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I received a call at about 3:55pm today from Plaza Vista CDC (daycare) to come get my son <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-irvine-police-2441223-hanigan-down">due to the lockdown</a>. I said "what lockdown?" So much for expeditious dissemination of critical information about...

Okay, I'm officially on the record with my call that the store will be kaput within the month. I have purchased pizzas there the past two Tuesday nights (drop my son off at Math Monkey, walk over to order his pizza, come back with him an hour later to pick up his pizza...voila!! instant dinner...

New hike posted for Saturday afternoon.

I took my 6-year-old for his first class tonight and he was the only kid in the class. So he got one-on-one attention which is great, but kind of defeats the idea of this after-school math program which is to make math all about fun and games with other kids. It's $135 for 4 hours of class...

From commentator Evan Garrison on <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123569898005989291.html#articleTabs=article">WSJ.com:</a> This is a great illustration of our tax system: Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they...

I'm soliciting quotes from dealerships but they're only giving me the price for the car. I plan on walking in with a money order made out to the dealership; you take this check, my Volvo trade-in, and I take the car. So I'm going to get a Kelley Blue Book estimate for my trade-in, a...

I used to live in Arlington, TX. Other than the fact that Texas is a vast wasteland of flatness, hail, nail salons, and mega-churches, I enjoyed living there for several reasons at that time. One of the good things was the stadium at University of Texas, Arlington. Before work every day (I...

To my friends in the IHB Community: Well, to blatantly steal an idea from our beloved Trooper, I would like to briefly take a time out (after 499 previous posts) to reflect since zovall and I started IHB way back a thousand years ago. Well, okay, since zovall posted a question on...

I emailed the link to zovall to see if he can get it posted. For now, here's the entire article copied and pasted: By NANCY KEATES FAIRFAX STATION, VA. -- On a recent weekday, David Lereah sat in the sunroom of his five-bedroom colonial house. The only sound was the yapping of his dog...

My long-time accountant passed away this year. I had planned on using him to do my taxes for many years and now I'm flailing around a bit. I will probably end up using the company that he referred all his clients to before he died (cancer, so he had time to plan), but was wondering if anyone...

:red: I am so ashamed... Comedy traffic school, here I come! (Is there even such a thing here? Last time I got a ticket was in Texas like 10 years ago).

Compliments of "AF" on Calculated Risk: Wow! How did I not know about this? <a href="http://free-watch-tv-online.com">Free TV</a>

So my little guy and I were hanging out in the hot tub at our IAC development (Santa Rosa) when a couple of kids in the big pool started laughing and pointing. I went over to look. A rat - as in, animal of the rodent persuasion, complete with cute little whiskers and long tail - was gamely...

The principal of my son's kindergarten (today was his first day of kindergarten :bug: ) sent out a mass email today to all parents, telling us that he's leaving Plaza Vista School to become the principal of Westwood Basics which is currently in Northwood "but is moving to the Village of...

I have taken my 5-year-old to <a href="http://www.irvinesuperfun.com">IrvineSuperFun</a> half a dozen times in the past month and I wanted to let all you IHBers know about it. Help out a local small business, that kind of thing. This place is great! It is a very modest space in a very modest...

When we sold our house in Jan. 2006 in Tustin Ranch, I used Craigslist to get rid of a bunch of our furniture. Well, I finally decided to get rid of the bedroom set. I mean, what do I need with two huge dressers and a king size bed that remind me of my ex-husband? So I bought a new set (my...

I drove by their location like, YESTERDAY or thereabouts, noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Today, driving from work to pick up my son, I turned onto Sand Cyn from Irvine Center Drive and almost crashed into the sidewalk. It's like, totally, completely GONE! ???? No "going out of...

Construction has begun, directly next to Settlers Park, behind the Orchard Hills Shopping Center. So the question is, if they build it (the school), will the houses come?

Sign went up within the past coupla days. Bare bones information is posted on <a href="http://www.palmerasapartments.com">IAC's website. </a> Another sign on a gate says it's a Cal Pac Homes development. Hmmm; I had thought they only built houses. Anybody besides me thinkin' that 7...

My stepmom and I are going skiing next weekend. Any advice on where to go? Where to eat dinner? Will we need to stay somewhere or can we make this a day trip? If not, where should we stay? What should we bring? Help!