Admit it, you know all the words to Grease‘s “Summer Nights” and can sing both the Danny and Sandy bits if you had to. “Summer lovin’ had me a blaaaast…” Now you can sing it loud and proud in public with a bunch of other Greasers at ArcLight’s Sing-a-Long presentation of Grease on Monday while…
Category Archives: Los Angeles
Whiskey & Love at CoC's 2nd Anniversary Party
Thanks to all those who showed up to lovely Seven Grand for the CoC 2nd anniversary hoo-hah. As always, great drinks, great company, great setting, s’wonderful time. I didn’t know what to expect but was happy to be warmly greeted by Damian, my fave mixologist, and Aidan, gracious Seven Grand general manager. Aidan even introduced…
This Weekend: Taking It to the Xtreme
Celebrate this weekend with extremes by staying up late, blowing your paycheck on couture, gorging yourself on chili and spectating some Xtreme sports. Friday, August 3 Spider After Dark LA’s only Friday Night After Hours It’s 1:30am and you still feel like partying, gosh bless you. The Spider Club at Avalon offers an after-hours dance…
Poolside Happy Hours at Circa 55 & the W
Flickr Shot by kthread Want to class up your after-work gettogethers? Decompress poolside at these chic hotel happy hours. Although Circa 55 and Trader Vic’s Lounge at the Beverly Hilton serves up $11+ cocktails, on Thirstdays from 5 to 7pm for their Sundown summer series they also treat drinkers to free appetizers. Considering that their…
CoC's 2nd Anniversary: Two Years of Being on Crack?!
Flickr Shot by dotsara Wow, to think that two years ago my very first blog post was about the Beverly Hills Hotel’s soda shop. And I still haven’t checked that place out. But it’s funny to look at that one and compare it to how I do things now — that was one big quote!…
Yelp's 1-Year Anniversary Prom Party
Can you believe that Yelp L.A. is already a year old? It got so awesomely popular so fast. This really calls for a celebration, and one befitting a Web site with highly opinionated people who like to par-tay. Yelpers as well as non-Yelpers are invited to the 1 Year Yelpiversary Prom Party at the Key…
The Colony Cafe/Papa's Porch: Yay! Healthy Brekkie Around the Corner
Yesterday, Dre and I felt like taking a walk to breakfast. It was a gorgeous morning and some exercise would do us good. But instead of our usual standby, John O’Groats, we decided to check out the Colony Cafe. We had passed by it on our way to JOG the day before but were put…
Late Night Happy Hour at Palomino
The other night after, or at least near the end of, Midnight Movies’ set at UCLA Hammer, my friend Shelley and I walked across the street to Palomino for its late-night happy hour. We had ducked in before the Hammer event at 8pm but happy hour was over and the wait staff neglectful. However, after…
Montana Lounge's Last Night: Too Bad, So Sad?
For a temporary restaurant/bar, the Montana Lounge in Santa Monica provoked either a lot of hate or a lot of love. It’s one of the only places on the chi-chi SaMo strip that has a full liquor license. But celebs, sugar daddies, cougars and scenesters populated the loungey scene and enjoyed the designer viddles and…
This Weekend: L.A. Becomes Eclectic
Look into Bowie’s eyes, you want to have funnn this weekendddd. Lots to do and all of it on the odd and unusual side what with a scavenger hunt with dinosaurs, a Hollywood pool party and a not-so-Hollywood pool party, photo exhibit and djs, and did you see David Bowie in that wig? Ah, only…
