In car-obsessed L.A., public transportation isn’t really popular or convenient. We Angelenos need our cars to navigate the sprawl, run from West L.A. to Silver Lake to Long Beach at the drop of a hat. Something you definitely can’t do if you have to rely on the bus. However because we live in a city,…
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uWink: Chuck E. Cheese for the Next Generation
Flickr Shot by uWink I don’t really do the Valley but uWink Bistro is giving me reason to reconsider. I’ve only just heard about it but apparently it’s a restaurant that was created by the former founder and CEO of Atari AND Chuck E. Cheese, Nolan Bushnell! I know! Fun! Glancing at the menu online,…
A Unique Perspective for Sale: ECF Art Center Show
Wanna get a really unique Christmas gift or one-of-a-kind art for yourself that’s under $100? How about art work created by those born to see the world differently? The Exceptional Children’s Foundation Art Center will be having an art show this Saturday from 1 to 5pm. I’m not talking just paintings but also hundreds of…
Trader Joe’s Must-Get Item: Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Whoever thought these up is a genius…and my soulmate. Dark chocolate cookies covered in white chocolate with crushed peppermint candy all over. Since it comes in a cute peppermint-scheme package with a bow on top it makes the perfect hostess gift for those holiday parties OR you can just keep it to yourself, which I…
Mandrake Bar: An Acquired Taste
I first heard about Mandrake, Culver City’s newish bar, from CalendarLive. It sounded pretty cool; and a new bar in burgeoning Culver City is always a good thing. Located in the dodgy end of La Cienega near a bunch of art galleries, the bar was easy to overlook, nevermind the small neon sign out front…
FREE Tickets for the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show
McDreamy & McSteamy (pic lifted from Ford) It’s already that time of year again — fantasy car shopping time. Seems like just yesterday we had an L.A. auto show, or rather January of this year. I’ve always done these in the daytime but now that I see it’s open til 10 most nights, I’m thinking…
Idiocracy: Where You're the Smartest Person Alive
Imagine waking up one morning to find that you are the smartest person in the world — smarter than world leaders, CEOs and Mensa. Apparently that’s the premise of this movie that I never heard of before. Idiocracy is directed by Mike Judge of Beavis & Butthead and, more importantly, Office Space fame and it…
Bread & Porridge: The Secret to a Mellow Morning
I wish there were more hours in the morning. I don’t get to do this often if at all since I don’t wake up early enough, but I’d love to just go to Starbucks, grab a caramel macchiato and surf the Web on my laptop to ease into the day. Unfortunately, the Starbucks near my…
John O'Groats: Breakfast of the Easily Satisfied
It seems like everyone loves John O’Groats except me. I don’t get it. (How do you say that name anyway?) I’ve read the online reviews about how there’s always a line outside of eager diners waiting for that tasty, cheap breakfast so I had to check it out. Plus it’s in my new hood, so…
The Cha Cha Lounge: A Hipster-Intrepreted Dive Bar
Why are all the cool bars on the Eastside? Last night was my first time in the Cha Cha Lounge, located right across the street from the Red Lion Tavern on Glendale Boulevard, and I loved it! Judging from the outside, I didn’t know what to expect. When I think “Cha Cha” I think “Cha…
