That companies which use magical accounting practices to rewrite history to fatten the bank accounts of their executives would try to squeeze money from corpses isn't really too surprising, but it is still disgusting. And it's happening in Irvine.
The Wall Street Journal reports that dozens of companies used the collapse of prices in the stock market following the 9/11 attack as an opportunity to shovel more money into the troughs of their executives via the backdating of stock options. (The
Via Coachella.com:
FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does it Offend you, Yeah?, Minus the Bear, Spank Rock, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Diplo, Adam Freeland, Santo Gold, Jens Lekman, John Butler Trio, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Architecture in Helsinki, Sandra Col
Details at 11, or, rather, as soon as we have them, because everyone is remaining tight-lipped about this at the moment.
But French 75 did confirm that famed French chef Olhats is joining them "within the month", that he isn't closing any of his other restaurants and that there will a new menu to celebrate his arrival.Update, Friday May 15: The man himself has confirmed that French 75 is about to become Brasserie Pascal, where he will act as consultant manager. A preview menu--$20 for two course
Suffering from chocolate overload, thanks to the English tradition for vast amounts of huge chocolate eggs at Easter, I was intrigued by this article about an inhalable, zero-calorie form of the stuff called Le Whif.
Harvard Professor David Edwards, who created the canisters filled with tiny particles of chocolate powder in his Paris lab with the help of students, claims that the invention taps into the modern-day tendency to eat little and often. According to Edwards, "It seemed to us that
Okay, maybe that headline was a little strong. I don't "hate" you, "envy" is a better word. Those waiting with baited breath for the next time this ravenous band of fluffy-haired art rockers would travel anywhere near OC had to swallow a bitter pill when The Mars Volta's first tour dates in support of their new album Octahedron were announced. WTF? Venutra? Why? And while most die hard fans wouldn't mind a little trek down the 101 North (ok, a long trek) they HAD to have it at the Majestic Theat
If there were airport police dogs who could sniff out the delicate, old-wood scents of
a violin worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Anthony Eugene Notarstefano would have been caught years ago. The alleged violin thief from Long Beach connected to the 2006 robbery of violonist Mark Kashper's Hollywood home, which contained several violins worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, saw his first day in federal court today. Among the stolen items was a Carlo Tononi violin, which was owned by the
