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    Vintage Expo + Pop Up Shop this Saturday

    Get dad a sharkskin suit or a vintage tie for Father’s Day–head to the Helms Bakery building for what sounds like a damned cool event. Billed as “part ‘Pop-Up Shop,’ part vintage expo, part art opening,” this one day event should be good shopping and...

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    Donut Summit: TOMORROW!

    Hope you’re all stocked up with antacids, because the Donut Summit is almost upon us! We’ll see you there tomorrow, in Griffith Park (find us near the Vermont entrance), at 1pm, with your donuts!  I’m super excited – word on the street is that there...

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  • Donut Summit countdown is on!

    Donut Summit countdown is on!

    Things are getting very exciting over here at Donut Summit HQ!  Only three more days to go!  And we’ve been featured on Flavorpill, so we want to thank the fine folks over there for the awesome shout out! And as you’re getting ready for Sunday,...

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  • Vote Today!!!

    Vote Today!!!

    I know lots of you are weary of politics and the difficulty this city seems to be having in the basics of operating.  But don’t let cynicism rule! Now is the time to make your voice heard, so get on down to the polling station...

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  • Mapping LA, Again

    Mapping LA, Again

    Last year, the Los Angeles Times unveiled its Mapping LA project, in which it attempted to define the boundaries of some 87 distinct neighborhoods in the city.  Besides stirring up some decades-old debate over what really constitutes the “East Side,” it was an interesting experiment...

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    Donut Summit FAQ!

    One week until the Donut Summit!  Yay!  There have been some questions floating around about how things will run, so I’ve tried to answer them all below: 1.  What will happen at the Donut Summit? It’s going to work a little something like this: -...

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  • Watercress Cafe

    Watercress Cafe: My new favorite lunch spot

    Mine is a simple life with small pleasures. A good lunch spot counts for a lot in my world. I live around the corner from Watercress Cafe on Woodman and so I’ve passed it a bazillion times, but somehow I’d never eaten there until recently....

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  • Win Tickets to the Buzzcocks at Club Nokia June 5

    Win Tickets to the Buzzcocks at Club Nokia June 5

    When I was a wee punk girl, I had a mix tape (oh yes, my cubs, I am indeed that old) that ended with the Buzzcocks‘ “Something’s Gone Wrong Again,” except cassette recording being the inexact science it is, I’d misoverestimated the amount of time...

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  • Spotted on Fairfax–Unrequited Sharpee Love Note

    Spotted on Fairfax–Unrequited Sharpee Love Note

    Leaving last weekend’s Canter’s blog-a-thon, on our way to the car, Lucinda Michele and I passed this note on a mailbox. I sure hope the neighbor goes for tea. Go for tea, neighbor!

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  • The Metblogs Canter’s Blogathon Is In The Books!

    The Metblogs Canter’s Blogathon Is In The Books!

    On behalf of Lucinda, Julia, all the blogathoners, everyone who supported, contributed this endeaver — especially Canter’s! — I just want to say thanks and good day! We’re out!

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  • Sunday Morning at Canters

    Sunday Morning at Canters

    Dashed into Canter’s this morning to say hi to WilL… we’re two of the oldest bloggers… and by that I mean we’ve been around 5-6 years on this site… okay, okay, maybe we ARE even the oldest of this crew of kids… I’m not fessing...

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  • As The Meat Cutter Thrums, A Reminder

    As The Meat Cutter Thrums, A Reminder

    There are 15 minutes remaining to the blogathon, still plenty of time to get here and drop off cash or canned goods to benefit the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, and earn my unending adoration that will continue even beyond Metblogs scheduled lights-out on May 31.

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  • It Is Never Too Early To Martini

    It Is Never Too Early To Martini

    The gentleman in the booth to my right just ordered a Tanq martini “with one olive.” My MAN!

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  • Twitcast The Sequel

    Twitcast The Sequel

    http://twitcasting.tv/wildbell/movie/177230

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  • We’ve Got Some Company

    We’ve Got Some Company

    Lucinda’s shown up with her parents, along with Metblogger Annika and her sister Kjrsten!

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