People you wouldn’t find at the Bowery on Sunset, but at the NYC Bowery in the 1940s. Checking around my usual city guides, I came across a listing for the Bowery on CitySearch. The name itself was intriguing, evoking a New York neighborhood out of the early 1900s. You’d go there and hang your Bowler…
Category Archives: Los Angeles
Don't Be a Butthead: Great American Smokeout Benefit Show at the Knitting Factory
Evite.com, American Cancer Society and Kaiser Permanente are coming together for a benefit smokeout. No, not that kind of smokeout, the kind where smokers aren’t looked upon too kindly. But for a mere $10 not only will you get a night of laughter and swinging tunes presented by some of the best in the biz…
Vidiots' Big 2-OH!: KCRW DJs Pick Their Favorite Movie Music of the Last 20 Years
“The best video store in L.A., and maybe the country” is celebrating its 20th anniversary and what better co-host to celebrate with than other-fan-of-indie-music-and-film, KCRW? KCRW on-air hosts Jason Bentley, Raul Campos, Gary Calamar, Tricia Halloran and Eric J. Lawrence will be talking about their favorite use of a song in a film during the…
Dockweiler State Beach: Beach Bonfire Bingo
Not my friends, but you get the idea. Some of my girlfriends and I have decided to throw a beach bonfire party. This fit of inspiration came after a Sunday brunch as we walked along a Playa del rey beach to settle the food in our tummies. We have wanted to throw some sort of…
Golden Gopher: All That and Liquor to Go
I’ve been to the Golden Gopher several times before but just have never bothered to review it. Maybe because I wanted to keep it to myself…and the thousands of downtown denizens. It’s such a cool place to hang out–a refreshing change from the Westside and Hollywood scene. Sitting on the smoking patio looking through the…
An L.A. Moment
You have to love the surreal moments of living in L.A.: This afternoon after getting my brows done at Chroma, I, naturally, walked over to Sprinkles Cupcakes to pick up a little sumthin. Nearing the store front, I saw some tall statuesque lady leaning on a parking meter, talking to some guy holding up a…
Talking Trash: John Waters Signs at Book Soup
Saw John Waters at the Orange County Museum of Art earlier this week and you want more? He’ll be at Book Soup in West Hollywood this Saturday the 5th signing copies (and memorabilia if you buy a copy) of his new collection of screenplays, Hairspray, Female Trouble and Multiple Maniacs ($15.95). Seventeen years since his…
Sit, Ubu, Sit: Free Yoga (Dog or Not) in Plummer's Park/Runyon Canyon
Here’s the type of water cooler talk we have at my office: Me: I heard running in Runyon Canyon is good. Co-Worker: Yeah, it is but there are too many dogs…smells of dog shit. Oh, but I heard there’s a free yoga class there. Me: Really? Free? Co-Worker: Yeah, and actually Neve Campbell has been…
Things I Covet
OK, this has nothing to do with a cool new place or whatnot…but isn’t it very L.A. to covet? Surrounded by all the “haves” shopping on Robertson Boulevard and tooling about town in their Hummers… I’m not the type of girl who brags about which B-list celeb I saw at the Cabana Club nor would…
Chick-fil-A: Best Mall Food Ever
OK, so I’m probably a little crazy for writing about a fast-food restaurant in a mall food court, but apparently this is another best-kept secret from those “in the know” as to where to get really good, tasty chicken. First time I heard about Chick-fil-A, some people I worked with in Beverly Hills who lived…
