Hey, I came here with an open mind. I ended up opening a can of worms. I’m here in Los Angels for an unspecified amount of time. Looking forward to getting back to 18th Avenue. In the meantime, my man Bleu Lou from Jane Street in the Village told me to start “blogging” the e-mails I was sending to him on the net, maybe someone out there could use this info, or better yet, read it and offer me some advice as to how to cope living with people that use the word “flaked” as a verb and excuse for everything that happens (or most likely, doesn’t happen) around here. To be fair, I like the weather. I like having poker clubs nearby – 15 minutes away, as opposed to two hours down the Garden State Parkway to Atlantic City. But that’s it for now. Maybe over the course of these posts I’ll learn to adjust. -- Franco