When it’s Monday and I’m in need of a nearby happy hour (since Bodega Wine Bar and Air Conditioned Lounge seem to be closed on Mondays, boooo!), the usual fallback position is Border Grill in Santa Monica. Not saying that it’s settling, it’s just sometimes a girl wants a little variety and something stronger than…
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Molly Malone's Irish Pub: Where Everyone Could Know Your Name
When my friends and I found ourselves in West Hollywood last night in a state of unfancy dress with a craving for cocktails, I racked my brain for a bar where we would feel comfortable showing up dressed down. No to Lola’s, obviously, and teeny-tiny Dime was packed with a crowd of people spilling out…
Ooh, I Wanna Go Here: Chakra Cuisine
Damon Winter / LATimes I saw this in CalendarLive and was instantly intrigued. Chakra Cuisine, a new bar/restaurant, opened up in Beverly Hills and offers seven different cocktails for your seven different chakras. I’ve heard of drinking to cure what ails you but never on this level. From CalendarLive: Anahata, the green chakra of the…
Audrey Hepburn Double Feature, Dahling!
Yay! My wish came true: Beverly Cinema will be showing an Audrey Hepburn double feature this Friday and Saturday. Two of her best movies where she sings, she dances: Breakfast At Tiffany’s and Funny Face. Leave it to Audrey to make a country bumpkin-turned-New York City call girl heartbreakingly beautiful and elegant. And what girl…
Liquid Therapy: Free Vodka and Sake at Tokio
Flickr Shot by Yuki Yaginuma This sounds too good to be true but apparently Tokio, the retro Japanese lounge/restaurant on the Cahuenga Corridor, has an effective way to get you over the hump: two hours of free vodka and sake. That’s right: two hours of free booze. Every Wednesday it’s all you can drink from…
2006 West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval
Flickr Shot by Huro Kitty Before Crack (BC) when I was still a newbie Angeleno without many friends or city savvy for that matter, my siblings and I would venture over to the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval when we were all ghouled up with no place to go. WeHo’s Halloween street party was the…
Hurry Curry of Tokyo: Mmm, Curry
Exploring our new neighborhood, Dre and I had stopped by Hurry Curry of Tokyo, not to be confused with the Indian Hurry Curry in Mar Vista, for a quick lunch. At a little after 1pm on a Saturday, there were ample seats available so we were seated promptly. Looking at the menu, I skipped over…
Places I'll Never Show My Face in Again: L.A. Bite
Flickr Shot by Splorp I was spending an evening hanging out with my bro and his bf when we got a hankering for some shishkabobs. They decided to order online through L.A. Bite, a delivery service that picks up from restaurants that don’t deliver themselves. Sounds cool, right? Especially if there’s an eatery out in…
Rush Hour Antidote: Campanile's Friday Night Flights
From the same lovely people who brought you Grilled Cheese Sandwich Thursdays, Campanile is offering a lovely way to avoid rush-hour on a Friday: Friday Night Flights, wine and food pairings hand-selected by the restaurant’s esteemed wine director Jay Perrin and executive chef Mark Peel. The menu changes every week and for $38 per person…
Tonight at Bigfoot: $3 Guinness and Newcastle
Flickr Shot by dotsara (detail) Tonight the Bigfoot Lodge is having a special on my favorite beers: Newcastle and Guinness! Get these frothy, yummy drinks for just $3 a pint all night looong. And to celebrate all things British (nevermind that Guinness is Irish), DJ Lee will be spinning some British tunes, whatever that means,…
