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The Great Pumpkin Roundup: How LA Eateries Celebrate Fall

Flickr shot by Teo By Kaelin Burns I can’t get enough of pumpkin, which is why fall is one of my favorite seasons. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, it’s right around November that restaurants really start to incorporate this fall favorite into dishes and I love seeing what they come up with. Pumpkin is such…

This Weekend: Free Concerts, Year-Old Stinkers, Billion Dollar Babes

If you’re not hitting the Great Chefs event this weekend or that infamous Cougar Convention, here’s a bunch more for you to do. Thursday, November 5 Vanity Room Clothing Drive Clean out your closet for a good cause, free cocktails and the chance of winning a Hobo Wallet. My fave party frocks store is having…

This Weekend: Terrorizin' Y'alls Neighborhood

As a supplement to my earlier what-to-do-on-Halloween post, I present the following for your consideration. BTW, didja guys see my post about Halloween wine and candy pairings on LA Weekly? Eeeee! Thursday, October 29 Build Your Own BBQ at Zeke’s Smokehouse Famished but cheap? Zeke’s got you covered with its “Build Your Own BBQ Special”…

10 Halloween Parties: From Free to Flea

This year Halloween falls on a Saturday and is going to be kuh-rayzee! My friends kept asking me to come up with a list of events to help ’em sift through it all so here’s the following. And I picked ones that didn’t sound too douche-y. For your convenience it’s listed from “No cover” to…

This Weekend: A Human Race, Chocolate Party, Rare Cognac Tasting

Looks like it’s going to be a busy weekend. I’ll be doing that Blogger Beach Cleanup, working on my Halloween costume and…I don’t which of the many following events. So many fun things! Friday, October 23 LF Warehouse Sale Nowadays folks need a really good reason to shop and this one is it. At the…

This Weekend: Oktoberfests Galore, Free Coffee Drinks, Sasquatch Kills

Sushi, Maya of ShopEatSleep.com‘s pug, throwing a tantrum because Maya put her in this cheerleader costume. Just had to post it. Besides the exciting fact that LA Beer Week kicks off today continuing on through the 24th, there are a ton of other things going on this weekend. Oy! Thursday, October 15 TINI Grand Opening…

This Weekend: Diva Costume Sale, Ghostbusters Cemetery Screening, Oompah & Brews

I’m still in NYC but was thinking about you guys and your weekend plans. I’ve got some ideas. BTW, I’ll be back in LA in time for Taste of Abbot Kinney. You going? Thursday, October 8 826LA’s Young Hollywood Party 2009 Fete it up with industry folk, tastemakers and celebs at the 7th Annual Young…

This Weekend: Arm Wrestling, dineLA Kicks Off, Moonlit Run

What an exciting weekend! I don’t know about you but I’ll be hitting up the American Wine & Food Festival at the Universal City Backlot on Saturday and then it’s Thom Yorke at the Orpheum on Sunday. Woo! OK, enough bragging. Here are other goings-on you can enjoy during this first weekend of October. Is…

This Weekend: New Culver City Lounge, Thrillist Rooftop Party, Private Presale

Man, lots of things going on this weekend! If it’s not the TarFest, it’s the Red Bull Soapbox Race and the 25th Annual Abbott Kinney Festival. OR you got the following must-dos as well. What to do? What to do? Thursday, September 24 Buy Tickets to 27th Annual American Wine and Food Festival One more…

This Weekend: Legalize Cachaca Barhop, Noir Tour, Rosemary's Baby

Can you smell it in the air? Fall. Blah. Thursday, September 17 End of Summer White Party at W Los Angeles Damn, we saw it coming: the end of summer. Why not go out with a bang at this special white wine tasting event poolside at the W’s Wet Pool? It’s $20 for 10 tastings…