I decided to assemble a wish list of things I’d like to get this holiday season, all of which can be found around this great city of ours. This isn’t necessarily a ploy to get you to buy me stuff (cough, cough) but I figured if you needed help thinking up something to get your…
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This Weekend: No Such Thing as Too Much Cheer
I wanna go to KROQ’s Acoustic Christmas this weekend! Hopefully I’ll be able to score tickets this evening but if not at least there are these things to do. May I note, LOTS of holiday parties. Friday, December 7 Abbot Kinney Holiday Extravaganza Venice is throwing its own holiday street party on Abbot Kinney with…
West 3rd Street Holiday Party: Drinks and Discounts
Talk about the ultimate holiday street party. Fashionable West Third Street, east of the Beverly Center, will be throwing a huge shindig. That’s right, all those cute boutiques, specialty stores and restaurants will be favoring holiday shoppers with not only special discounts but free food and drinks. Visit Anita Co-op for its trunk show with…
Holiday Shopping Sales List: Ferget Santa
The one thing I don’t like so much about Christmas? Having to buy stuff for other people. That only gets me revved up to buy more stuff for myself. If you suffer the same dilemma, you’ll love the following sales cuz you can indulge and not feel too naughty for putting your holiday shopping list…
Bourbon Bargain: 12-Year-Old Bourbon for $20
I decided to go for an evening walk when I got a hankering for some whiskey. What better way to warm up on a chilly November night? All out of Jameson, I stopped by Wally’s Wine & Spirits on Westwood Boulevard for a fresh bottle. Thing is, they have a whole aisle filled with different…
This Weekend: Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up!
Sorry, I’m still in a food coma from all that food yesterday. We had six pies for about 12 people. SIX pies! Anyway, this is all the interesting stuff (to me) that I could find going on this weekend and I can muster only so much energy for a clothes sale, junior high dance party…
This Weekend: I Second That
Seems like this weekend is full of second anniversaries. And since getting past that first year is usually the toughest in this day and age of short attention spans, I’d say that’s reason enough to celebrate. Check out all these fun things worth woohooing. Friday, November 16 Fridays Off the 405: Free Blood and DJ…
Fashion Elements (fem) Designer Holiday Sale
Hate paying for shopping events? I mean, you’re paying to spend money. Weird. Well, fortunately Goldstar is offering VIP comp tickets for Fashion Elements’ holiday shopping event this coming Saturday. All you have to pay is the $4.75 service fee (otherwise it’s $15 if you’d rather pay for full price, or $5 for general admission…
This Weekend: On the Stairway to Heaven
What’s heaven? I’m pretty sure it’s all the tamales you can eat, all the hip clothes you can buy and all the beer and wine you can drink. And don’t forget to throw chocolates and Jason Bentley in there as well. Friday, November 9 3rd Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival Mmmm, tamales. If you…
The Mutha of All Whole Foods in Pasadena
Photo from Curbed LA Eastsiders get all the cool stuff. Case in point, the biggest Whole Foods store west of the Rockies at 76,770 square feet of organic food goodness. This Wednesday the chain’s flagship store will open up in Pasadena. Essentially a foodie’s (and my) heaven, the emporium will have an in-house fresh jam…
