Highly Recommends....

THE PRIME SPOT Highly Recommends:

1. Listening to your neighbors and fellow Cal State University, Cerritos College and Long Beach City College Students at kbeach.org, wpmd.org, klbc.org & kcty.org and requesting your favorite local bands on www.TPSradio.org
2. Checking email for FREE (one hour max) at a location other than the Public Library. (I'd share with you "where" but the gal that told me asked me NOT to broadcast it!) And when you DO visit www.LBPL.org that you check out the Local Music Section!
3. Touring the www.EastVillageArtsDistrict.org and catching up with creative locals during the Second Saturday Artwalks ... ThePrimeSpot Soundstage 2001-2003 sponsored by Iguana Kelley's!
4. Finding a podcast on a favorite subject at www.Poddywood.com
5. Taking the www.4thStreetTour.com but then detouring to www.IguanaKelleys.com
6. Eat & Meeting Up, Wining & Dining at www.Foodcasting.com
7. Watching Your Neighbors spotlighted on www.myspace.com/LBCTelevision
8. Rocking, bobbing, swaying, crooning, moshing at your favorite venue
on www.myspace.com/club562 and then commenting there's no need to go to L.A.!
9. Brushing up on local issues and politics at ThePrimeSpot's SPIT AND ARGUE Section, then scoping out www.politicalpodcasts.com (I am in search of ONE MySpace page with ALL Presidential nominees on TOPS. Got Recommendation?)
10. Collaborating with a group of people that can www.UniteandEmpower.com others and their native homelands.
11. The 12 inch submarine sandwiches sold at a local Mom & Pop (but I can't tell you where because the parking is really bad) for $2.99. HINT: It says DONUTS on 7th Street...
12. Getting a cup of coffee at "that other cafe", it's quick because nobody's there (but they carry my favorite creamer which is the secret to a great cuppa joe!
13. Getting a "cup of whatever" at www.IguanaKelleys.com while checking out ThePrimeSpot flyers on their biz card board, the guitar award on the wall, and the local music in the jukebox.
14. The FREE wiFi internet in town.... Have you logged onto ThePrimeSpot.com's FREE WiFi Hotspot at 4th & Almond? (Email theprimespot@aol.com for the password ;)
15. www.LeoLaporte.com and his tech shows. Does anyone else speak "electronic media?"
16. Yahoo. AOL, Google, MySpace, YouTube, and all of the free, fun software that allows any Harry, Slick, Sally or Jane get their message(s) out
17. The United States Postal Service... Like where else do you get personal door-to-door service with a product that can cost 41cents or less (I'm talking First Class Letters & postcards here).
18. Getting your computer fixed by www.TheTekHelp.com
19. Good Teachers. Long Beach is FULL of them!
19. Volunteering for a charity before you donate. ie. I volunteered for SACA (www.sacastoprape.org) for a year before I donated money (and designated it towards Volunteer Awards & Recognition. Volunteers are the backbone of many organizations!
20. Taking ThePrimeSpot.com's Virtual Tour of Long Beach! Don't forget the Spit and Argue Sections.
21. www.LBweekly.com because UNlike all of the other weeklies, it doesn't use paper :)
22. www.TheEastVillageArtsDistrict.org because that's where one of my favorite restaurants is located.
23. JustinRudd.com, the guy that got 5,000+ people together right after 9/11 downtown LB - his Community Action Team has progressed further than my Community Outreach Program ("COP an attitude!") Check out www.BeachCleanup.org and the rest of his programs and events!
24. The Neighborhood Resource Center where TPS has had an slot/info box since 2000 and all of the people who work there with Margaret Madden, sub & contrib of LBweekly.com. NRC's number for local resources is 562-570-1010.
25. SACHI BAR for accomodating TPSradio's Podcasting Fundraiser and The SKY ROOM for hosting the fanciest Anniversary Party ever for The Prime Spot!

* I came across yet another coffeeshop with a sign "Closed on Saturdays until further notice." I asked why. "Because the owner is losing money." DUH! Advertise. DO Something. The most important thing in business is CONSISTENCY. A consistent good product and REGULAR HOURS. It amazes me how many businesses open without the owners knowing the basics.

Please note, I rarely recommend people for anything, although when I recently opened my friend's garage door and it came off my hinges, I thought of an ol' neighbor, a carpenter-turned-cable installer I knew. BIG MISTAKE! Not only was it NOT fixed properly, when he came by to reclaim a bag of items he'd forgotten, it contained an item that belongs in the garage. Nice, huh? And ask about the friend looking to get a fence made, the first worker took a year, and the second hired hand took off - of course only after he asked for/received an advancement in pay! REMINDER: Just because you meet someone via The Prime Spot, Club562, or any social gatherings, DO NOT ASSUME these contacts are safe, clean and honest people. REMINDER: Check References.

Welcome to The Real World!