A fine line between Comedy and Blasphemy

As Katie and I drove up Harbor Blvd from 19th Street in Costa Mesa, I noticed that the Pasta Connection was gone. It was quite a shock for me and I did notice a “for lease” sign on the fence around the location. Many may recognize the photo below from their sign:

According to an article in the Daily Pilot , the owners would

“would like to reopen in the same spot as soon as the landlord, the Murrell Co., is finished with the new building. The landlord, though, is asking for higher rent than the property’s previous owner, and Pasta Connection has yet to reach a deal. “

It also looks that they would like to keep a location in Costa Mesa, but depending the costs, that is yet to be seen. I personally will miss the original location and my favorite the #35 (the Pasta Connection Speciale). The little house feel was quaint and had a personable feel. Usually when a big renovation like this happens the new place looks sterile and homogenized. It is hard to recreate the kitchen/ dining room feel the original restaurant had.
If the Pasta Connection can’t make a deal for the original location, I do hope they find a secondary spot that has as much atmosphere as the original.

On the eve of Super Tuesday, it came to my mind how unfair the way the election results are released. With the time difference there can be an adverse affect to the results of the West Coast.
With the Democratic candidates being so close, I would hate to see the West Coast voters to stop going to the polls because they think that a candidate has already locked things up due to election results and projected winners being announced long before the polls close here.
The news and their “projections” can make or break an election, and I think it actually does more harm then good in a close race.
In my opinion they should not start releasing any results from the contiguous 48 states until the polls are closed on the West Coast. I know that leaves Alaska and Hawaii out, but they do not have the same amount of delegate power that California does.

What do you think?

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