If you’re not hitting the Great Chefs event this weekend or that infamous Cougar Convention, here’s a bunch more for you to do. Thursday, November 5 Vanity Room Clothing Drive Clean out your closet for a good cause, free cocktails and the chance of winning a Hobo Wallet. My fave party frocks store is having…
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Ludo Bites Pops Up at Royal/T Cafe This December
If you’ve never heard of Chef Ludo Lefebvre (or just @chefludo to his tweeps) before, well, I think it’s about time you crawl out from under that rock, my friend. Quick rundown: He was executive chef at L’Orangerie and Bastide, was nominated by the James Beard Foundation for the Rising Star Chef Award and has…
Great Chefs of LA Winner and How To Get Tickets for Cheap
Congrats to Michelle Nguyen aka @iamchubbybunny of blog The Life of a Fat Bunny and winner of the pair of the Great Chefs of L.A. tickets! It was a hard-fought battle, well not really, but the Random Integer Generator picked Michelle and I confirmed that she did all three steps to win as well. So,…
New Drago Centro Cocktails for $8 One Day Only
Drago Centro in downtown is unveiling its brand-new cocktail menu today but celebrating it this Thursday by offering every cocktail in its repertoire, normally $12 each, for $8 all day long! The new seasonal cocktail list created by DC’s sommelier and beverage director, Michael Shearin, will feature fall and winter flavors and produce. Tasty. Check…
Absolut Boston: Why Boston Is Luckier Than L.A.
It’s no secret that I’m not a huge fan of vodka; bourbon being my spirit of choice. But when I received a bottle of Absolut Boston to try out, I was pleasantly surprised. The third in the series of American city-inspired flavored vodkas by Absolut, it’s flavored with elderflower and black tea and possesses a…
Jones Hollywood's 15th Anniversary Party: $5 Cocktails & Food
Photo from Jones Hollywood It’s a rare and beautiful thing when a bar in Los Angeles lives long enough to see its 15th anniversary. And that’s why Jones Hollywood, barestaurant institution near the Warner Bros. lot, intends to go all out for its 15th tomorrow night. All day from open (12pm) to close, new and…
The Midnight Run: LA Nike+ Human Race 5K/10K
I’ve wanted to run the Nike+ Human Race since it replaced the Nike Run Hit Wonder fun runs and I especially liked the idea of the whole world (well, 30 cities around the world) running together on the same day. But since the official Nike+ Human Race in Los Angeles was 1) at USC (Go…
This Weekend: Terrorizin' Y'alls Neighborhood
As a supplement to my earlier what-to-do-on-Halloween post, I present the following for your consideration. BTW, didja guys see my post about Halloween wine and candy pairings on LA Weekly? Eeeee! Thursday, October 29 Build Your Own BBQ at Zeke’s Smokehouse Famished but cheap? Zeke’s got you covered with its “Build Your Own BBQ Special”…
Marked5 Burger: What Do Bloggers Think of It?
There are so many food trucks out there now that it’s hard to be able to try them all, but this past Saturday after brunch in Venice with H.C. of LA and OC Foodventures, Sonja of Active Foodie and my friend Mei-Mei we spotted the Marked5 truck (Japanese style burgers). Even though we had just…
Brunch at Gjelina: Experiencing the Mr. Hyde Side
Have you ever given someone a compliment and then wished you could take it back because they turned out to be an a-hole? Well that’s how I feel about Gjelina in Venice. I LOVED having dinner there, that scrumptious flat bread pizza! But when I had brunch there this past weekend with bloggers Active Foodie…
