Six or so years ago, my Glendale News-Press coworkers and I were so sick of hearing about the proposed Americana at Brand. We’d done seemingly millions of stories abut the project — traffic impact, projected revenues for the city, and most importantly, the conflict with the company that owns the neighboring Glendale Galleria. The project was so controversial in Glendale, they had a special election about it.
I ran into the annual Love Ride early Sunday morning as Trinity and I were on our way to church. What’s Love Ride? Basically, its an event for Harley-Davidson aficionados to get together, take a long ride, enjoy a concert and benefit a charity — the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Although, I remember in past years, it benefited a variety of charities. Maybe they changed things up. See, the ride starts at Harley-Davidson of Glendale, so for three years, this was a big event in my work as a reporter in Glendale. Anyway, we always seem to run into Love Ride every year. Dude, this year the Foo Fighters played. Awesome.
"Yata!" Mark Liu at Trivia Bowl a few years ago
Are you paying attention to current events? Are you a sports trivia nut? Have an encyclopedic knowledge of entertainment factoids? Or do you simply love to stretch yourself and your knowledge? If so, you should definitely want to be a part of Trivia Bowl XIV, which is at ABC 7 Studios in Glendale this year on Oct. 17.
The event is always a ton of fun, even when I’ve simply been a monitor (a volunteer watching to make sure no team was cheating). I’ve played the last two years and will be playing again. However, I hear we have a few tables cleared for outside players — sans the usual team fee! Plus, we’re in need of judges. So if being either a player or a judge interests you (I think I already have Markland signed up as a judge), then leave a comment and I’ll put you down.
If you’re still not sure about playing, here’s a sampling from last year’s game, in the category of Southern California:
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