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Alex’s Lemonade Raised Nearly $1.5 Million Dollars with its Annual Cookout and Auction
Now in its 9th year, LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade threw the cookout to end all Cookouts on the grassy Royce Quad of UCLA last Saturday, breaking last year’s record for most funds raised for the cancer charity. More than 2,500 attendees … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Beer & Wine, Events, Food, Photo Essays
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Sunday: Haunted by History at Los Angeles Public Library
This Sunday, September 16, 2018 from 2 PM – 4 PM, there will be a guest lecture by author/researcher Craig Owens (of Bizarre Los Angeles) at the Mark Taper Auditorium in the LA Central Library. Over the course of three … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Upcoming Events
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Harold Fox and Lonesome Town
You have probably spotted a piece of abandoned furniture, a chair, a couch, a TV, with a sad cartoon face and sometimes a party hat. These Sad Clown Public Installations are part of a project known as Lonesome Town. Last weekend, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photo Essays
Tagged art, Harold Fox, La Luz De Jesus, Lonesome Town, sad clown, street art
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Favorites from Friday Night’s Taste from the LA Times
It was nice to return to the now-familiar Paramount backlot with its small-town storefronts and New York tenement buildings, which still make me think of the cover of Physical Graffiti. In spite of the continuing hot weather, it was evident … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious
Tagged Amor y Tacos, Baltaire, Bone Kettle's, casa vega, Chef Tony Esnault, Church & State, Con'i Seafood's, Creekstone Farm, farm-to-table, Farmhouse, Gus' World Famous Fried Chicken, Holbox, iPic, Jonathan gold, Kenter Canyon Farms polenta, LA Times, Los Angeles Times, Nerano, Otium's, Pacific Dining Car, Park's BBQ, PCPLA, Physical Graffiti, Poppy + Rose, Puesto Tacos, Rao's, Sherry Yard, The Bellwether, The Taste Friday night, Wanderlust Creamery
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LA Food and Wine Best in Show: The Bear and Star
The Bear and Star restaurant from Los Olivos owned the tasting events at this year’s LAFW. Located at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn, the restaurant makes full use of the 14 acre Fess Parker Home Ranch, raising Wagyu cattle, chickens, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear and Star, Bubba the Bull, Chef John Cox, Fess Parker Wine Country Inn, John Cox, LA Food and Wine, LAFW, LAFW 2018, Los Olivos, Wagyu
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Join the Party to Help Kids with Cancer at Alex’s Lemonade Saturday, September 9th
We have just had two straight weekends of food events, and it’s understandable that they might all seem to run together. But Alex’s Lemonade has a special place in our hearts. This annual event, now in its 9th year, carries on the … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Beer & Wine, Food, Miscellanious, Upcoming Events
Tagged Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Alexandria “Alex” Scott, Animal Restaurant Group, Ben Ford, border grill, Boulevard, Bruce Kalman, Bryant Ng, Caroline Styne, Cassia, David LeFevre, David Lentz, Donald Link, Evan Funke, Felix Trattoria, Ford’s Filling Station, Giada, Giada de Laurentiis, Herbsaint, Huckleberry, IPIC Group, Jar, Jonathan Sundstrom, Josiah Citrin, LA Loves Alex‘s, Lark, Love & Salt, Mary Sue Milliken, melisse, Michael Cimarusti, Michael Fiorelli, Mozza Restaurant Group, Nancy Oakes, nancy silverton, neal fraser, Otium, Providence, redbird, Rossoblu, Sherry Yard, Steve Samson, SUSAN FENIGER, suzanne goin, Suzanne Tracht, Timothy Hollingsworth, UCLA’s Royce Quad, UNION, Zoe Nathan
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That’s From Disneyland to Auction off 1,000 Rare and Original Pieces of The Magic Kingdom
This weekend, Van Eaton Galleries is presenting “That’s from Disneyland, “The two day auction is cleaning out the cupboards of Disneyland addict mega-collector Richard Kraft, and it’s all for charity. Saturday, August 25, 2018, and Sunday, August 26, 2018, there … Continue reading
