February 13, 2012
$10 Dental Check-Up With Digital X-Rays
I saw a big poster for this special on the north-east corner of Olympic and Robertson.
I took advantage of it today and was very happy with the service at smilemakersdentistry.com. 310-358-1200.
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August 27, 2010
Discount on Krav Maga classes
David emails: Pricewave is a new and innovative website in the Los Angeles area that focuses on two things: finding the best merchants, and offering ways for everyone to enjoy them for less. They do this by offering a discount that grows with each buyer, and today they are offering something that we could all stand to learn a little more about: Self Defense. Specifically, self defense techniques taught buy the most authentic IDF instructor in the United States.
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August 8, 2010
Life, Death & Nursing Homes
God forbid you have to send an aging parent to a nursing home. But if you must, then it should be one that is clean, and one that has friendly staff and really takes care of its residents.
Talking to a friend who works in one led me to ask him a bunch of questions, and some of his answers were unexpected.
What if there were no nursing homes? Then there would be no guilt about putting mom or dad in one, right? No, seriously. That may be where we are headed if our trial lawyer friends have their way.
One of California’s biggest nursing home chains got socked with the biggest jury verdict in the US so far this year, and it’s only August. They are fighting back, but you can be sure that all the other homes are watching to see what happens.
Talked to their lawyer, Kippy Wroten. Yes, that’s a real name, not a pseudonym. She confirmed the story and pointed me to her website to read it for myself.
Filed under Health by Levi Ben Avraham
February 11, 2009
Sick
A lot of people I know in Los Angeles are sick.
I'm going to hunker down at the hovel so I don't get anything before LimmudLA this weekend.
I offered one friend to bring her soup but she knew I was only kidding. I'm way too selfish.
Filed under Health by Levi Ben Avraham
October 1, 2008
The Burden Of Holiday Meals
Here in Pico-Robertson, most of us have, I'm not kidding you, about 125 Thanksgiving-level meals a year. Do the math: Just the two Shabbat meals a week account for 104, and when you throw in all the annual holiday meals — which include, by the way, not one or two but eight elaborate meals for a holiday like Sukkot (four meals in the first two days and four more in the last two days) — well, that's a lot of Zantac.
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July 4, 2008
Reno Rabbi Reflects On Her Battle With Cancer
Rabbi Myra Soifer had just been ordained one of the first 10 female rabbis in the country and moved to New Orleans to begin her career in 1978 when she was diagnosed with cancer.
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June 30, 2008
Pasadena Internist Dr. Paulette Saddler
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Pico-Robertson resident Leah Hill was grateful when Chai Lifeline services became available in Los Angeles. Her daughter Tali, now 18, suffers a variety of health problems including seizures, mild cerebral palsy and hearing loss.
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