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<a href="http://www.oldvinecafe.com/">I think this is our new favorite restaurant in OC</a>. Cayci had the regular tasting menu and I had the seasonal tasting menu. That way we could share and try the things we wanted to try on the other menu. The scallops are to die for, and I was very...

I saw this over at the OCR and thought it would be a great avatar for awgee... http://i36.tinypic.com/30i88yp.jpg <em>Arg! I buried me gold in the backyard!</em>

Cayci and I will be venturing off to Pasadena/San Marino tomorrow, er today. We plan on taking plenty of pics, and we are meeting with someone who will be able to point us in the right direction to find some gems of houses while we are there. In the meantime, here is a home we snapped a pic of...

Would you find these tamales? http://i33.tinypic.com/2hdpegh.jpg

I feel so good when I see a how come down in price that it is less than it sold for in nominal terms in 1989. I also feel even better when the home is priced less in real terms than it was in 1996. Yes, this home is now priced cheaper than it sold for in the bottom of the last bubble 1996, when...

There tends to be a lot of chatter about homes in Irvine people have toured. Many times more than one person has toured the same home. Granted, that means most who are looking outside of Irvine will be all over the place, and discussions of why the plan 1 is better than the plan 3 will not...

<a href="http://www.bubbleinfo.com/2009/09/12/gamble/">The Gamble House</a>. <em>The Gamble House in Pasadena is one of the most significant houses ever built in America, and a quintessential example of the Arts and Crafts movement.</em>...

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/14-bubbles-090909.JPG I missed one. No cheating, and good luck. Awgee you can't play... really, it's just not fair if you do.

<a href="http://cowles.econ.yale.edu/P/cd/d17a/d1710.pdf">Grading Exams: 100, 99, 98,... or A, B, C?</a> <em>By: Pradeep Dubey and John Geanakoplos We introduce grading into games of status. Each player chooses effort, producing a stochastic output or score. Utilities depend on the...

Much of what I have warned about China is coming to fruition, and even Grant's Interest Rate Observer (a gold bug of all gold bugs) is warning of the demise of China, and their forced loose lending standards (Are they really that stupid? Did they not learn anything from us in our own stupidity...

<a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/08/five-stages-of-panic-buying.html">The Five Stages of Panic Buying!</a> <em>1. Denial (Late March/ Early April) ?Ha, another Bear Market rally?wait til the foreclosure/ new home sales/ confidence data comes in! Right back to 6500, maybe...

One of the reasons why we are in this situation today is due to your incompetence. No, I am not blaming you, and yes, there are many other players involved in why we are seeing the debacle unfold. But... today I saw some of your incompetence truly shine. One of the things you could have done was...

<a href="http://www.loanperformance.com/loanperformance_hpi.aspx">First American/Core Logic came out with their negative equity report this week</a>. Yes, you have to sign up if you want to see the data. Like the Case/Shiller index, they lump LA and OC together as a "metro area". I will see if...

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<a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/good-riddance-ben-stein/">Thank gawd! No more Ben Steinery at the NY Times</a>. No more completely baseless, fact less, and ridiculously fabricated statistics (stats that make 3rd graders wonder WTF does he get his stats from?) from the crowned king...

Living in a three story town/row home, in which your kitchen window faces your Vietnamese neighbor's garage. And... in said garage they are having a party, and what do the Asians love to do? Karaoke! Oh dear gawd, it is bad, really really bad... I know I can't sing, and I would never ever sing...

<a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/06/links-6109.html">Nothing is safe from us bears these days</a>! Hide the kids, we are out to forage from years of slumber. Hide if you do not know how to become friends with the bears, they will hurt you if you do not know how to handle them...

<a href="http://www.americancasinothemovie.com/">American Casino</a>. <a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/american-casino/">Hat tip to Barry</a>. I wish I could embed it. Anyone know how?

Post your OC housing bust from the 90s homes here. Allow me to begin. <a href="http://www.redfin.com/CA/Orange/6812-E-Saddleback-Dr-92869/home/4382249">This home was purchased in the end of 88 (near the peak, but they could have got more if they had waited, but why be greedy, right?) for...

<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124088901025362487.html">You knew the leak would happen before the scheduled release</a>. <em>Regulators have told Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. that the banks may need to raise more capital based on early results of the government's...