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Fiesta Hermosa 2006 Memorial Day Weekend
Fiesta Hermosa occurs twice a year and is happening right now over Memorial Day weekend at the Hermosa Beach pier! Coca Cola is giving away free Vault drinks and Carnation is giving free coffee samples. All other food is overpriced as usual
We hopped into the nearby Subway sandwich shop to get a sub instead of spending $4 on a hotdog. Read the rest of this entry »
Forgot Gas Money? Deposit a Friend
Southbay isn’t the only place where gas prices are getting people into trouble! In Germany, a woman who didn’t have enough money to pay for gas left her friend as a “deposit” so she could leave to get more money for gas. The woman never returned and the police was called. The police interrogated the friend before releasing the human “deposit.” Don’t be fooled by the picture from Reuters on German gas prices, you’re probably looking at about $5.50/gallon of regular unleaded gas. See more from CNN/Money.