Around Town

A giant fiberglass chicken. I'd say Foghorn Leghorn, supports California Proposition 2, the Standards for Confining Farm Animals Initiative.

She put $900 on the fifth horse in the sixth race
I think its name is "Chips Ahoy!"
It came in six lengths ahead, we spent the whole next week getting high . . .

I got a girl and she don't have to work
She can tell which horse is gonna finish in first
Some nights the painkillers make the pain even worse
-The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy!

I went to the Breeders Cup at Santa Anita this Saturday. We took mass transit from downtown LA. It took about a half hour to get from Union Station to the end of the Gold Line at Sierra Madre Village, where there were shuttles waiting to take people to the track. It was about a ten minute ride from the transit station to the race track. Total cost $1.25

The race was $20 for general admission, which is four times what it normally costs to get into Santa Anita, but it is one of the biggest horse races in the world.

Twelve oz. beers were $6.50 and premium mixed drinks were $8.25.

We saw Bobby Flay, walk by in an uncomfortable looking charcoal pin stripped suit.

Besides the usual track ambiance there were a lot of pregnant woman and families with baby strollers. I've never thought of the track as a kid friendly place. I mean you're liable to run in to somebody like this guy.


Charles Bukowski at Hollywood Park Race Track



Yes, that's a spoiler on the back of a pickup truck.


My favorite sandwich: Egg Salad on whole grain, with a slice of ham and cheese (cheddder or provolone) topped with mixed greens. The juice is a blend of orange and pommegranet. Sometimes I go for a glass of skim milk or a bottle of mineral water. A beer would work as well.