Want to experience something crazy? Art, hipsters, homeless people, and messenger bike hooligans collide at Glow|2010. In all seriousness, this is a pretty amazing event that the City of Santa Monica puts on for FREE. It is a mixture of local and international artists who create engaging sights and sounds from dusk and beyond. From […]
My favorite kitschy diner/cafeteria is going to be a hipster hangout! This is a relic of old Hollywood, when tiki rooms lived strong & business owners were not afraid to alienate with a crazy theme. If the Country Bear Jamboree mated with your high school cafeteria, Clifton’s Cafeteria would be their love child. You can […]
Balloons rides at Orange County Great Park are Free Thursday-Sunday all year long. From their website: Open to the public, the 27.5-acre Balloon Park prototypes the kinds of spaces, programs, and features that will become part of the future Orange County Great Park. Signature events like concerts and dances, workshops, outdoor movies, and more, bring […]
In case you can’t leave the country or have a debilitating fear of flying, all your prayers have been answered. Alpine Village to the rescue. Alpine Village has held the oldest and largest Oktoberfest celebration in Southern California: 43 years of boozing and chosen by USA Today as “one of the best Oktoberfests in the world!” There are buxom broads with armfulls of beer steins filled with German Beer, oom pah pah bands flown in from Germany (so you don’t have to) and German Comfort food just down the 405.
Last night I had the pleasure of seeing my dear friend Autumn Reeser in For the Record: The Soundtrack of Tarantino at Barre, vt. Barre, vt. is dinner theater, all grown up & wearing the little black dress to match. For a mere $15 cover, you get to see an up close & personal concert […]
For those of you who have not had the pleasure of Lucha Vavoom, please reconsider your plans for Halloween and seriously consider some Luchadores and Buxones to be part of your October this year. Lucha Vavoom is a mixure of Lucha (Lucha Libre, the masked wrestling made popular in Mexico) and Vavoom (Burlesque strip tease […]
I would not say that I am exploring deep detritus of abandoned urban architecture, however I do enjoy unearthing hidden gems or just finding unique things to do in the City of Angels. There are many people who like to explore Los Angeles, but I have been my friends go-to ‘Cultural Czar‘ for some time now, […]
