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The OGs are longtime supporters of City of Hope, and encourage you to give to the fight against cancer.

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Barbara and Harry are a nice Jewish couple, married for 73 years, who moved back to the old neighborhood, to L.A.'s first retirement community. Of course, Boyle Heights has changed a bit since Barbara dubbed it "a Jewish Tijuana," circa 1930! Barbara is a social butterfly and problem solver, Harry (who passed away in October 2010) was a self-taught Zen master with a yen for science and exploration. We've enjoyed the wit, wisdom and weirdness of our grandparents for our whole lives, and think it's high time the rest of the world got a chance. The OGs blog promises all Cutie and Pop Pop, all the time. Tune in for a daily dose. (OGs stands for Original Grandparents.)

Nice things people have said about the OGs:

"Charming... hip nonagenarians... a small phenomenon."-Dikla Kadosh, The Jewish Journal

"Fantastic and hilarious... completely heartwarming." -IHeartJews.com

"The newest and best blog in LA!" -ruth666, LA Metblogs

"Check out their blog, they are cute as pie!"- Twist of Lime

"But don’t let their almost-triple-digit ages fool you. Barbara and Harry are about as hip as any Tweeting-Facebook-using-20-somethings. The oldest, and most fascinating, bloggers in the world."-ShalomLife

"The most adorable website you'll see all day. -Glamour.com

"[The OGs] are are full of charming advice, romantic gestures, fascinating memories and modern-day adventures. It's no wonder their website has become a viral hit." -Los Angeles Times

"Simply the most adorable old people you can ever imagine... The Internet has become supersaturated with videos of animals in ridiculous situations, TV mishaps, and babies being babies. So, what we're saying is that maybe old people are the new animals and babies. If so, these old people are the best of the bunch and perhaps the first to make growing old look like an actual pleasure." -The Village Voice online

"This is a truly inspiring story of how LOVE lasts if you work for it!!!" -Diddy, Diddyblog

"The Internet's Most Popular Original Grandparents." -Urlesque

"[Cutie] REALLY likes to Yelp. And she's good too. If she had gotten into the game a little earlier, say, three or four decades ago, she might be giving Jonathan Gold a run for his money." -Mediabistro
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OGs PRESS CLIPS AND WEB LINKS

HARRY COOPER'S OBITUARY
L.A. Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-harry-cooper-20101031,0,548...

OGs PRINT MEDIA

L.A. Times Column One
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grandparents-20100614,0,7742613,...

Jewish Journal feature
http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/original_grandparents_blog_fr...

Jewish Journal cover story about Jews in Boyle Heights (mentioned)
http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/print/boyle_heights_not_yet_forgot...

Toronto Star

TELEVISION

The TODAY Show
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/37278452#38104697

Australia’s Morning Show
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-morning-show/video/-/watch/20820923/

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/07/18/levs.internet.grandpare...

Thai TV, Channel 7