Central City East : Downtown Los Angeles

N MEMORY

Crescencio Martinez
1928 – 2008
Immigrant American Citizen
Native of Yahualica, Mexico
Died at Home with family present,
in Los Angeles, California
May 25, 2008 ~ 8:05AM
Husband of Estela Martinez, Father of
publisher Christian Martinez and Maria,
Adrian, Renee, and Robert Martinez.
Rosary and Funeral Announcements Pending.

It turns out Home Girls Cafe was closed today so I didn't miss much.


Well, I am almost finished. WOOHOO!!!!

It won't be up probably until Monday. Gotta love it!!!!

I have learned a lot and am on a roll....

Lot's of technical details and bugs that pop up when you build these things.


Since I have partially mastered the process of putting one together on a test site , now I will begin the tedious work of starting all over again. It was a matter of understanding the querys for the front page and positioning my widgets and blocks around and understanding the power of this CMS Framework. It is a powerful little booger. Very powerful. I learned that querys were the power behind the framwork.

Here we go........

Well, I have overcome a major hurdle;creating the queries that will run my cms site and allow the front page to be able to support the different entries and publish them from all over the web site.

I was so happy , I was dancing at People's Market.

Blaze is still in the ICU as far as I know. I pray he gets to participate in this wonderful communication tool Skid Row will be allowed to use along with the whole world.

God Bless America!!!!

It was bound to happen. Once the ruling at the state supreme court allowing gay marriage was announced I had gotten sick to my stomach. You may be asking why? Well, it is because the religious right would begin their campaign against it. I heard it for the first time today on the streets.

I was out at the taco truck ordering a burrito with Milanesa and beans when someone began their talk about how the tornadoes in Riverside and the hail in Baldwin Park was God's wrath brought forth for allowing same sex marriage. It is the most horrible thing when people think that natural occurrences are as a result of certain groups of people causing these things as a result of bringing down the wrath of the god's. It has always been that way. I have never understood those who live under Christianity who cling to the belief that the reconciliation between God and man in the New Testament is moot and deny it by their constant attribution to the story of sodom being destroyed. I can not understand why people who believe in the compassion of GOD having no depths continue to cling to their vengeful god stances. I can answer that one. Fear is a great motivator.

The price of Gas is over 4 dollars a gallon, the US economy is in the dumps , and we are having strange weather. I suppose this all boils down to California Allowing Gay Marriage? I hate this sort of thinking. It is a hysterical form of thinking. And all it does is create factions. It makes me sick to my stomach. The hate that these people will have to endure and the projection of that hate by those engaged in that hate. It bothers me.

AH!! Bowling. I can't wait. AN exercise I can do that will tire me out , but is fun at the same time.

While I am on the subject of new amenities coming to Downtown Los Angeles. One of the great things about this one is that it will be at LA LIVE. Bowling. Lucky Strike is coming, people, places to eat and take your friends where you will be welcome and places where the service people are held to a much higher standard than those found in the places like Banquette.

It will be very easy to get there, and it will be fun. GO to a game at the Staples Center , then hit LA LIVE. Or go to a concert .What a deal. What fun.... NO more having to suffer through the indignities of the service provided by people who only cater to those who live in Gilville and think they are the only customers that deserve good service.

God Bless America where I can choose where to spend my hard earned dollars .

Magic Johnson Endorsed Bernard Parks. Well, I hope this helps. It sounds like it will be a tight a race. The Los Angeles Times is claiming in the article that I have cited it will be a tight race.

It seems from the sources out there that BLoomberg is raising money for Antonio Villaraigosa. The Sausage Factory blog at the Daily News says Bloomberg is raising money for Antonio Villaraigosa to run again next year.

I worked until 5am in the morning on my cms site. I have been working on this thing to get it ready to launch , it will be somewhat complex , but it will also be simple too. I am doing my best , it is great. I already have people who are wanting to start posting on the site , those familiar with what I am doing. It will be great. SO I had to sleep today. I was exhausted. My worries about Blaze have also had me jumping around in my skin. I missed the street car event. I won't be too helpful until we get this cms going. Banquette was my only salvation to enjoy a nice sandwich and soda, but I won't be going there anymore, I stopped going for a while and I realized why. .

I plan to go to lost souls and Warung. Warung seems to have a nicer atmosphere and the employees don't turn the music up so loud. And when you ask, they don't ignore you and passive aggressively turn up the music even louder.

You can't beat the classics of the 80's . U2 is awesome and David Cook pulled it off

Will the Nickel be getting a liquor license?


Although many of us from skid row gathered to support the efforts of those at the Pacific Electric Lofts and the Santa Fe Lofts to allow them liquor licenses, I think it would not be prudent to allow the Nickel, which is going to open sometime late summer or early next year.

Since the Nickel is on a block with three low income hotels being used by people in recovery, I believe that we should use our power and every effort to block any attempt by the new owner to acquire a liquor license at that location , simply because we should not let the temptation be so close to those who are in the Subsidized housing.

As this emerges , I will keep a close eye on the situation .

I am not sure myself if the Nickel will be requesting a liquor license , let's fight it if it does happen.