Hello folks, sorry I’ve been a little bit under the radar for the last 10 days or so.  After the Memorial Day weekend, which I took off to relax, I had to begin moving (I’m still in Woodland Hills, don’t worry!) for a few days.

Sadly, I have been without meaningful and reliable Internet in my off hours, but that is gong to change on Wednesday and I will be back in the saddle.

You should check out the recent comments to various blog posts, as I just approved some interesting ones including:

Vicky writes in to tell us about the guy who got shot in front of Best Buy’s kids.

Courtney Conoscenti (also known as murdered porn star Damien Michaels’ “fiance”) drops in a comment that she is pregnant with his baby.

Dave writes in to give me some Kudos for lighting a fire under LAPD Topanga Station’s ass regarding Nixle. Thanks Dave!

LA.Curbed.com Homepage Feb 9, 2010

Wow, first LA.Eater.com picked up my story about The Stand introducing breakfast, and now LA.Curbed.com featured by story about nefarious LAPD putting out the word about door-to-door salesmen.  Sweet!  Thanks Curbed!

Here’s a permalink to the Curbed post.

I switched over to a new theme/design for Hills of Woodland today because the old one didn’t work correctly in Apple’s Safari Browser or Google Chrome.  I’ll be tweaking it and fine tuning it for a few more days.  Carry on.

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Had some server issues yesterday, but got it resolved late last night.  Many blogs ready to go!

Hey everyone! I was out of town for a few days and will begin catching things up on the site tonight.  Thanks, and I hope you are all just about done with your holiday shopping!

I am very pleased that so many people are making comments on the blog!  Some of you might want to be able to personalize the little picture that appears next to your comments.  It’s very easy!  You have to go to a site called Gravatar.com.  This is a service that allows one centrally located avatar to be used any time you comment on anyone’s WordPress blog.  It’s pretty sweet.  You just create an account with the e-mail address you use for your blog commenting, upload a picture, and you are done!  Enjoy.

It’s so easy, even a caveman can do it!

I’ve been busy with work since Saturday so I’ve got a bunch of stuff to put online over the next couple of days in order to catch up.  Readers have been very good about commenting on stories, sending me e-mail comments and tips, and also posting on our Facebook page.  Thanks for your contributions!

In response to our best burger in Woodland Hills post, Michael K. writes on Facebook:

Would love the answer to that question. It definitely used to be the ‘Wimpy’ burger at Gorikee. Why oh why did it have to go? (sniff)

And “The Man From Tallahassee” writes in:

I had the cheeseburger at Kate’s (Mantilini) last week.  It’s mighty tasty juicy big crisp bun with beer battered fries

In response to my article about the prevalence of the Po Po in Woodland Hills over the weekend, Cheryl D. writes on Facebook:

When are there NOT traffic stops? The police have been relentless with ticketing for the last 6 months or so. I’m all for patrolling every now and then but it seems that they’re trying to building up the state’s budget, one ticket at a time. I wish more resources would go into neighborhood patrolling against robberies, car break-ins, etc. which has been so rampant lately!

It looks like Cheryl’s comments were right on point, with the arrest of two burgling degenerates over the weekend.  And Michael K., I never did make it over to Gorikee and now I am very sad that I will never be able to try the ‘Wimpy.’ 

GreenBerry Front

GreenBerry Back

Alert! This has nothing to do with Woodland Hills! But I turned my Blackberry into a GreenBerry with parts I bought off EBay from Hong Kong! I even changed the little clicky scroll wheel and bezel to green! Sweet!  Maybe you’ll spot me around town as I stalk out the Woodland Hills news with my sparkly green phone.  Ok, I think I need to go watch football or something to man up after this goofy post.

Today marks the one month anniversary of the site and I think we’re off to a good start.  I really appreciate everyone’s participation – your comments being posted, e-mailed tips, etc. are really a big part of what will ultimately make this blog as good as it can be.  I also really would like local business owners and community members to e-mail me to keep me abreast of any news or events you may have, new products and services, etc. etc.

Remember to tell a friend or neighbor about the site, and also the “Share This” link under a story is a quick and easy way to e-mail it to a friend or even post it on your Facebook page (a million other places).

There are close to 80,000 people in Woodland Hills and I will not rest until each one of them is chronically and dysfunctionally addicted to reading this site every day.

You can always e-mail me at contact@hillsofwoodland.com.

Girard

If you’re on Facebook we would love for you to become a fan of the Hills of Woodland blog.  Whenever we post a new story, it will post to our Facebook status, and be visible to you in your profile.  Or something like that.  I’d appreciate it, because it will help spread the word about the site!  Thanks!

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