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Holidays Archive
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Festival of Lights cancelled – looking for options.
By David Markland | 12 CommentsSorry, kids. There will be no bitching about how tack the DWP's Holiday Light Festival this year. No arguing about how bike or pedestrian friendly it should be. That's right - Santa Claus Tom LaBonge has cancelled the annual event. But is there hope? -
Fireworks For The Fourth
By Julia Frey | 2 CommentsYou like fireworks? We got fireworks! Los Angeles, you may have noticed, is a large place, so there are many spots to see fireworks this weekend. Click here for a full list of viewing places, times and prices (if applicable). And the fireworks are not... -
Don’t Forget: Songkran Fest in Hollywood Tomorrow
By Kevin Ott | No CommentsA quick reminder for anyone (anyone who doesn’t celebrate Easter, that is) looking for something to do tomorrow: April 4 is the local celebration of Songkran, the Thai New Year. Outside of Thailand itself, LA is home to the largest collection of Thai people in... -
Spring Has Sprung
By Lucindamichele | 3 CommentsWe may be in the final rainy throes of winter, but in the rear parking lot of Cinema Secrets in North Hollywood, Spring’s eternal harbinger is peeking out a window, assessing the terrain. -
Get your V-Day Gifts On: “Bourbon And Brassieres” At Jenette Bras
By Julia Frey | 2 CommentsGentlemen! Are you looking for a fab Valentine Day gift for that special zaftig someone in your life? Always wanted to buy her sexy lingerie that you know SHE (and you) would like? Ever feel kinda creepy walking into Victoria’s Secret – alone? Jenette Bras... -
L.A. Traffic on Christmas as an economic indicator
By RobNoxious | 6 CommentsSo, one of the things I love about living in L.A., about having some of my family here in L.A., about spending the Holidays in L.A., is the Soothing Peace of there being an almost complete lack of Traffic over the Christmas Holiday. Now that... -
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love… Sitting Outside In Pasadena All Night
By Janna Smith | 7 CommentsThe annual Tournament of Roses Parade is easily one of my favorite Southern California holiday traditions. This year I got the opportunity to experience it in a totally new way – actually watching the parade. As I write this, I am camped out on Colorado... -
Recycle That Tree!
By Julia Frey | 1 CommentI know, it’s only three days after Christmas, but it’s the most wonderful time to discuss Christmas Tree Recycling in the City of Los Angeles. Let’s prepare for 2010 by doing the right thing with your tree. First of all, if you live in a... -
Santa Claus Came to Town
By faboomama | 4 CommentsWith nothing to do and two small children, we decided to give them their first ride on the Metro today. It was also my husband’s first time, which made it even more special. We boarded the Gold Line in Chinatown and wound up at Hollywood... -
Friday Night Lights: Week Four
By Will Campbell | 3 CommentsThough I’m presently up in Yosemite enjoying my first visit to that magnificent place as well as my first white Christmas since I was in single digits, thanks to the magic of blog post scheduling it’s like I’m still in L.A. bringing you, at last:... -
It’s The Most Magical Night Of The Year
By Jodi Kurland | 7 CommentsFor the fifteen years I’ve lived in Los Angeles, every Christmas Eve I’ve enjoyed The Magical Christmas Caroling Truck. For the 26th year, the sixty-two foot tractor-trailer will wind it’s way through the neighborhoods of Toluca Lake and North Hollywood between 4:30 and 11pm tonight,... -
L.A. Holiday Movies?
By Alexandra Apolloni | 11 CommentsI am writing to you today, not from Los Angeles, but from my ancestral home in the frozen north. While it’s pretty easy to feel festively inclined with all of these piles of snow around, the cold is getting me down (apparently 2.5 years in... -
Heebonism Palm Springs
By Lucindamichele | 2 CommentsIn answer to Travis’s query below about Jewish recreation on this most Gentile-ish of holidays, Heeb Magazine’s “Heebonism” Dec. 24th event in Palm Springs’ Ace Hotel sounds like an epic party. It’s spendy if you rent a room, but if you decide to fly low... -
How are you celebrating Jewmas?
By Travis Koplow | 4 CommentsOne of the joys of living in L.A. as opposed to, say, Arkansas, where I wound up spending Christmas 2001, is there are lots of non-Christians here. In 2001, I had to drive the entire state of Arkansas to find a single, sad Chinese restaurant... -
Toy Drives: It’s Not Too Late!
By Kevin Ott | 7 CommentsHere’s my favorite personal Christmas story: One year when I was very young, I got a package of cheap off-brand glow-in-the-dark action figures. They had no faces and chintzy vinyl capes. For reasons I still can’t explain, I loved these guys — I played with...
