OK, really it’s a mild summer disco night in Venice but it still sounds like a fantabulous party. Apartment A Theater Company will be throwing an oh-so-haute fundraiser event to benefit, well, themselves at Venice’s Electric Lodge. For $20 you’ll get access to the discotheque as well as free cocktails from 9 to midnight (no reservations required). Paying the $100…
Category Archives: Los Angeles
Kid Millionaire at MoCa Night Vision
Photo by Lawrence K. Ho/LA TIMES Remember when manipulating the turntables was a pastime that belonged to the down-and-out mixmaster from da hood? Nowadays, rich kids are getting in on the act, too. Lindsay has done it, so has that Gastineau brat and even that ’70s show guy who now goes by the dj name “dj MomJeans.” But…
Kicking Back at the Shellback Tavern
SoCal has no shortage of beach bum bars but I always find them quaint whenever I happen upon them. They speak to the L.A. I grew up with in the movies and on postcards with surfboards on the walls and Beach Boys on the jukebox. For the 4th a group of us joined the masses…
Ooh, Shiny! Spectacular July 4th Fireworks Shows
I loves me a good fireworks show and summer never seems complete without one. Sparkly lights igniting the sky with thunderous ka-booms? Fun! Unfortunately the big bang spectacle at the Hollywood Bowl featuring Kenny Loggins is all sold out, darn it all. And who wants to deal with the hordes of tourist families at…
Zankou Chicken: Crack Never Tasted So Good
Photo by Blake Pellenberg I have found a new addiction and the dealer is Zankou Chicken. For years my friend Bernadette would tell me about it. Actually, damn her, she only mentioned it in passing. Never really selling it to me so I thought that it was just like Koo Koo Roo or something. Only…
Billion Dollar Babes Sale: A Fashion Feeding Frenzy
Ready, set, shop! It’s that time of the year again. Billion Dollar Babes, the high-end quarterly sample sale, will be offering up the fashionable wares of Cynthia Rowley, Diane Von Furstenberg as well as various premium denim designers at up to 80% off to the invited masses on Saturday, June 24 at Sony Pictures Studios….
Last Remaining Seats: Chinatown at the Orpheum
I think I had the definitive Angeleno moment. Never have I felt a truer sense of the city than when I saw Chinatown last night at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown, thanks to L.A. Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats. The Orpheum, built in 1926 and part of downtown’s famed Broadway theatre district, used to host vaudeville acts…
FREE: Downtown's Walk-In Movie Series
In an effort to attract even more business to Downtown L.A. the Downtown Center Business Improvement District is sponsoring its 2nd Annual Walk-In Movie Series. June 23 through August 6 Angelenos are invited to the California Plaza on Grand Avenue to enjoy free screenings of five newish films: Friday, June 23 at 8pm CRASH Opens with a DJ set…
New Bar Buzz: Stone Rose Lounge
I keep hearing about how nightlife pioneer to the stars Rande Gerber (aka Mr. Cindy Crawford and Clooney’s bff) is opening up a West Coast location of his NYC Stone Rose Lounge sometime this month to coincide with the reopening of the Hotel Sofitel after its $40-million face-lift. But where is it? All I know…
Soundtrack for L.A. Living: Driving Up PCH in the AM
What: “Summertime Rolls” by Jane’s Addiction from Nothing’s Shocking Who: Surfers and other crazies who like to be up at the crack of dawn on a weekend morning. When/Where: In the early AM when you’re driving on that stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway from Santa Monica to Zuma. Why: Jane’s Addiction music basically goes…
