Why a French Gourmand Left Eagle Rock for South Pas
Eric Ulmer, former owner of Café Beaujolais, says 75 percent of his customers came from Pasadena
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Readers’ Choice: Wonderland Wins Mothers’ Day Poll
More than half the respondents voted for Leanna Lin’s Wonderland as their favored store for Mothers’ Day shopping.
The results are in for our poll on which of six independent-owned stores our readers thought they’d shop for Mothers’ Day—and the winner is Leanna Lin’s Wonderland. Eagle Rock’s quirky, stylish arts and gifts store topped the poll with 57 percent of the votes, 39 percent more than the second-ranking choice—the newly opened Xchange women’s resale clothing store. The third place went to Letters From LA (10 percent of the vote), followed by Lady (8 percent), Owl Talk (4 percent) and MediaNoche (2 percent). The results: Total votes: 50 Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 29 votes (57 percent) The Xchange 9 votes (18 percent) Letters From LA 5 votes (10 percent) Lady 4 votes (8 percent) Owl Talk 2 votes (4 percent) MediaNoche 1 vote (2 percent)
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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Huizar Welcomes Women’s Resale Clothing Store (PHOTO GALLERY)
The Council member and the Chamber of Commerce lend their support to ‘the Xchange’ on Colorado Boulevard.
Council Member José Huizar joined members of the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon to celebrate the recent opening of Eagle Rock’s only store for women’s resale clothing and accessories. Called “the Xchange,” the store opened in late March on 1741 Colorado Blvd. and has been attracting a steady stream of customers looking for everything from a wide variety of women’s apparel to jewelry, handbags and shoes. In a short congratulatory speech, Huizar described the Eagle Rock stretch of Colorado Boulevard as a “special place” whose appeal is enhanced by a store such as the Xchange. It's never easy to come between "women and their shopping," Huizar joked, as about a dozen ladies stopped milling around…
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
‘Advertise Here’—Some New Benches in Eagle Rock are Already Taken
Bus stops along most of Colorado Boulevard sport a gleaming look.
The glinting, graffiti-resistant bus benches that we reported about Monday have begun appearing on Eagle Rock’s streets—and among the first local businesses to advertise on them are real estate agent Tracy King and Career College Consultants. Installation crews from Martin Outdoor Media, the Florida-based company that has been hired by the City of Los Angeles to replace some 6,000 benches, were at work Wednesday on the stretch of Colorado Boulevard west of Figueroa Street, according to MOM sales manager Mike Culver. The crews are scheduled to install 38 benches by the end of the week along Colorado, Eagle Rock Boulevard, Yosemite Drive, York and Figueroa. Each bench costs about $1,000 to manufacture and install, according to Culver. …
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
What do Eagle Rock Moms Want for Mothers' Day?
Nearly half the moms surveyed nationwide want a spa day.
Almost one-third of moms in America say they often pretend to like their Mothers' Day gifts, according to World Vision. Does that statement hold true for you? The average person will spend $152.52 on gifts this Mothers' Day, with total spending expected to reach $18.6 billion, according to Forbes. Now, that's a lot of money. Which raises the question: What do moms really want? According to an Ebates.com survey, here are the top four requests: But, says World Vision, nearly 2 in 3 (64 percent) of moms would ultimately prefer a meaningful gift rather than a traditional one. Patch asks all Eagle Rock moms to help us set the record straight: What do you want for Mothers' Day? Which great gifts have you gotten in the past? Tell us in the …
Maggie Freed
8:07 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I think some of my favorite Mother's Day gifts have been the little "coupon books" my kids used to give me for things like kisses, back rubs, help with cleaning and cooking, etc. more ›
Readers’ Choice: Where Would You Shop Locally for Mothers’ Day?
From accessories made by local designers to bargain vintage deals, Eagle Rock offers plenty of choices for Mothers’ Day shopping. Which one would you favor most?
Sunday, May 13, is Mothers’ Day. We hope you’ll be shopping locally in your pursuit of that perfect gift for the occasion. To make the exercise easier, here are five outstanding boutiques on Eagle Rock Boulevard—and one women's recycled goods store that recently opened on Colorado—where you can find some great gifts: Lady Leanna Lin’s Wonderland Letters From LA MediaNoche Owl Talk The Xchange We certainly don’t mean to pit one store against another. But we thought it would be fun to ask readers where, based on past experience, they would be most likely to shop for Mothers’ Day. So take our poll below. And remember to vote for a single store—once! Feel free to include in the Comments box your top reasons for picking your choice. The poll …
AE
12:25 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Actually, theXchange has both new and previously owned clothes, shoes, purses, and jewelry! more ›
Monday, May 7, 2012
Poll: Where do you Shop for Groceries?
Mom-and-pop choices are limited in Eagle Rock, but one grocery chain has raised $150,000 for LAUSD schools via its ‘Shop for Schools’ program.
Eagle Rock is known for its indie boutiques and clothing stores, but when it comes to groceries, shopping at corporate-owned chains appears to be the norm. The good news is that at least some of the neighborhood’s grocery dollars do get plowed back into the community: For a couple of years now, several Eagle Rock LAUSD schools have participated in the annual ‘Shop for Schools’ program run by the Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. For every $20 spent at the store, which is located on Eagle Rock Boulevard, participating schools received a $1 donation. LAUSD has reportedly received more than $150,000 through the program, which will continue this coming fall. (On May 1, Fresh & Easy opened its online registration for the fall Shop for Schools …
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John
4:00 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
It's next to impossible to open a food related business in Eagle Rock because the City of L.A. is hostile to businesses. Anyone who takes the risk of starting a food related business in Eagle Rock should be given an award for putting up with the abuse the City dishes out to small businesses. Huizar should be more concerned about making Eagle Rock a business friendly location than just getting his… more ›
Monday, April 30, 2012
What’s Going to Replace Patsy Metzger’s Dance Studio?
The answer may surprise you—and you might have fun suggesting a cool name for the store.
It was almost exactly four months ago today, Monday, that Patsy Metzger closed her dance studio on Eagle Rock Boulevard after it allegedly became entangled in multi-departmental red tape surrounding City permits. Ever since the studio's December 30 closure, a lot of people have wondered what's going to come up in its place. This will probably come as a pleasant surprise to parents who have kids, but Patsy’s dance studio is going to be replaced by a barber shop for children. There are no barber shops exclusively for children in Eagle Rock—and parents have long lamented that they’re forced to travel to Pasadena for a kids-centric haircut. According to the store’s landlord, Wes Crill, the upcoming store, located at 5054 ½ Eagle Rock Blvd. …
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Will an $8.3-Million Ruling Make You Change Your KFC Habit?
The fast food chain has been ordered to pay damages to girl who went into a coma after eating a Twister chicken wrap.
A judge in Australia recently ordered KFC to pay $8.3 million to the family of a girl in Sydney whose brain was damaged after she ate one of the fast food giant’s chicken wraps in 2005 and evidently contracted salmonella. The girl, then aged seven years, went into a coma for months. Although KFC has described the case of food poisoning as “very tragic," it has denied any wrongdoing and has said it would appeal the decision. Click here to read more about the case. We thought we’d ask our readers whether they think the Australian court’s ruling is going to affect how they eat at KFC, which has a franchise right here in Eagle Rock. Share your views in the Comments box below.
Tim B
2:33 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
Been sick at KFC twice. Both times related to their barbeque sauce. Once on a road trip sick within a couple of hours. Once my family had dipped BBQ chicken, next morning I was very sick and within a couple of hours my wife and son were also vomiting uncontrollably. more ›
Monday, April 23, 2012
New Branch of Chase Bank to Open on Colorado Boulevard Monday
Saturday was the last day the old branch—on Yosemite Drive and Eagle Rock Boulevard—was in business.
Starting Monday, the Eagle Rock branch of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.—better known simply as “Chase”—will have a new location: The corner of Colorado Boulevard and Eagle Rock Boulevard. Saturday was the last day that the bank operated from its former location in the Eagle Rock Shopping Center on the corner of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Yosemite Drive. The new location is prominent and eye-catching, on 2175 Colorado Blvd., directly opposite Swork Coffee. Formerly, this highly visible part of the neighborhood housed a drab-looking Blockbuster franchise that closed a little more than a year ago and was widely considered a blot on the Eagle Rock landscape. Eagle Rock now has two big banks on the same boulevard, within a stone’s throw of each other (…
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Rob Schraff
12:20 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
I wonder what it was before it was a Security Pacific Bank? Perhaps a local bank with local owners instead of a menu of "fast-food" financial products that, thanks to Bush deregulation, were designed to suck money out of the neighborhood? (Google "mortgage securitization" for more info on how the Chase, BofA. and others' mortgage and foreclosure fraud scheme worked with marks at both ends.) But I… more ›
Tim Ryder
9:32 am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
NICE! more ›