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  • Jose Mier’s Sun Valley Restaurant Promotion #9

    Jose Mier’s Sun Valley Restaurant Promotion #9

    Yes, I just posted a series of restaurants yesterday and only a month prior offered my 7th Jose Mier List. But these are tough times and getting tougher by the day. Each day a restaurant is prevented from serving diners is one more day toward bankruptcy. I’ll make this post short and just say here’s…

  • Jose Mier Sun Valley #8 Restaurant Support List

    Jose Mier Sun Valley #8 Restaurant Support List

    One Short Month Since Jose Mier’s Last List Remember the good old days? By that I mean last month. June. When restaurants used to be open. It was June 30 that I penned my Jose Mier Restaurant Support List #7. I thought I wouldn’t be writing any more restaurant support lists. Times have changed. Many…

  • Drive With Jose Mier from Sun Valley to Brand Library Loop

    Drive With Jose Mier from Sun Valley to Brand Library Loop

    Another Obscure But Delightful Escape Near Sun Valley Jose Mier takes yet another drive to nature from Sun Valley. This time it’s to nearby Glendale and the Brand Library, starting point of the Brand Library Loop. Making use of Interstate 5 this trailhead too is only minutes away from the heart of Sun Valley. For…

  • Jose Mier Showcases Sun Valley Park

    Jose Mier Showcases Sun Valley Park

    Another Short Drive With Jose Mier As you know, Jose Mier’s Sun Valley website tries to promote our own special area of greater Los Angeles. With a portion of our area covering the nearby Verdugo mountains, the opportunity to get close to nature is extremely close. Horse country is only a few minutes from downtown…

  • How’s That Quarantine Haircut, Sun Valley?

    How’s That Quarantine Haircut, Sun Valley?

    Jose Mier Inquires About COVID-Induced Hairstyles The longer we endure shutdowns the longer our hair grows. If you didn’t take advantage of the one-month respite and reopening here in California to visit the barber, odds are you’re looking more and more like a refugee from Woodstock circa 1969. For me as a Sun Valley businessperson…

  • Jose Mier Stops Working Out

    Jose Mier Stops Working Out

    Jose Mier on New Gym Closure It was a good month while it lasted. I was able to get in some good workouts and saw myself regaining the shape I had lost in the three months previous to gyms reopening in June. I look back wistfully on the Jose Mier net article I wrote back…

  • Here We Go Again: Sun Valley (and All California) Shut Down

    Here We Go Again: Sun Valley (and All California) Shut Down

    Jose Mier Senses Some Deja Vu Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered many non-critical businesses and services to close their doors again after several weeks of a gradual reopening of the state after the first wave of the coronavirus hit the state. Among those things affected by this new re-closure are gyms and churches. Sun Valleyites can…

  • Jose Mier on Drought In Sun Valley, CA

    Jose Mier on Drought In Sun Valley, CA

    Surprising Statistics from DoughtMonitor It’s been hot in Sun Valley. This past weekend saw triple digit temperatures at least in my car while on the road. Officially we were in the mid to high nineties. No matter, it was hot. The heat and dry conditions around Sun Valley got me to thinking again about drought…

  • Jose Mier:  Be Prepared For Disasters

    Jose Mier: Be Prepared For Disasters

    Jose Mier posts suggestions for Sun Valley, CA neighbors. Is It Earthquake Season? If you’ve lived in Sun Valley for any length of time you know this is earthquake country. In fact it was just over a year ago that Southern California was jolted by a 7.2 quake just to the north of us. Some…

  • Jose Mier and Sun Valley’s Claim to Fame: Verdugo Moutains

    Jose Mier and Sun Valley’s Claim to Fame: Verdugo Moutains

    What would any site dedicated to Sun Valley be without the mention of our spectacular hillsides? If you’re a Sun Valley resident like me, Jose Mier, you can’t miss them. They jut right up in the distance and you can see them from just about any point in Sun Valley. In fact, portions of our…

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