Category Archives: Los Angeles

This Memorial Weekend: Pool Parties!

Woot! The kickoff weekend to the summer is here (who cares if summer doesn’t officially begin til next month or if we’re looking at 60-degree weather). You want to celebrate summer so you’re probably going to check out Fiesta Hermosa at Hermosa Beach or the Jazz Reggae Fest at UCLA or Topanga Days or even…

Summer Special "WINE-ding Down Menu"

Make rush hour a happy hour by avoiding that dastardly bottleneck and enjoying a different sort of bottleneck. At downtown’s Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant from 4:30 to 6:30 nightly you can enjoy a glass of top-rated wine for only five bucks (normally $9-$12). This summer special “WINE-ding Down Menu” will change every month. The…

2008 MTV Movie Awards Sneak Peek Week

For the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, Filter Magazine and MTV are offering sneak peeks of summer movies where you can not only see what’s not even in theaters yet but actually have a Q&A with the actors from the films! RSVP ASAP for your faves as they are sure to fill up. Do you want…

Hollywood Half Off: Food Specials

Just a little FYI, you can dine in Hollywood for cheap…or cheap-ish. Citizen Smith, swank celebspot, has friends and family Mondays where you can get food for 50% off all day. Allll dayyy! That’s lunch from noon to 3pm and dinner from 6pm to 2am. So you can check out that Smith Burger Royale that…

Cupcake Challenge: Frosting Frosting Everywhere

UPDATE: For the list of winners, see below. Yesterday’s cupcake challenge event at the Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood appeared to be a huge success cuz 1) it was sold out and 2) everyone in attendance (mostly women) seemed to really enjoy themselves as they sipped their glasses of wine and chowed down on their plates…

Drink & Surf: Roundup of Bars With Free WiFi

Photo by 2 dogs via Flickr It’s 6:30pm and you wanna hit the last bit of happy hour before it’s over, but you still have a ton of emails you need to send out. What’s a drink-happy working stiff to do? Or what if you wanted to use your iPhone to look up the next…

This Weekend: Steady as She Goes

This weekend there’s plenty going on: Venice Art Walk, Cuban Music Festival and that Cupcake Challenge that I’m doing. In case you still have lots of empty slots on your social calendar, here are the following. Friday, May 16 Planet Funk’s “Additional 50% Off Already Marked Down Items” Sale How does Planet Funk make a…

Insta-Girls' Night: ArcLight's Sex and the City Party

The moment we’ve been waiting for is here! The Sex and the City movie! Our girls are back and so is Mr. Big. AND it looks like he and beloved heroine Ms. Carrie Bradshaw are finally tying the knot! Or ARE they? Feels like I waited forever to see this on the big screen. (Can…

Judge a Cupcake Challenge With Me

Flickr Shot by dotsara New year, new cupcake challenge. Last year my cupcake challenge conducted in my small apartment crowned the best red velvet, the best chocolate and the best wild card winners. This year drinkeatplay’s own cupcake challenge will crown “L.A.’s best cupcake” at the Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood this Sunday. I will be…

Must-Haves for the Girl About Town

Shopcast powered by ThisNext The urban jungle is the sort of place you don’t want to get caught unprepared, especially at night. Here are a few recommendations on what every girl needs to get through our city’s nightlife — how to get a stronger cocktail, what to do when you’re tired of holding your purse,…