Mulitple Choice

Jake had a busy morning yesterday.

First up a haircut.

Not much to cut but all the same he got it ship shape.

He and Austin both got it taken off the sides.
Now it's just losing the beards.

Next up for Jake lunch at the L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills.
Looks like it's was a business kind of lunch meeting. But it was a place that cuisine wise
is right up Jake's alley.

Displaying an ardor for French and California cuisine, The Restaurant at L’Ermitage Beverly Hills piques the palate with tantalizing new combinations of time-honored flavors. Sourced from area farmer’s markets and local farms, the seasonal and specialty items come together in unexpected preparations to produce extraordinary flavors, while the vitrines allow guests to view a vast, expertly chosen collection of vintage and reserve wines.

Making sure to tip the valet.

And his other hand? Double cell phones.

Who'da thunk? ; )

Looks like multiples runs in the family.

Cars


Candy

Phones

And speaking of the big black family truckster, those windows are so dark it looks like they are solid steel like the rest of the car door.

Looks like there was more to do yesterday too, with a trip to the Medical Offices in Beverly Hills too.

Now you see it.


Now you don't.
Makes you wonder who's texting him.

Update 2: More pictures from Jake's Big Day of Out and About this time with his not so full gym bag.

There's a 70's kind of vibe between the belt buckle and the hemp bracelet.

How close was the pap who got this. Check out the perspective.

It's Taxing

Gjelina's Patio

"Jake Gyllenhaal, enjoying a late lunch with a guy pal on the patio at Gjelina restaurant on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Calif. The actor sipped water with lime during his quiet meal of thin-crust pizza. "It seemed like a really relaxed lunch," says an observer, noting that even ultra-trendy patrons of the hip local spot were rubbernecking for a peek at the actor. "They lingered for a while." -- People April 15, 2009

"late lunch"
"guy pal"
"quiet meal"
"really relaxed lunch"
"even ultra-trendy patrons of the hip local spot were rubbernecking for a peek"

Hmmmm...... this doesn't sound like his standard business lunch. ; )







A few months earlier:

Accountant: "Jake, there are few things I need to go over that you have marked as business expenses."

"Go For it. "

"January 20th - Breakfast."

"Business"

"February 29th - Coffee"

"Business"

"You have a receipt for a black and blue plaid shirt , it's written here lumberjake or is that lumberjack ?"

"Business"

"What about the other plaid shirts you've been seen them? With the birds?"

"No, that's personal."

"You had no expenses for a trip to NY late February?"

"Not my business expense."

"Huh?"

"Don't worry about it."

"Coffee - March 15th?"

"Business. Look if there its for two coffees and that's it - BUSINESS!"

[Accountant --- going through a stack and pushing a big stack over to the side]

"And you put in everything for your gas and mileage?"

"Yes."

"Ok. Receipts for Charleston?"

"Well there's no money from the production company so make that business, except anything dated around May 1-3 - send to Evelyn."

"What about a dinner in a place called Zaytinya in DC ?"

"BUSINESS. It's Business If I marked it business it's business."

"Ok. Ok Jake."

"I just have to make sure - I mean I need to make sure if the IRS decides to audit you, why you wrote off everything as business. I mean it might look a little odd that everything with your ... uh well..."

"yes..."

"Ms Wi... well you know... the person you are "dating" marked business
Like this ... your birthday, dinner .... how can that be business?
I mean you had to buy your own birthday dinner ?"

"Yes"

"Damn, that's getting the business"

For those in the U.S. who have not filed their taxes yet, today's your last day.
(Hey I might see you in the line...ahem)

A sobering thought and an OMG rewind from last year on this day.

"For gay couples, the April 15 tax filing deadline can be a reminder of the disparities they face, even in a nation that is becoming more accepting of same-sex couples.

Gay couples often pay higher taxes because they don't get the federal tax benefits that go with marriage. And for couples in state-sanctioned domestic partnerships, civil unions, or same-sex marriages, filing federal income taxes can involve doing three sets of paperwork instead of one." - The Advocate (Online 4/8-4/12, 2008)

Check out the rest of the article

The Advocate

and another article about federal rights for same sex couples

Massachusetts couples suing for Federal Rights

But change is happening. Things are changing each and every week, like Iowa, Vermont.
And this week.

New York Gov. David A. Paterson, tomorrow will announce plans to introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of New York.

Change is happening. Change is happening. Change is happening. Hello California...