Watch & Jewelry Repair, Algerian Style

From deep in the heart of Hollywood, just off of Sunset Blvd near the world-famous Guitar Center, comes this zesty sighting at ANC Wath & Jewelry Repair. Clearly standing for "Algeria Never Cowers," this place will fix all your busted timepieces, clocks, pendants, and whatever may be in that mysterious box on the doorstep...

The Dollar Store Knows the Value of a Good Font

If you're forced to buy stuff from China, why not pay the least amount possible for the junk? So it was with great joy that my cheap door mat quest led me to yet another face-to-face meeting with our Algerian friend, this time at the 99 Cents Only store in Burbank, CA.

Whether this huge stack of random welcome mats was comprised of old floor samples, or these are actually being passed off as the way to put your best foot forward (nyuk, nyuk, nyuk) to house guests, what did impress me was to find out my new mat was bulletproof!

Which was especially reassuring because my mat will most certainly be coming within close proximity of some bombs...