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South Mt. Hawkins Loop From Crystal Lake
Was able to sneak out this weekend and enjoy a 12-13 mile hike that I’ve had my eye on for some time. Back in 2010, I …
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Capturing The Sharing Economy
Left-wing critique of the “sharing economy”. Platforms such as Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit, Homejoy invoke progressive values such as decentralisation, sustainability, community and trust in their …
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Cucamonga Peak Hike – July 2013
Over the weekend, I was able to get out and climb Cucamonga Peak in the San Gabriel mountains. It was a 12-mile round trip with a …
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A Flying Leap Off The #StarwarsFiscalCliff
If you're ready to spend about half an hour down the rabbit hole, may I highly commend to you the #starwarsfiscalcliff hashtag. Below, some of my own …
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Fake Election 2012 Infographic – A Snapshot Of Your World Right Now!
Just like the next guy, the Fake Angeleno is committed to "creating compelling, relevant content" with a "real value proposition," readily digestable for the edification and …
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13-Year Old Hiker’s Sequoia Peak Note Discovered 40 Years Later
13-year-old Boy Scout climbs unmarked 12,785 ft. peak in Sequioia ... in 1972.
Boy Scout Leaves note in a film cannister.
Note is discovered this month: 40 years …
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Pumpkin Picture: 2011 Edition
For those of you unfamiliar with this grand tradition, the goal here is to either hold (or photoshop) the previous year's pumpkin picture in the current …
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Angeles Crest Highway (Route 2) Above La Canada Reopens
Great news for Southern California hikers: The western entry to the Angeles Crest Highway has reopened to vehicle traffic.
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Hiking to The Bridge To Nowhere – East Fork of the San Gabriel River
This weekend, we finally got around to taking the absolutely delightful, 10-mile Bridge to Nowhere out and back.
To reach the Bridge to Nowhere trail, you take …
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Fake Book Review: The Long Embrace By Judith Freeman
Freeman spins a great biographical yarn about Chandler, and she manages to illuminate some interesting corners of L.A.'s past and present while she's at it.
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Hey New Yorkers: Check Out the Dead Sextons
One of the very few frustrations of not living in New York any longer is missing out on the new music/performance pursuits that my friends are …
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Live From the Intersection of Brooklyn Heights and Randy Newman…
It's about 30 degrees here and everyone looks to be suffering from some malicious combination of malnutrition, stress, and anxiety.