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Beer \ Beer festival \ Bockfest
Los Angeles Bockfest features unlimited fun
With the holidays out of the way, it’s time to re-organize your priorities. If apartment cleaning, cooking chores and setting up decorations took up most of your time this last month, now’s the time to focus more on yourself and your social life, no customary obligations, just fun. Beer lovers will be glad to know [...]
Art \ Los Angeles Convention Center
LA Art Show returns to show LA some art
The Los Angeles Convention Center is not just for cosplay events and Ski-Dazzle. This week marks the 18th episode of the LA Art Show, running in tandem with the 28th edition of the IFPDA Los Angles Fine Print Fair. So come on down and git yer art on! Reviews have been mixed regarding recent events, [...]
LA’s Restaurant Week celebrates local dining scene in style
dineLA’s Restaurant Week is a citywide culinary celebration offering a most exquisite a selection of specially priced prix fixe lunch and dinner menus from some of LA’s best restaurants. A fantastic opportunity to get a taste of fine dining without breaking the bank, the event takes place over 12 days: Monday, January 21 – Friday, [...]
William Shatner… the final entertainment frontier
Hey Los Angeles, it’s road trip time! C’mon you probably commute an hour each way to work, a little jaunt down to Costa Mesa isn’t going to hurt you. No? Well then let me reveal three little words that will change your mind: Bill-freakin’-Shatner live! Captain James Tiberius Kirk: indomitable starship captain and intragalactic lothario. [...]
PSY \ South Korea \ Westwood
PSY enters L.A. real estate in “Gangnam” style
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock these past few months, you’ve probably witnessed the viral ascension of “Gangnam Style,” a song depicting the flashy, fashion-conscious style of Gangnam, an affluent neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. As he was rapping his way onto the Guinness World Records, with more than 1 billion views on YouTube, [...]
concerts \ John C Reilly \ music events
John C. Reilly plays really good music?!?!?
Yeah, I’m totally not even kidding. Actor and comic extraordinaire John C. Reilly – Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Chicago, Gangs of New York, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, Wreck-It Ralph, etc., etc. – and his band are playing in Santa Monica this week, where you can judge for yourself the talents of this multi-hyphenate performer. (And by [...]
The Dude sits down to talk Zen
Phil Jackson isn’t the only famous Zen Master that Los Angeles has known. On Thursday Jan. 10, actor/artist/philanthropist/all-around-awesome-guy Jeff Bridges comes to the Aratani/Japan America Theatre to share stories from his life and his Buddhist faith. Mr. Bridges shares the stage with Bernie Glassman, founder of Zen Peacemakers and a figure working to advance social [...]
Japanese New Year \ Los Angeles
It’s not a new year until Japanese New Year
2013 is here on the calendar, but 2013 only debuts officially in Los Angeles with the arrival of the Japanese New Year celebration. Two events provide great ways to ring in the New Year, again. Welcome to 2013, the Year of the Snake The Japanese New Year kicks off with an event at the Japanese [...]
New Years Day \ Old Town Pasadena \ Rose Bowl Game
Common questions answered about the 2013 Rose Parade
Want to see the Rose Parade on Tuesday Jan. 1 up close and personal but don’t know how to get started? Here are answers to some of the basic questions for parade attendees. Q. What’s the deal with camping out? A. Camping out overnight is what you do if you want to have a view [...]
Mostly bad ideas for making money from the holidays
Money. What is it? Can you make it? How? These are questions that have troubled philosophers and other people for nearly decades. It seems like during the holidays people talk about money more than ever. Is this sentence true or did I just make it up? No one knows… Need some extra loot for the [...]
Do it yourself \ Interior design
Holiday décor for the space challenged
Christmas is a time of presents, lovely decorations and joyous atmosphere. Don’t let the fact that you’re not living in a fancy mansion drag you down. You can still have your merry little Christmas in your small apartment, without spending your entire household budget on it. Maybe even start a tradition with a do-it-yourself project. [...]
New Year’s Eve party destinations in Los Angeles
With the holidays quickly approaching and so many things to do, it’s time to get down to business. Go shopping, decorate your home, but most importantly, start making plans for your parties! Some people prefer to celebrate NYE quietly at home, but if you’re not of the lazy bunch, here are our top picks of [...]
Public Health \ Smoking cessation
Don’t wait til New Year’s to quit smoking. Do it now!
The national push for people to quit smoking is actually working. Finally some good news and one more proof that people are starting to listen…and care. We care about the environment, about our peers and about our own health. A report released by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows that the number [...]
Fun Los Angeles Christmas traditions
Los Angeles is not exactly a big nativity scene kinda city, the Christmas traditions here have more emphasis on updating the holiday for fun and frolic. Here are some of the Christmas traditions that set our city apart: Holidays at Universal CityWalk Universal CityWalk has fun stuff going on 365 days a year, but for [...]
It’s Festivus for the rest of us
Are you feeling a little left out this time of the year? You don’t celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa is just not your thing? Then you might want to join the rest of us and experience the inventive nature of Festivus. The Festivus dates far back, to the Seinfeld era, and was promoted as a fun [...]
December 21 2012 \ end of the world \ Griffith Observatory \ Maya calendar
Prophecy becomes history on Dec 21
Contrary to ancient predictions that have now gone viral, the world will NOT end in 2012 as it did not end in 1997 when the Hale-Bopp comet appeared or in 1999 when Armageddon was supposed to end the world as we know it. As NASA explains the current doomsday rumors, the story started with claims [...]
Gifts for dad that aren’t tools
It can be hard to think outside of the box when shopping for a man—until now. I personally enjoy this headline regardless of how it’s read. (Sometimes I manage to be witty. Imagine that!) In any case, the loving father in your life deserves a gift that rocks. What rocks depends on his personality, of [...]
Art and the holidays come together at Avenue 50 Studio
This is the time during the holidays when shopping fatigue sets in: the easy items were crossed off your list on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the intervening days since. Now are the dog days wherein you struggle with the hard to shop for people in your life, and the appeal of wandering stores and [...]
Shop handmade for the holidays at Renegade Craft Fair in L.A.
I just love this time of the year when shopping is not only an option but a must. The only thing better than holiday shopping is handmade holiday shopping. The 3rd Annual Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market hits Los Angeles December 8 & 9, 2012 with an impressive array of lovely gifts for yourself, your [...]
Los Angeles \ Performing arts \ Viper Room
Terminator Too finds new ways to laugh at Ah-nold
Point Break Live! has rightfully emerged as a bona fide comedy phenomenon, with touring productions and versions around the country. Now the same people responsible for the amateur-hour live renditions of the Keanu Reeves-Patrick Swayze classic are back with a new offering – Terminator Too: Judgment Play. The formula for TToo is more of the [...]
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