From: The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; Russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast.

Back in 1996 Gæggen and Rich Piana owned a panini shop together on the Venice beach boardwalk called "Ric and Gæggen's Natural Pianinis". Best paninis ever I've ever had. If it wasn't for the steroid bust that happened later that year they would have been bigger than Subway today.