From: Bob
To: “ryan”

Ryan,
Somehow the name [redacted] seems eerily familiar to me.
A name with that kind of punch- you just don’t forget it.

I actually managed to get a pretty bad ass job. I’m working for this company called The Green Truck.

http://www.greentruckonthego.com

We’re all over LA, catering commericals, dropping off lunch, or tooling around in our 2 catering trucks. Yes, Ryan. I now pretty much run the office for a roach coach outfit. But, you know.. one is a Benz, and they’re both giant, green and chrome steel beasts that run on veggie oil and biodiesel. We sling all organic food, fries, and even some tacos. We sell grass fed, Nieman Ranch beef hotdogs, and you can get them ‘dirty’ style with onions, peppers, mushrooms, cheese, and whatever else we happen to have in there.

Perhaps even bacon.
»continue reading Current Status, NoSmell Bob: Green Truck On The Go

The week of catching up draws to a close now with Ron. The verysame author of such heavyweight, hard-nosed pieces as Adam Morrison’s Five Stages of Grief, Know Your Local Asian Newswcasters, Losanjealous IS SELLING It on eBay and a giant photograph of Jeff Porcaro…Ron stays out of the way of writing these days but enjoys a splendid view from the sidelines. Let us now catchup…

Years of avoiding the telephone and selectively answering only the most critical of emails have ingrained a sort of spotlight-shy-ness if not downright bashfulness within Ron (site founder, former writer) and so it was by surprise, then, when a recent out-of-the-blue query for a food recommendation while on the road was responded to so quickly and downright authoritatively:

—– Original Message —-
From: Losanjealous Ryan [redacted]
To: Ron [redacted]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:20:18 PM
Subject: Santa fe

If you get bored find me a good breakfast joint in santa fe. I’m gonna need it fo’ the drive

This Annoyance Sent via BlackBerry

The response within one-and-one-half-hour’s time:
»continue reading Catchup Week 2008: Ron’s Advice

Occasional contributor and inaugural Commenter of the Month recipient Pete sends in this topical scene of the Bene Bene truck in some sort of hippie-suffused Jefferson-based concentration camp, if you will:

Grabbed this pic somewhere along Jefferson between La Cienega and La Brea this past Wednesday.

(Side note: You’re still our favorite commenter, Pete. Don’t let it get to your head.)

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BENE BENE TRUCK
» Profile: Bene Bene Mini-Truck, Fairfax Village
» Little Bene Bene Gets Served
» Ask the Bene Bene Truck in Fairfax Village
» Bene Bene: A Return to Form Via Pornographic Aspirations
» Bene Flashmob Christens Summer ‘06 “Gelato Summer”
» Little Bene Bene Spotted En Route to Feast
» Wanted: Penne Penne Information
» Ask The Bene Bene Truck in Fairfax Village

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THE FURTHER SAGA OF “NOSMELL” BOB
» The Losanjealous Intern Class of 2006: SuperFoodFriends, Unite!
» Has Anyone Seen NoSmell Bob?
» Profile: La Reyna Grand Opening
» BREAKING: “NOSMELL” ALIVE, HEALTHY, KICKING IT IN KTOWN OPIUM DEN

I first caught up with Mair at the inimitable Pizzeria Mozza, Highland at Melrose. Part one in a series.

“Mair. How the hell have you been, I haven’t seen you since the sake tasting. Good summer?”

“I want to hear about your travels!”

“Hang on, drink orders first. We’ll get into it.”

“I just had a wisdom tooth taken out, I’m off the sauce.”

“Ho, your loss. When was it taken? That’s no fun, I had that done when I was 18.”

“They had me waiting so long in the lobby, by the time I got in, they only had enough time to take one of the teeth out so I have to go back! Funny thing is, I woke up crying and thought I was getting kicked out of the office for crying.”

“They can’t kick you out for crying. But that part with the rescheduling is total bullshit, man.”

“I know. Sucks! Anyway, getting the next one out in a few days.”

Drinks are ordered. Waitrons are grossed out by our joint wisdom tooth horror stories. Conversation resumes. We fast-forward.
»continue reading Catchup Week 2008: Mozza With Mair

LOSANJEALOUS (Losanjealous):: The week begins. The economy is in the shitter, and Congress is flushing. Palin parties are being scheduled all over town for Thursday: Alaskan beer, Delaware lump crab dip for the crackers, shits and giggles all around. The University of Oklahoma remains undefeated. (Sorry USC.) The cards are being dealt in Commerce, the hybrid tomato vines show no sign of slowing their annual yield, the City of Industry now contains industries with an autumnal color palette. And over at some local music-and-culture blog by the name of Losanjealous, we take a look into the past – something we rarely do – and pull three dusty names from the vault, engage in conversation and, for lack of a more appropriate criminally overused phrase, play catchup. The names in question are:

• Mair
• NoSmell Bob
• Ron

The aforementioned names may ignite a smattering of recognition sparks for the longtime reader. But if you’ve been reading this website for less than a year, you likely have no idea who in the hell these people are and what their roles in the Losanjealous universe as we know it may be. Goddammit. It is my job to change all that this week. Stick around.