Can you provide a referral to a lawyer and/or an accountant with experience advising small businesses (internet based) in the start-up phase? I'm located in Los Angeles in the South Bay area.
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posted by willnot
on Dec 1, 2005 -
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What LA street is Massive Attack's music video for Unfinished Sympathy filmed on?
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posted by daninnj
on Nov 26, 2005 -
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First date. She lives in Irvine, CA, I work in Santa Monica. I said I'd pick a place somewhere in the middle. Since I know little about the world south of me, can someone suggest a place for dinner?
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posted by lbergstr
on Sep 21, 2005 -
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MN / CA or bust! My SO has received a job offer that could have us moving from Boston to either St. Paul or LA - our choice. I have job leads in both places, but we just can't decide where to go! Both cities seem to rock, but their (perceived) drawbacks make me hesitate.
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posted by kahboom
on Sep 14, 2005 -
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Where do I get the best sushi-quality fish in Los Angeles (In large chunks)?
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posted by sirion
on Aug 18, 2005 -
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I want to go see U2 in Los Angeles. Just decided that, damn the torpedoes, I can't miss it. What's the best way to go about acquiring tickets without getting scammed or gouged?
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posted by incessant
on Jul 11, 2005 -
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My fiancee and I are going to Los Angeles for 5 days, spending a night in Carmel/Monterey, and then spending 3 nights in San Francisco. What should we do and be sure not to miss?
We're 24/25 and from outside NYC. Sports, shopping, etc are all up our alley. Thanks.
posted by seinfeld
on Jul 6, 2005 -
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I eat out a lot. I go to the same restaurants a lot. I want to branch out and try some new places. First, what are some restaurants in Los Angeles that provide good value (not necessarily the cheapest, expensive is fine too, but you should get what you pay for in terms of food quality and ambiance). Second, is there an on-line resource that tracks this kind of thing so that I could easily figure out what's cool/hot/good/whatever in LA dining?
posted by willnot
on Jun 20, 2005 -
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My girlfriend would like to sell a silver heart necklace with a small (~0.10 ct) diamond. It was purchased ~6 years ago for ~$400 on clearance somewhere. That's about all the information we have about it. Questions:
What's the best way of going about selling such a thing? Ebay?
Does it need to be appraised? How much does that typically cost?
We're in Los Angeles.
posted by sirion
on Jun 13, 2005 -
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Where are the best ways/places to learn to swing dance in Los Angeles? How about Tango? Salsa? How does one get through the initial stage of being awkward and confused towards actually having fun with a given dance?
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posted by sirion
on May 29, 2005 -
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I'm going to be in Los Angeles for E3 in two weeks with a bunch of friends. What do we
need to see? What restaurants do we need to visit? We'll have the whole afternoon available for sight-seeing the day before the expo, where should we go? We're spending a boatload on the plane trip and the hotel, so thrift is a virtue. We're all pretty adventurous, so a junky-looking restaurant with transcendent food would be totally fine. We'll be primarily downtown for the show and near LAX for the hotel, so things in those areas are preferred.
posted by Plutor
on May 6, 2005 -
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I'd like to become skilled with gardening and maintaining indoor plants and stuff. What's a good way to develop a green thumb? Book suggestions, websites, personal anecdotes, cost saving tips, good nursuries in Los Angeles, etc are all welcome.
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posted by sirion
on Apr 30, 2005 -
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Does anyone have any good resources for movies currently being shot in LA, including daily locations? Am going to be in LA for a day or two with a film-fiend friend.
This gives an idea of what's being shot now but exact locations are
no longer available. Is there somewhere to find out up to date locations?
posted by humuhumu
on Apr 5, 2005 -
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I'm moving into a new place and beginning the search for furniture. Anyone have any favorite sources of good deals on good furniture in LA? How close to a gigantic selection of good quality/looking stuff at garage-sale prices can one get in this city?
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posted by sirion
on Mar 25, 2005 -
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Anyone know of any good books, plays, or other material about
Suzanne Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, a.k.a. "Mademoiselle Nation"? She was an eleven-year-old girl adopted by the French revolutionaries after her father's murder by a royalist. Her portrait by
Jacques-Louis David is currently on display at the Getty in Los Angeles, and as the book blog
Romancing the Tome says the story of her life would make for excellent reading. Surely she's found her way into print by now?
posted by Asparagirl
on Mar 18, 2005 -
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When did Los Angeles drivers begin to consistently make illegal left turns, against a red light? In LA last week, my wife and I noticed that the last two or three cars making a left turn at an intersection did so even though the green arrow had stopped showing. And are there other places besides Southern California where these (belated, illegal, dangerous) turns happen regularly? [A bit more inside]
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posted by WestCoaster
on Feb 19, 2005 -
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I am in the last semester of my undergraduate years, and am facing the prospect of 'real life' in a few months. I live in Los Angeles and am planning on pursuing music and screenwriting as a career, but obviously will need to work to support myself while I pursue these unlikely options. I am wondering what suggestions people have as to what jobs would pay a living wage relatively quickly without much experience...[more inside]
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posted by rooftop secrets
on Jan 11, 2005 -
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I'm looking for a retail store in the Los Angeles that has cheap linux distribution CD/DVDs.
posted by rdr
on Jan 10, 2005 -
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american apparel is getting the glory, but what other t-shirt manufacturers make shirts in the US? i think there are several in LA alone, but i don' t know where to look for them.
posted by subpixel
on Dec 10, 2004 -
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Suggestions for getting a vintage electric guitar appraised (and possibly sold) in Los Angeles? (solo inside.)
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posted by scody
on Nov 3, 2004 -
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On Tuesday I'm going to find myself with five or six spare hours as I pass through Los Angeles. I haven't really seen L.A. before, so what should I do? What should I see? Where should I eat?
For what it's worth, my hotel will be near LAX on Highway 1.
posted by mrbula
on Oct 16, 2004 -
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MetaLAHotelWifiFilter: can anyone recommend a decent hotel around the $80-100 per night mark in LA - with good wireless provision? Preferably in or nearish the Burbank area...? If that price is laughable (not really sure for LA), then just decent recommendations at whatever price.
posted by humuhumu
on Aug 3, 2004 -
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Jewelry Question: I would like to get my engagement ring cleaned and resized smaller. I'm worried about this because I've heard stories of jewelers taking the ring from you to the "back" to do the work, but then exchanging the diamonds for lower quality stones. Also, it doesn't need a major resize...it's just large enough to annoy me (keeps turning around on my finger, for example), but it won't fall off by itself. There are SO many listings for jewelers -- I feel like its like finding a good mechanic -- difficult, and better if you can get a recommendation. Can anyone recommend a jeweler (in the Los Angeles area) that they trust and had a good experience/history with? Is it a bad idea to resize a platinum ring with diamonds in it to a slightly smaller size? [Oh--and I don't want to go back to where the ring was purchased.]
posted by rio
on Jul 18, 2004 -
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About tempeh. I've been driving 20 miles occasionally to get tempeh burgers from
native foods . I've bought both of their cookbooks and I intend to start making my own burgers. I assume that I can I find tempeh at health food stores but I assume that there is a lot of variability between tempeh brands. I was hoping that I could get pointers to local brands (in Los Angeles) that would be well suited to making veggie burgers. Any tips on cooking tempeh would be appreciated too.
posted by rdr
on Jul 10, 2004 -
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Is there a record store somewhere in downtown L.A., near the 7th St. metro stop? For various complicated reasons, I'm stuck in downtown and desperately need CDs!
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posted by josh
on Jun 18, 2004 -
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LA area MeFis: Anyone ever visit the
Museum of Jurassic Technology?
I've checked out their web site over the years, but have never made it down to LA. And I just can't figure out if the place is for real or not... Has someone gone? What in the world is it all about?
The Tula Tea Room offers light refreshments, and the Borzoi Kabinet Theater screens the film Levsha, the Cross-Eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea at hourly intervals.
posted by jasper411
on May 10, 2004 -
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I have a webserver colocated in Los Angeles, where I live. I am moving to New York in a few months and I'm wondering if I should take the server with me. I have a ridiculously great deal at my current facility. How big of a deal is it to have a server in colocation in a far away location?
(The server has RAID 1 and hot-swap drives, if that helps.)
posted by 4easypayments
on Apr 6, 2004 -
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A relatively shy MeFi member (and you know I'd admit it if it was
me) is looking for advice on finding a good psychatrist in the Los Angeles area. More interested in talking therapy than medication, though not ruling anything out.
Private responses can be sent to SHRINKatWENDELLWITdotCOM.
posted by wendell
on Feb 18, 2004 -
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Wondering if there's a book about the history of LA restaurants. For my December birthday, a friend gave me
"Minnesota Eats Out," a fun, colorful book from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. As a former Minnesota restaurant editor and critic, I loved it. Now I'd like to find a similar book about Los Angeles-San Fernando Valley restaurants for my California in-laws, who have many fond memories of LA restaurants, some gone, some still serving today. Does anyone know of such a book?
posted by GaelFC
on Jan 15, 2004 -
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I was thinking about going to Griffith Park (Los Angeles) today. I've never been, and it's so massive, I don't even know where to start. A couple of web sites recommend taking the hike up from the observatory. I know the observatory is closed though, and I got the sense that hike is too. My main goal is photography. My secondary goal is to experience an LA treasure that I have shamefully left unexplored. Any experienced advice? Where to Park, what to avoid, what to do? I'll be coming in from the 110 N to the 5 N if that impacts any suggestions as to where to start.
posted by willnot
on Dec 20, 2003 -
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