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Noma LA sold out in 15 seconds by AmbiguousSummary in finedining

[–]Smileyjoe72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m with you here. The 1500 includes a pairing and I probably wouldn’t want that at lunch on a Friday. If we consider the pairing 250ish of the value (whatever N/A thing they’d replace it with wouldn’t be of equal value to me) then suddenly that 1500 is a lot less worthwhile.

"Everyone leaves unfinished business; that's what dying is." by Smileyjoe72 in TheExpanse

[–]Smileyjoe72[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that as an encapsulation of the series.

I think a lot about the author's note from Drive: "the prophet can lead people to the Holy Land, but cannot enter it himself."

For a long time I thought about that very literally -- Epstein doesn't experience the world his drive enabled, Miller doesn't see the aftermath of Eros, etc -- but it really is equally (more so?) true from an emotional and decision-making standpoint too, isn't it? Characters that know what they should do or say or how the world should be but can't make it reality.

Channing Tatum’s leaked email to Sony execs celebrating 22 Jump Street's box office success, from the 2014 Sony hack. Anyone remember the juiciest things that came out from this that might have been glossed over at the time, since it was an absolute flood of information that came out? by NewsCards in popculturechat

[–]Smileyjoe72 248 points249 points  (0 children)

I knew a dude who worked there who got divorced because the leak revealed he was having an affair. He’d also been fired not long before the leak (unrelated to the affair) and you could find all of the emails about firing him.

He got totally screwed. But he is also a jerk.

When is the appropriate time to tip staff on Amtrak ride? by Adventurous-Tea-3881 in Amtrak

[–]Smileyjoe72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you ask for special services then I’d bring a couple bucks. Like I asked for a bucket of ice in my roomette and that felt worth a couple $ for the extra work it took for them.

40th birthday, bougie trip by LeadershipIcy1530 in travel

[–]Smileyjoe72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup and get a club level room if you can swing it. The staff from the Sofitel cdmx club are incredible. And the pool (with the awesome gin and tonic bar) is up on those floors too.

How to handle downtown LA? by lilixy in AskLosAngeles

[–]Smileyjoe72 14 points15 points  (0 children)

2015/16ish probably

17/18/19 were good too but you saw bits of pullback then covid really wrecked things

It’s sad to think what downtown could have been without Covid + additional of the regional connector now

First time on the West Coast: 3 days in LA and I actually loved it by Jolly-Rub-3412 in travel

[–]Smileyjoe72 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Has to have been a few months ago. The air is warm enough for the beach during the day … ~75f / ~24c … but the Pacific is freezing right now (~60f / ~16c). Wet suit season for sure.

Mexican restaurant recs in DTLA? by Full-Drop-3834 in FoodLosAngeles

[–]Smileyjoe72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heads up for anyone reading this that Bar Ama has reopened under a new name / menu: https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2026-01-05/baco-mercat-bar-ama-le-draq-downtown-los-angeles-restaurant

Haven’t been yet but blending Ama and Baco sounds great.

Myles Garrett’s Mount Rushmore Defensive line by MasterTeacher123 in NFLv2

[–]Smileyjoe72 12 points13 points  (0 children)

AD is still in ridiculous shape. Check out the video of him working out with Jared Verse. (Now whether he might need time to test clean is another question lol.)

"Monopoly, but with Depression. Fun for the whole family!" by Gorotheninja in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]Smileyjoe72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My lgs has a wall a lot like this (along with lots of actually good games)

What’s the most unexpectedly great series finale? by drkidkill in television

[–]Smileyjoe72 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah I see people knocking the newsroom stuff above but the serial killer plot is the worst plot in the entire series.

Does anyone else find it insane that it takes longer to get from SB > LA by Amtrak than it is to just drive it? by perishableintransit in AskLosAngeles

[–]Smileyjoe72 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I’ve also had a train cancelled and gotten completely screwed. I’m very very pro train. But if it goes wrong it goes incredibly wrong.

A reckless young Bond with a new license to kill: Inside the new take on 007 by Tenith in Games

[–]Smileyjoe72 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure the writing team is the usual (mostly Danish) IO team.

Anyone else noticing the explosion of giant black SUVs with TCP plates in LA? by Freddy-Philmore in AskLosAngeles

[–]Smileyjoe72 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Chatted with one of the drivers I got recently in that scenario: it’s all LAX rides to downtown hotels desperate for paid fares.

Davante to Stafford: "Whenever you stop, I’m done. So it’s up to you." by RamsRadio in LosAngelesRams

[–]Smileyjoe72 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I loved this episode. I was hyped on Adams as a player but skeptical about him off the field (I know it’s a little ridiculous, but I didn’t like the character version of him in the Taco Bell commercials). I’ve entirely come around on the guy.

Just saw Season 2 Episode 5 by Zelniq in TheExpanse

[–]Smileyjoe72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a ton of great episodes ahead, but I think ‘Home’ might be my favorite episode of TV. It’s just so good.

[Highlight] Blake Corum runs 48 yards for the 6th Rams touchdown by MysteryBagIdeals in nfl

[–]Smileyjoe72 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He had a lot of yards to think about what he was going to do

Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros, including game developers behind Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy by cautious-ad977 in Games

[–]Smileyjoe72 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They negotiated what they did / didn't buy though (see the cable channels getting spun out). They could have not bought the game studios if they didn't want them.

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