Deja vu all over again

Selected items from the past week on LA Observed...

A Caitlin Flanagan two-fer
Channel 2 bans fragrance and VNRs
RJ Smith on L.A. and music
Channel 5 and the ethics code
Time-carded at the Daily News
Hollywood's first blogger on Page Six
The Garv sure owes a lot of money
The last A&W drive-in
Arthur Winston should have retired sooner