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A weekly column by Eastside co-founder and regular contributor Mike McKenna.
Exploring big fish and big beers in southern Baja
By McKenna
The author shows off his first dorado.In a French accent as thick as a bowl of bouillabaisse, Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau is said to have called the Sea of Cortez, “the world’s aquarium.”
Unlike most aquariums, however, the world’s aquarium allows visitors to do a heck of a lot more than just look at the fish, fondle the sea urchins and peruse the gift shop.
Mini-Mac gets initiated at Uncle Bill's Barber Shop
Come on, little buddy. You can do it!There are certain rites of passage all men must go through as we make our flatulent way from diapers to Depends.
Story and photos by McKenna
Sunset over Half Dome, Yosemite Valley.
Despite countless valiant attempts, now matter how well fueled by beer or inspired by run-ins with wily black bears, writing about Yosemite is essentially impossible.
Yosemite Valley is a wordsmith’s nightmare, for dictionaries are devoid of terms that can do justice to what it feels like to watch the sun set across Half Dome from the heights of Glacier Point.
French Dips, Dodger Dogs and Cheers
By Mike McKenna
Chris Erskine is a hell of a writer.
Maybe Dodgers fans should start singing the Neil Diamond classic "Song Sung Blue" during the seventh inning.
As luck would have it, on the very day I was slated to go to my first ever Dodger game, Erskine wrote a terrific column for Page Two of that Sunday’s Los Angeles Times Sports section. It was about a little bar in L.A. that’s apparently become a Dodger fan hangout called the Short Stop.
By Mike McKenna
If NBA hoops were this low, the author may have been able to trade in his keyboard for a headband and some high tops!It all started out with such promise.
While perusing the halls of our local Vons recently, my two-year-old son, Jack, noticed a plastic mini-basketball set, seductively hanging above the Fruity Peebles. After examining it and finding all the parts were there for a game, I decided that despite the fact that makers of the product were clearly dyslexic, for a few bucks the “Street Pro Gamez” basketball set was worth it.
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