Jul
28
(7/28/2010, Los Alamitos) Los Alamitos, birthplace of the Claim Jumper chain, has long had an abundance of great places to eat, both formal and informal.
On the informal side, Paul’s Place and Volcano Burger have long been local favorites, while Nick’s Deli is a newer addition that’s pretty hard to beat.
Also hard to beat, but more in the “family dining” category would be the Gourmet Pie and Cafe across from Costco and Hoff’s Hut.
One of the newer and nicer restaurants is the Mediterranean/Greek Preveza which opened in the old Burger King on Los Al Blvd. If you haven’t tried it, you should!
The question is, what are your favorites, and why? A little opportunity to exchange info. Try to keep it to restaurants actually in Los Alamitos if you can–why not have 1% of the tab go to our city instead of Seal Beach or whomever? Maybe we’ll do another post for nearby food places later on.
What’s your favorite Los Al restaurant or fast food place? What’s your favorite item? What’s our town’s “Best Read more
Jul
17
Mob payback & reconciliation in “Shark Tales” movie at the Base pool tonight!
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(Saturday, 7/17/2010) Wow! Our Los Alamitos Recreation Department sure knows when to schedule a free movie in the pool! Their choice of topics is even more intriguing. . .
At 7 p.m. tonight they’ll be showing the first of three free movies set for this summer. It’s Dreamworks 2004 animated film, “Shark Tales.” You can watch it from in the water or on the bleachers, and you’re even encouraged to “bring your inflatables for the pool!”
Shark Tales is a 90 minute feature with the voice of Will Smith as the main character.
It’s a kid’s movie that’s essentially a symbolic parody of 1972′s The Godfather (I’m not making this up. . . yet. . .) in which a City Council Majority elected with big money support from the local trash boss orders a hit on the Chairman of the Ocean’s Traffic Commission after he publicly opposes the Council for awarding the trash boss’s former company a ten year exclusive franchise costing six million dollars more than the lowest bidder.
Or something like that. The rumor is that the film’s been updated with a segment in which an evil foreign oil conglomerate’s massive oil spill threatens to destroy all the sharks in the Gulf, both good and evil. Anyway, in the end the mob boss comes to accept Will Smith’s character even though he doesn’t fit the standard mob mold, proving (are you listening, JM?) that even villains can have a change of heart. . .
If you don’t have air conditioning and are tired of paying to watch a movie to keep cool, then you might just want to toss the kids into the car tonight & drive over to the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base Pool. (Take Lexington south from Katella right into the main entrance. Lexington is east of Los Al Blvd. and west of Costco (Walker).
All adults entering the Base must have photo ID, but you do not have to be a Los Alamitos resident to participate.
This is the first of three “Movies in the Park” co-sponsored by Los Al Rec & and Revolution, the same folks that have combined to bring us the Easter Egg Hunt and Halloween Carnival for the last few years. (Despite rumors allegedly spread by a former Mayor, neither the Los Alamitos Easter Egg Hunt nor the White House Easter Egg Hunt was ever canceled due to the introduction of new crops on the White House lawn.)
Revolution is a non-denominational, contemporary church that meets at 10:00 a.m. Sundays at Artesia High, 12108 Del Amo, Lakewood (east of the 605). Church offices are actually in Los Alamitos at 10867 Portal Drive.
The other two movies are scheduled for Read more
Jun
22
Meeting for Vets at Base this Thursday
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(Los Alamitos, 6/22/2010) If you know any vets, especially any recently returned from active duty, you might want to use the “share this” button at the bottom of this post to forward this information.
The California Department of Veterans’ Affairs is holding a series of “All Hands” meetings across California to convey a variety of important information about benefits and other news to California Veterans, and the local meeting is scheduled for this Thursday evening, June 24, 2010, at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos.
Here are Read more
Jun
1
Help Los Al High, a Scout, your wife/hubby/cook & stomach tonight @ Nick’s
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Nick's famous deli sandwiches are amazing!
6/1, 9 p.m. update: If you missed it, I’m sorry. Good food, good company, good cause! But you can still send a donation in the form of a check made out to Joey Paulson/Troop 642. Send it to 3131 Bostonian in Rossmoor. You won’t get the food, but 100% of the money will go to supplies for the project. Read on for the details of this worthy project.
And you can still enjoy Nick’s great food 7 days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. just around the corner from another excellent Los Al eatery, Hoff’s, and across the street from the outstanding Mediterranean Preveza.
Talk about a restaurant hat trick! And I didn’t even get up the street to Paul’s Place, or finish off at the Yogurt Twist next to Nick’s!
Who needs to drive south to those North Seal Beach chain stores to eat! We’ve got it all right here in Los Al. . . and I didn’t even mention Katella Deli or Gourmet Cafe & Pie.
(June 1, 2010, Los Alamitos, CA) This one may be as good as it gets!
- One of my favorite Los Al informal eateries.
- A much-needed facility for Los Al High athletes
- A home grown scout working to earn his Eagle
- Sales tax revenue for our city.
I just had to put up a post, even if it’s Read more
May
27
Opportunity to share concerns with Marilyn Poe @ 7 Friday morning
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(5/27/2010, Los Alamitos) As was true for the last Friday of April, our Mayor is once again inviting “Everyone and anyone” to come and have a cup of coffee at The Firehouse Cafe, 3858 Cerritos just west of McAulliffe Middle School, across from the Mobil gas station.
Mayor Poe says she’ll be available to answer your questions and concerns, and this might be an excellent opportunity to
Apr
29
Coffee with Mayor Poe @ 7 a.m. Friday!
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(4/29/2010, Los Alamitos) After a 3 1/2 year hiatus, Coffee with Marilyn Poe is returning tomorrow morning, and you’re invited!
That’s right–YOU! According to Wednesday’s News Enterprise, “Everyone and anyone is welcome to come and have a cup of coffee and Read more
Feb
21
Race On The Base – 2010-02-27
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[Ed note: Dave is out of town and I have been asked to cover for him while he is gone. This is STILL Dave's space, but I know that he would have put something up on this event, so I will do so in his place. - JM Ivler]
For 29 years the City of Los Alamitos has, along with the Joint Forces Training Base and The Cancer Support Foundation have been having the Race On The Base. All proceeds will benefit the USA Water Polo National Training Center at the Joint Forces Training Base. The 5K Walk is co-hosted by the Cancer Support Foundation and a portion of the proceeds, generated from the 5K Walk and through race registration, is donated to the organization.
Jan
20
Updated sand & sand bag availability for Los Al, Seal Beach, Rossmoor
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5:45 p.m. Wednesday: This just in: Los Al Fire Station now has sand bags, just stop by the front entrance before 9:30 p.m. or after 7 a.m. The sand at the north of the Los Al City Hall parking lot is supposed to be accessible 24/7, but you may need to bring your own shovel.
Sand and sand bags are also available at the downtown Seal Beach Fire Station (behind Walt’s Warf). The worst downpour is expected mid morning Thursday.
1:30 p.m. update: Latest weather reports make it sound like we’ll have some pretty intense rain and winds around 3:30 – 4:30 today, followed by “the big one” mid morning tomorrow, Thursday. More info below.
11:30 a. m. update: Fire station & city hall out of sand bags, city hall still has sand. Other options might include heavy duty trash bags, pillow cases, or waiting & hoping Ganahl’s shipment finally comes in (details below)
(01/20/2010, Los Alamitos) Many Los Alamitos City residents are being auto-called by the Los Al Police Department with a warning of extremely heavy rains and possible flooding this afternoon.
The message warns that Read more
Jan
19
Los Al drains overwhelmed? Rain’s over, water’s rising!
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(1:50 p.m., 1/19/2010, Los Alamitos) Reporting from just west of Little Cottonwood Park: After one of the most intense downpours I’ve witnessed, it wasn’t surprising to see local streets filled above the curbs with water about a half hour ago.
Nor was it a surprise when the water began receding after the rain stopped.
What was a surprise was that Read more
Jan
16
Time to shut off your sprinklers!
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5/16/2010, Los Alamitos: With 4 to 8 inches of rain forecast locally for the coming week, Saturday night or Sunday morning might be an excellent time to shut off your sprinklers for a couple of weeks.
The storm is expected to blow in sometime Sunday, with sprinkles starting as early as mid-afternoon, and last into next weekend, according to Weather.com’s 10 day forecast for Los Alamitos (forecast may be updated by the time you click).
Mountain areas of Southern California could get as much as 20 inches of rain!
But that doesn’t mean that our drought is over, since our drinking water mainly comes from vastly depleted reservoirs north of here. Besides, you don’t want your neighbors laughing at you when your sprinklers are running in the rain on Monday!
So allow extra time to get to work Monday morning, drive very carefully, and experience a week in Seattle without ever leaving Los Alamitos!
Jan
12
Haiti Earthquake Relief: What we can do today
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(1/12/2010) As Californians we’re used to earthquakes, but not many reach the 7.0 magnitude of this afternoon’s disaster in Haiti.
Combine the huge earthquake with the poor quality of construction and readiness of the hemisphere’s poorest nation, and the projections of massive loss of life ring true.
Fortunately, helping out is as easy as a few mouse clicks. What is needed most, especially initially, are Read more
Dec
18
(12/18/2009, Los Alamitos) There are plenty of places around where you can purchase a Christmas tree. Over the years, Barb and I have discovered that the freshest, best trees at a very convenient location and for an excellent price. But that’s not the best part!
You see, in addition to receiving excellent service, when you buy a tree at our favorite local tree lot,
Dec
11
(12/18/2009, Los Alamitos, by Dave Emerson) A friend of mine in a neighboring community came home from work last night to find her home ransacked and a number of items missing, including two flat screen TVs.
Happy Holidays!
It’s bad enough to lose money and time during the one month most of us are the shortest of both. Even worse Read more
Nov
21
Was your paper late again today?
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(11/21/2009, Los Alamitos) If you live in Los Alamitos or Rossmoor, and possibly some of our neighb0ring West Orange County communities, you may have noticed your newspaper arriving late this week. . . or not arriving at all.
I was away the first part of the week, but on Wednesday my paper never did arrive, although I posted a missed paper request online prior to the 10:00 a.m. deadline.
On Thursday, a very frazzled couple was slowly working their way around my cul de sac at 8:30, as several neighbors waited in their driveways. They would stop for what seemed like several minutes in front of most houses, then sometimes toss a paper and move on, other times back up a house or two and start over.
They made the 8 a.m. gridlock on Los Al Blvd. at Katella look like a wide open freeway! At least you don’t have to back up on Los Al!
Here’s what’s going on: Read more
Oct
31
Los Al’s falling back. . . again!
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(10/31/2009, by Dave Emerson) You can protest, but it won’t do any good.
So it’s probably best to just get with the program and set your clock back an hour before you go to bed tonight.
If I get the post up as planned, you can use some of that extra hour to review Read more
