The biggest issue is always people carrying too much speed into collected water areas and hydroplaning into a crash. Be safe out there.
I haven't seen a period like this in 12 years of living in LA Thankfully yet to have any flooding in the house we moved into in November, its been tested the last couple months. Little water in the corner of the garage but that's it
SoCalGas bill hit this morning. A greater than 3.5x increase over last month's. edit: Dug in on this and turns out the increase was closer to 2x, not 3.5x
I deal with a lot of annoying/abusive companies but them and Spectrum are definitely Mt. Rushmore level.
Our Spectrum experience has been pretty good. Wife works from since March 2020 and I think she’s only had three interruptions during that time.
My shit goes out all the fuckin time. They just laid down fiber in my area and I'm eligible to get Frontier fiber. 500mbps for $39.99 a month but I've heard bad things about them too.
Appreciate the kinship of this thread. Mine was like 3.5x higher as well (with higher usage since we have a gas heater so probably 2.5x price was what I estimated too) and I nearly lost it this morning At least we didn't have to fill the pool or run the sprinklers all month, so water bill should be deflated
I’ve a work conference in Anaheim in a few months. I’m gonna come out a day early. Not sure which airport I’m gonna fly into yet. Will probably fly into LAX bc I’m gonna go to the dodgers game that night and was thinking of staying downtown due to proximity to dodger stadium. Maybe the Omni but I have no particular preference. Anyway, I was thinking of hiring a car service to pick me up from the airport and take me to a dispensary and then the hotel. I figure it would be easier than finding an Uber for multiple locations. I welcome any car service and dispensary recs. Thank you gents.
Long Beach Airport stays undefeated. Nobody in line at security and walked straight up to the tsa agent.
That bill is under my gfs name. I never know what it is until I get an unpleasant surprise venmo request.
Where do you fly to from Long Beach? Every time I look to fly out of there it’s like $650 round trip to go to Phoenix or something
If you’re staying downtown and going to a game, I would definitely utilize the shuttle from the train station to actually get to the stadium. Will be much much faster than driving. And getting an Uber out of DS is literally hell on earth in my experience.
I'm just thinking about playing golf, not really sure why you'd want to "make the wife and gf go". Location would be whatever is most convenient for all participants.
Got a $50 credit to my gas bill for a Southern California climate credit (whatever that is) so makes me feel a little better but not great I'm not a good golfer but down for some type of meet up or being the last slot depending on location if people are ok with me picking up a lot lol
They both play - gf could easily have a better score than me depending on if we make them play from the tips or not.
Well we decided on a shorter trip due to work responsibilities and babysitter access..got in yesterday at 9AM. Staying at the Rowan/Kimpton downtown and glad we chose this, thanks for the rec (one of many). We’ve just been kicking it at the rooftop pool, walking the area around our hotel/further, and not having any sort of schedule. Checked out the architectural museum and will do the museum of modern art tomorrow morning. Obviously this is more mild weather for the region right now but coming from Omaha, is a welcome change. Ate at Sherman’s delicatessen after we got in and Le Vallauris last night, both were great. Trying to decide where to go for dinner tonight, if anyone has suggestions we’ll take them! This has been a great trip thus far and we’ll be back for sure. Thanks again for the help CTownND PJP3 and others. Spoiler
Dinner reservations may be hard this late since its a friday night and the tour de palm springs is tomorrow so there’s extra people in town. Are you looking more high end or more casual for dinner?
Try Farm or Cheeky's for brunch in the morning I don't have a ton of great restaurant recs for dinner but Tropicale and Mr. Lyon's are probably two of my favorites (Tropicale vibe may not be for everyone) My biggest piece of food advice in Palm Springs is don't eat at the Parker. The food is egregiously expensive, not very good, and they don't treat you great as a non-hotel guest. The amount of friends that I've had who want to go, I beg them not to, they decide they really want the picture from the Gray Malin shoots, and then are shocked by the bill and average experience is nuts
Id go to Bootlegger tiki for a pre dinner drink. Call for a reservation, its small and only like 5 bar seats are first come first serve. For mid to higher end restaurants try Bar Cecil, Mr Lyons, Spencers, or Colony Club. Dont go to 4saints at the top of your hotel. Unless its gotten a lot better since I went it was way overpriced and very underwhelming. For more casual- Rooster and the pig (maybe my favorite place in town) or farm are good. Hoja Blanca is just a pop up so super casual but they I believe are at las palmas brewery on the weekend and their food is awesome but usually only have 3-4 things at a time. If you want so cal style mexican food the best places are east valley but in palm springs proper El Mirasol is solid. Avoid Lulu and las casuelas. Food is cheesecake factory level. Maybe just see whats available and if you have some options I’ll try to direct you in the right place. Ive eaten at pretty much every place in the city.
Took a little Sunday drive to Belle's Bagels in Highland Park with the wife this morning. We split a McB (Lox, tomato, red onion, capers and plain cream cheese) on an everything bagel and a bacon, egg, and cheese on a sesame. The McB was really good but I don't think I could eat a whole one because it's so rich. The BEC was classic. Bagels lived up to the hype, imo.
I've never heard of avalanches in the San Gabriels. Next few days are gonna be interesting. From NWS "The precipitation totals for the majority of the south Santa Barbara coast, Ventura, and Los Angeles coasts/valleys will be in the 2-4 inch category. Low snow levels will mean that this could be the largest amount of 24-48 hour snowfall seen in decades for our Ventura and Los Angeles County mountains. Depending on the snow-line, rainfall in the foothills will be from 4-6 inches, but the mountains above 4000 ft could see upwards of 2-5 FEET of snow with isolated amounts to 7 feet at higher elevations. Snowfall of this rate and amount could lead to damage to structures and trees with an immense threat of avalanches, especially in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains by Saturday."
Bagel + Slice is down the road on York. Their menu is more limited but they put a jalapeno pistachio pesto on their BEC sandwich and it's the best I've had in LA
encino for me I’m sort of expecting snow at the top of Mulholland but probably elevation still too low
This is ridiculous. And the timing could not be worse for this storm for our family. We are having an estate sale for my folks place tomorrow and Saturday. No one is coming.
I am so over this rainy weather. I know we need it, etc. but I need some sunshine in my life something fierce.
I feel like every friend I have is forced to do some type of housing update. I'm only a roof and one window deep so far - but we simply aren't built for this.
Been hearing helicoptaz the last hour wtf https://ktla.com/news/local-news/swarm-of-bees-closes-streets-in-encino-injuries-reported/amp/
That's the Sherman's in Palm Springs. There is another in Palm Desert. For desserts, the chocolate babka, chocolate rugelach, Carrot Cake and Linzer tarts are all great ...