Search Results for: grandma

Offbeat L.A.: Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village in Simi Valley… Recycled Garbage into Treasure

About 30 miles outside of Los Angeles, and yet almost another world away, is a magical place where one woman’s dreams and obsessions created a small village of surreal beauty and splendor made from other people’s discarded garbage. You might … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Attractions, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Beat Recommends: Rozz Williams Tribute at Hollywood Forever Cemetery This Friday

Fans of Christian Death, Shadow Project and all manner of dark, pounding music are referred to this rare performance at the most appropriate venue of all time for a Rozz Williams tribute. Those fortunate souls in attendance at this event … Continue reading

Posted in Music | Leave a comment

Daddy Issues or How I Attempted to Learn Pole Dancing

When I go to a new town on vacation, I try to visit the most famous church, the oldest graveyard, and a strip club. I believe that’s how you get the feel of a town: How they worship their god, how they … Continue reading

Posted in Health and Beauty | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Four Top LA Chefs Will Bring Their Best Dishes to LA Times Food Bowl Opening Night

A solid month of unique culinary adventures, the LA Times Food Bowl returns with an exciting opening night event on September 1. Grandmaster Recorders is the site of the Food Bowl Launch Party. This celebration will feature special tastings from four … Continue reading

Posted in Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Food, Upcoming Events | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

5 Places in LA to Celebrate National Caviar Day

This Monday, July 18, is National Caviar Day. If you love caviar, you know that any reason is a good reason to indulge in the delicacy.  Caviar isn’t just an indulgence – it’s also healthy, as it’s full of protein, … Continue reading

Posted in Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Food | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

10 of LA’s Best Bars Are Offering $1 Martinis This Friday

Ten of Los Angeles’s best hotspots are offering $1 martinis this Friday, June 17! Why, you may wonder? It’s the 50th anniversary of Watergate, and STARZ is focusing a new lens on the cataclysmic political event with “Gaslit,” a limited … Continue reading

Posted in Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Events | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Hollywood Museum Unveils Very First Mother’s Day Exhibit with Celebrity Photos and Finger Sandwiches

It was a divinely feminine, and festive night on Highland and Hollywood the Wednesday before Mother’s Day as the old Max Factor Building welcomed mothers, sons and daughters, many of whom were also mothers and fathers, in celebration of The … Continue reading

Posted in Miscellanious | Leave a comment

Celebrate the Grand Opening of the Golden Poppy Market this Sunday!

What do you get when a doyenne of the LA underground and her “Free Range Gourmandizer” husband open up a shop? Find out at the grand opening party of Michelle Juliette Carr and Brian Wotring’s fabulously appointed Golden Poppy Market this Sunday, … Continue reading

Posted in Food, Miscellanious, Music, Upcoming Events | Tagged | Leave a comment

Movies Till Dawn: Women of Substance

“Unraveling Athena: The Champions of Women’s Tennis” (2019, Shout! Studios) For some viewers, director Francis Amat‘s documentary may be an introduction to many of its subjects, despite the fact that they are among the world’s best women’s tennis players. That … Continue reading

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

41 Reasons to Wear a Mask

Written by Jula Bell Liebi A compilation of positives related to wearing a mask: 1. You will help not spread coronavirus if you are asymptomatic or symptomatic. You will be protecting your friends, family, co workers, and total strangers. 2. … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Health and Beauty, Music | Leave a comment