miscellaneous

As a recent post noted, one of the few deli options near UCLA – Junior’s on Westwood Blvd. near Pico – as about to close.  The original story indicated that the closure was due to a rent hike. But apparently the landlord doesn’t want to be the villain and says the true culprits are the owners of Junior’s who inherited the business and are not operating it effectively.  In any event, no one is saying it isn’t closing.  All we can do is look on with a rye sense of humor. Updated story is at http://centurycity.patch.com/articles/landlord-blames-owners-for-impending-closure-of-junior-s-deli?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001

There are not a lot of deli options near UCLA.  If you go down Westwood Blvd., however, toward Pico, you come to Junior’s.  According to the LA Times, however, Junior’s is going to close by the end of the year – which doesn’t give it much time to do so. According to the LA Times‘ story, the rent was upped and business is down, resulting in the closure. Junior’s Deli, a 53-year-old Westside staple, will close at the end of the year, narrowing the ranks of Jewish delis in Southern California. Employees, some of them multi-decade veterans of the business,…

An interesting story appeared in yesterday’s LA Times by columnist Sandy Banks about UCLA adjunct law professor Anthony Tolbert who turned his house over to needy strangers and moved in with his mother to make room. When Tony Tolbert turned 50 last year, he marked the occasion by moving in with his mother.  The decision wasn’t about money. He’s a Harvard-educated attorney, on the staff of UCLA’s law school. And it wasn’t because his mother wanted or needed him home. It was Tolbert’s response to the sort of midlife milestone that prompts us to take stock. Instead of buying a…

Now that we have survived a supposed Mayan prediction of the end of the world and are in the first full day of winter, here is a snow scene of Powell in 1932. If you are curious about why we survived, NASA has some answers:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_Gc1bF8ds?feature=player_embedded] And, by the way, as far as I can tell, the correct pronunciation of WINTER is WINTR:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwgEY2JJXV8?feature=player_detailpage]

Same scene as previous post.

Westwood scene: 1930

Royce under construction In case you missed it, the LA Times ran a story about the acquisition of a new concert piano for Royce Hall. You can find it athttp://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-piano-named-sapphire-20121218,0,2245506.story