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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The LA Zoo’s Carousel Opens Today!
Today marks the opening of the Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel at the Los Angeles Zoo. This is not your ordinary merry-go-round, but a handcrafted work of art, featuring various endangered animals, insects, and even the racehorses owned by Ann and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Attractions, Science & Technology
Tagged GLAZA, LA Zoo, the los angeles zoo, the zoo carousel
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Redondo Beach Poets open mic Tuesday
Do you ever meet someone and you just feel smitten with them? When it happens to boys we call it a bromance, for girls it’s a girl-crush. Whatever is happening to me in regards to Mrs. Cat McIntire, I think it’s more … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Attractions
Tagged Cat McIntire, Coffee Cartel, Poetry, Poetry Stew, Redondo Beach Poets, Tuesday Night open mic poetry
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CD Review: The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions (Super Deluxe Edition) – Capitol/ EMI
“Mystery is good; confusion is bad,” noted Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan last week. Smile, The Beach Boys’ planned new album for early 1967, has had its share of both surrounding it since the first words were written about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious
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CHAYA Venice Gets Crabby
CHAYA Venice, a long-time favorite for its sushi and its French-Japanese fusion cuisine featuring fresh seafood, is going all out for its Dungeness Crab season. The upscale but comfortable Venice haunt is celebrating a 2-week Dungeness Crab Fest through Sunday, … Continue reading
Upcoming: The Art of Bleeding Presents Halloween Highway 2
Remember those gory cautionary Driver’s Ed films like Red Asphalt? The Art of Bleeding’s Halloween Highway 2 at The Steve Allen Theater transports you right into the screen with their “perturbing mix of cartoonish costumes, puppets, vintage educational films, animation, and thinly veiled … Continue reading
Tuesday’s Taco- Los Muchachos Hermosa Beach
Los Muchachos is a tiny, unpretentious, beachy Mexican restaurant on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach. There are only 15 seats in the entire place; two small tables plus 11 seats at the counter. If you eat there on Tuesday they … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious
Tagged Carne Asada, Carnitas, Hermosa Beach, Horchata, Tacos
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LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade Returns to Culver City!
It seems like we can barely post pictures of the last foodie event before the next one pops up, but Alex’s Lemonade is definitely close to our hearts. Held in Culver City on the grounds of the mansion where Gone … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Upcoming Events
Tagged Alex's Lemonade, LA Loves Alex's lemonade
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SWEET TALK: Celebrating the Days of “Legalized Blackmail”
No matter where I’ve moved over the years in the Los Angeles area, one trend has remained constant: fewer and fewer kids knocking on my door and yelling, “Trick or treat!” on Halloween night. Over the last three years, not … Continue reading
¡Es La “Semana” De Los Muertos!
In days past one would celebrate El Dia de los Muertos on Nov. the 1st and 2nd in the privacy of one’s home, local cemetery, parish hall or select bastions of la cultura Mexicana like Olvera Street. Nowadays Day of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Events, Miscellanious, Upcoming Events
Tagged art, calavera, community altars, Day Of The Dead, Dia De Los Muertos, holidays, Mexican Culture
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