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    This Weekend, Food & Wine Presents Food and Wine

    You’re already thinking about this weekend, I know, because it’s Labor Day weekend, and Labor Day weekend means nothing if not food.  But, why labor over the grill when you could be relaxing under the stars eating the best the city has to offer?  Coincidentally...

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    Collaborative Art at the final Art Walk for the summer in Monrovia

    Imagine two blank canvases on a sidewalk.  Each started by just one artist then letting the brushes loose on whomever happened to stop by who expressed an interest in what we were up to.  We, as in yours truly and artist Heather Shaw started the...

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    Win Tickets To Rare Screening Of ‘Rottweiler’ in 3-D

    8/28/10-This event has been postponed. New details will be posted when it is rescheduled.

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    Plane Spotting: Wrap-Up

    Last week I mentioned an opportunity to have a (semi) up-close gander at Air Force One as it arrived at LAX yesterday. Did you go? Here is my wrap-up, with photos.

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    Classic Eats #12: Last Chance to Vote

    The Smokehouse is still in the lead for Classic Eats #12 and you have about 24 hours to change that if you so desire!  The poll closes Monday afternoon. Classic Eats #12 is on August 21. Click here to get to the poll. The three awesome...

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    Pocket Park: Silver Lake’s Parkman Triangle

    After some two years in the way of planning and designing, many hours of many weekends this spring were spent by volunteers digging and hauling and planting and nurturing and shaping and scaping what had long been the desolate corner of concrete at the intersection...

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    Heavenly Objects: The Aftermath

    So after posting yesterday about last night’s expected cellestializations, I had this crazy ideato set up my DSLR up on the roof, point it at the northeastern skies and leave the shutter open all night or at least for as long as the camera’s battery...

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    Heavenly Objects

    Are the stars out tonight? They should be — and in a pretty big way — if the muzzafuzzin’ summer-stealing marine layer parked off the coast for far too long this season doesn’t roll in after sundown and eclipse the view. Chances are you’ve heard...

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    A Spelling Bee For Cheaters

    826LA presents A Spelling Bee For Cheaters this Saturday, August 14, in Santa Monica. Here are the details on how you can help a very worthy cause, and have a good bit of fun in the process.

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    GTD This Weekend

    Getting Things Done this weekend: There's shopping at Santa Monica Place; overeating at the Korean BBQ festival; and overgaming at the Tetris Championships. So many random things to do, so little time and stomach capacity.

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    Learn to fix your bike with Coco’s Variety & Machine Project

    Two super awesome Los Angeles establishments, CoCo’s Variety Store and Machine Project are teaming up to bring you an afternoon of bicycle repair science dropping. On Tuesday, August 10th, swing by Coco’s Variety (2427 Riverside Drive, LA 90039) with your bike that needs some fixing...

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    Prop 8 ruled Unconstitutional, rallies planned for tonight. Appeals to follow.

    The LA Times is reporting that Judge Walker has ruled that Prop 8 which sought to remove the right to marry same sex couples was unconstitutional.  In his words regarding the trial “…Proposition 8 ‘fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men...

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  • Vulcan Mining Pit Mine scarring the landscape in Azusa Canyon.

    Potluck Fund Raiser planned in effort to stop Azusa Canyon mining expansion.

    Anti-mining residents of Azusa need help raising funds to put an initiative on the fall ballot to stop the Azusa Canyon mining expansion. They are asking everyone to bring a potluck dish and a check book to help fund their battle to preserve Fish Canyon and the local environment. It is set to start 3PM Saturday July 31, 2010 at the Duarte Historical Museum at 751 Encanto Parkway.

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    Disney Hall Lights Up the Street

    Sometimes here in LA you just stumble upon something that takes your breath away. Last night was a case in point. As I drove home around 10 PM, I zipped by Disney Hall, always a visual treat with its soaring silver architecture. But this time...

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    Win Tickets For Scorpions Farewell

    After 45 years (yes, 45!) the Scorpions have decided to lay down their guitars. Before they do, however, they'll be on a three-year farewell tour. That tour comes to southern California this week, and blogging.la has your tickets.

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