Great Meeting

Today I had very important meeting with the GM and Director of Operations for Club Nokia. Meeting went very well, things look promising. Last week I went to the Skid Row development meeting and met a group of non-profit leaders and learned a lot about what the needs are among the poor and homeless in LA. Tomorrow I will catch the Metro Link early early in the morning to attend an LA economic forecast meeting and will have the opportunity to meet downtown business leaders.

Packard Lofts!

So I think we found a place! We have looked all over the South Park District in Downtown Los Angeles for a workable two bedroom/bath place to be that would accomodate us and our future adopted kids for the next few years at least. We found one place and filled out an application, but neither of us were too excited about it. I couldn't bring myself to fax it in. So on Monday, we decided to see a few remaining options. As we were leaving, I saw Packard Lofts, the old location for the Packard car dealership, and had Shelley call. This place was perfect in every way! They had a "two months free" promotion which pro-rated over 14 months made it affordable. So we are getting a lot more for a lot less, without the promotion we wouldn't have even thought about it. www.packardloftsla.com

Not Worth It

Driving and owning a “dream” car is way overrated. Besides the name and notoriety of certain cars its still just another car with four wheels, and it goes forward, backwards, and turns left and right. I’m not recommending that anyone drive a piece of junk, but take for example my situation. I owned a Cadillac CTS - great car but again, just a car. It went forward, backwards, and turned left and right (it also had an aux input, very important for iPod lovers like myself). But I did some research and now I’m driving a brand new Pontiac Vibe (don’t worry, the ’09 has the Toyota Matrix engine and great head room) with 0% interest for 72 months and cut my monthly payments in half! I got it at the Reynolds dealership in West Covina of course because they seriously rock, you don’t feel like your being hunted by sales associates who are foaming at the mouth. Anyway look, my point is, don’t fall into this trap that driving the right car will make you happy or give you some type of fulfillment. Just make sure it’s reliable and that it has an auxiliary jack for your iPod.