Flickr Shot by Ellectric Sucks that Halloween falls smackdab in the middle of the work week. You can’t get into anything too crazy, like gorge yourself on candy corns until you puke orange. And I’ve no doubt that you’ve got lots of big plans for this weekend, faux Hallow’s Night, but how are you going…
Category Archives: Los Angeles
For One Night Only: Halloween Cemetery Screening of The Shining
One of my most favorite horror movies evuh is screening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Halloween night: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The Overlook Hotel. “Come play with us, Danny!” Twins! What a creepy way to celebrate a night of ghouls and ghosts, whilst sitting on graves! Muuhahahahahaha! Cinespia’s popular summer to-do is back for one…
The 24 Hours of LeMons: Endurance Race of POSs
Is it possible to build an endurance racecar for under $500, including its value, parts and labor? Judging from the 80+ participants at the 24 Hours of LeMons, this past weekend in Altamont, California, it is. What am I talking about and why doesn’t it have anything to do with L.A.? Because this event was…
Treat or Treat! Halloween Cupcakes
If your sweet tooth craves something more than candy corn and miniature Kit Kats, several SoCal cupcakeries are doing up their sweets spooky style. Great for the office as an alternative to the candy bowl or for that special Halloween costume party. Sprinkles Cupcakes has a cute Boo box selection of the usual faves —…
This Weekend: Sales, Sweets and The Evil Dead
Unfortunately, I’ll be outta town this weekend but look at all the fun things L.A. has in store for you: lots of sales from designer wear to vintage clothes, a double scoop of Bruce Campbell and an ice cream bike ride! Saturday, October 20 LF Warehouse Sale If you missed the big LF Store summer…
1st Annual Charles David Warehouse Sale
It’s fall and you need to say good-bye to those warm-weather wedges and sandals. Time for ankle boots and heels. Fortunately, Charles David is throwing its first ever warehouse sale in Culver City where you can get current and past season stilettos, boots, mules, flats and even handbags marked down 60-80% off! That means those…
Studio DNA's 1st Annual AIDS WALK Cut-a-Thon
Can’t make the AIDS Walk on Saturday? There are other ways to do a good deed. For one, you can get your hair did. Yup, Santa Monica salon, Studio DNA, will be hosting its 1st Annual Cut-a-Thon to benefit APLA and AIDS WALK LOS ANGELES. Every single dime, not just a percentage, will go to…
Providence's Bar: Getting Schooled in Cocktails
I just met a girl who probably has one of the most awesome jobs ever. She’s the “Chambord Ambassador,” meaning she gets to go out just about every night in search of expert mixologists (aka kick-ass bartenders) to create new cocktails involving the raspberry liqueur. I met up with Ramona at the bar in Providence…
Nobody Reads in L.A.: A Book Club for Nightclubbers
For one night trade PBRs for paperbacks as L.A.’s “original alternative book club,” Nobody Reads in L.A., reconvenes for its fall opener this Wednesday at Casey’s Irish Bar & Grill in downtown. For the next six months the book club will focus on edgy tomes that became edgy movies. No doubt to 1) appeal to…
This Weekend: Dude! Dude? Duuuuude!
This weekend I’ll be busy with a Scary Movie night at my place and then the ’80s Prom at Cooper Studios on Saturday, but here are some things you can put in your weekend calendar. Celebrate dudes, the Dude, derby girls and Dengue Fever! Friday, October 12 Point Break Live! OMG, this is genius and…
