There was no E3 sketchbook on Penny Arcade this year.
There needed not be an E3 sketchbook, because the webcomic geniuses at PA summed up the entire three and a half days in one simple comic.
And then they finished the job in their single E3 blog post:
No doubt the proprietors of Ladies’ Home Journal were breathless [...]
WESTWOOD, Calif. — With five locations in California and another in Vegas, D’Amore’s Pizza is a must, especially for any East Coast tourists in the area.
The owning family is from Boston. The grandmother/matriarch even brought Boston water to California to make her pizza dough with when they first started up. You can smell their pizza [...]
10855 Lindbrook Dr., Westwood, Calif.
310-208-7785
Free delivery within three miles
WESTWOOD, Calif. — If you have a hankerin for some Chinese food, the First Szechuan Wok has a large menu, good portions and attentive wait staff.
The appetizers were especially good. The pork dumplings (6 for $5.95) were fresh and available pan-fried or steamed. They also have chicken [...]
Legs … hurt … back … hurt
But I look GOOD
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Reviewed a very good Italian restaurant in Westwood Village before seeing “The Dark Knight” on opening night.
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Learned that lesson the hard way last night after being turned away at a bar.
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Thank you MTV Games and Harmonix for your kick-ass Rock Band party.
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I reviewed La Bella Cucina, a mediocre Italian eatery downtown.
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ARTESIA, Calif. — Blast reporter Terri Schwartz and I figure on eating a ton of Mexican food between our nine days in Long Beach/Los Angeles and four days in San Diego.
Our first stop was a chain joint called El Pollo Loco, the McDonald’s of Mexican food.
I had a green quesadilla, while Terri played it safe [...]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — I have a serious bone to pick with Alamo rent-a-car after we were quoted $380 for the rental car for the two weeks that we’re in California and then charged $770 — SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS — because I’m only 24. The car officially cost more than the hotel and airfare [...]

