieantals can do so

Seems to be a thread on this topic at least once a year.

Who cares, he is an impostor

Here is a comment people have said....never

I would say yes considering I spend just a bit less to watch some god awful flix at the cinema sometimes. It was interesting seeing the original locker room and whatnot. I expect the tour to improve as they figure out the kinks in it.

Ingelwood, Inglewood always up to no good.

Took this tour last weekend and thought it was awesome. I would like to see them do a better job at interpreting the impact the stadium had on the development of Pasadena (just covered a bit) but overall it was cool. http://www.rosebowlstadium.com/RoseBowl_stadium_tour.php

Do they really need to scream civil rights for you to feel they are guilty? I for one do not.

It seems like he was asked numerous times to step back. He is the only one that close up, everyone else is on the other side of the intersection. He asked to be messed with by the police. The way he put himself in a position to be frisked would lead me to believe that he knew it was coming hence why the dog was put in the car. i also don't really buy the idea that the dog is just protecting its owner. I have had many dogs in my lifetime and I can't imagine a single one acting in such a way. Let me ask this. Say you are out running the neighborhood with your dog when a loose dog comes running at you. What would your reaction honestly be? i had this happen recently and let me tell you, its pretty damn frightening and I wish I had something more than my foot and hands to fight it off. There comes a point where you gotta say **** the dog. The owner of the dog forced the outcome, not the police.

Great Rec! I ate there last year, somewhat remember doing so....it was good. I went to a few bars as well but none of them were all that great.Any specific places? Honestly, after drinking all day at RR and knowing the following day will also be a day of drinking around Oakland, I should probably stay away from other spots. I am staying till Monday afternoon and need to find some things to do Sunday. Any ideas? Of course I have to stop by Lagunitas but I am probably going to skip Bear Republic this year.

Huh, I thought it was great and I dont usually like stouts.... or porters for that matter.

We will talk more soon. We need to do another brewery crawl down there soon. I think we should do an Alpine, Societe, etc. type crawl next time. Anyways, back to early February. Just booked my hotel in Santa Rosa last week. I learned some lessons last year and staying within walking distance is the first key. I am staying at the Hotel la Rose. If you go the first weekend, let me know. I plan on being in line on Friday morning for Younger and then head down to San Leandro after a few hours of sleep and doing the same on Saturday for Black Label.