Flickr Shot by JToddM New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and you and your honey are getting pressed for time on what to do to celebrate. ‘Cept you two don’t want anything too crazy like having to count down in the middle of a mob at Giant Maximus or Gridlock. Perhaps a six-course…
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Bigfoot Lodge's Merry Oke for Christmas Orphans
Stranded in L.A. during Christmas because your immediate family is an unaffordable plane ticket away? Consider yourself the lucky one because 1) you don’t have to deal with the horror that is holiday travel and 2) you can spend the 25th nursing a luscious Toasted Marshmallow while singing your favorite Xmas songs with other orphaned…
Make Your Christmas Day with Bullitt & Dirty Harry
You want to kill someone, don’t you? You probably had it up to here with those dysfunctional family gettogethers and stressful holiday shopping mob scenes where you could only scream inside your head. Take out that frustration by taking in a double feature of bad-ass cops beating up and blasting away some bad guys who…
My Xmas Present to You: Stress-Free Mall Parking
I hate mall parking garages. They’re so claustrophobic and trafficky, made even worse during the holidays by angry, angry last-minute holiday shoppers. (Relax, people, it’s Christmas!) So last night as I battled with said holiday shoppers in a crowded Target parking lot for one measly spot to open up, I thought about how fortunate I…
Cocktail Review: Holy Water at Saints & Sinners
When I first sampled Saints & Sinners’ cocktail list during their launch party, I skipped over their Holy Water cocktail ($10), a lethal martini made up of both premium gin (Tanqueray) and vodka (Ketel One, I think). Back then, I was still into the sweet drinks and that just sounded unappetizing. But the other night…
New Year's Eve 2007: Chaos, Crowds and Carmen
This year, no crazy New Year’s Eve parties for me. Nope this time I decided an intimate NYE affair at my place was the way I wanted to start off 2007. But I know there are a lot of Angelenos out there who want the chaos and huge crowds to make their NYE memorable. For…
Go Blue! Denim Sale Weekend
Stock up on your fave L.A. staple or dare to Christmas shop for your fashionista friends at the two denim sales going on this weekend. They’re huuuge. The first one is the Holiday Designer Denim Sale at Smashbox Studios in Culver City where you have 4,000 pairs of skinny jeans, bootcuts, etc. to choose from….
Xmas at Sea: Long Beach Parade of 1,000 Lights
Flickr Shot by MissShell321 Forget the DWP Griffith Festival of Lights. Why not double your holiday pleasure with 1,000 Christmas lights reflecting off the waters at Long Beach’s Shoreline Village? The Long Beach Parade of 1,000 Lights is celebrating its 23rd year of decorated boats showing off their luminescent finery in Queensway Bay. This year’s…
Spaceland on Ice: Rocking Around the Skating Rink
Flickr Shot by Kiracle Every winter Pershing Square is transformed into the “Rockefeller Center of the West,” except this little slice of an ice rink in Downtown L.A. is not as big or as popular. And as much as I wanted to like Downtown on Ice in my quest for wintry holiday fun in Southern…
Coco Noche Chocolate and Wine: A Girlish Delight
I’m swearing off chocolate forever…OK, maybe not forever but umm maybe only until tomorrow. It’s just after having dinner, cocktails and dessert at Manhattan Beach’s Coco Noche I am all chocolated out. What could possibly have made me come to such a strange and unlikely point? In my enthusiasm to try out this wine and…
