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Caroline on Crack " Dear Caroline on Crack: Afternoon Tea Under $20?
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Moroccan tribal art, vintage Berber rugs, indoor and outdoor lanterns and chandeliers - exotic furniture sales and rentals for parties. Store located in Los Angeles - California.
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Rate-A-Restaurant, #150 in a seriesRestaurant: Sushi IkeLocation: 6051 Hollywood Blvd Ste 105 (Hollywood)Type of restaurant: SushiWe stipulated: Looking for a lunch spot in Hollywood, and after hearing great things about Sushi Ike -- and jonesing for some -- we decided to check it out.They…
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THIS is CNN!
When a celebrity gets arrested, it’s always a good time. But with this guy? All I can say is Bra-vo! According to the NY Post: “CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was also tied to his…
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Redesigning cities | Tackling the hydra | Economist.com
'Its politicians are determined to turn Los Angeles into a normal city...original metropolitan miscreant is now trying to reform itself so fundamentally that Joel Kotkin, an urbanist at Chapman University, compares it to rewriting a DNA code."
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Los Angeles Times: An unusual blend of cultures: Mexican and black
But Costa Chicans -- many dark in complexion with puchunco (curly or kinky) hair -- are Mexicans with cultural and racial histories going back hundreds of years to the Spanish conquistadors and the African slave trade.
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Extra, Extra: Free to be Insulting
"Over the Foothills", by ~db~ via LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr. Thousands of Chinese immigrants pounded the Hollywood pavement today, calling for the firing of CNN's Jack Cafferty following his remarks that goods from that county were "junk," and referred to the Chinese as "a bunch…
Another Dumb California Law
You may or may not be aware of a new state law that went into effect on January 1, 2008. We were reminded of this a couple days ago, driving west on Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Effective Jan 2008 / No smoking allowed / Inside a vehicle / When a Minor is with youThis is important…
Found in LA: Titanic Overboard!
LAist Featured Photos Pool contributor LA Wad snapped us a shot of this unusual eatery that is an architectural and thematic curiosity in Koreatown. Our photog explains:Cafe Jack is a Korean coffeehouse and restaurant. No, that is not a real ship. The owners of the restaurant took a…
Charles Phoenix’s Slide of the Week: Angeles Abbey, Compton, CA, 1955
Three palms on one side, two on the other and an almost-centered flagless flagpole compliment one of Southern California’s least known architectural treasures. According to the legend the builder of the Angeles Abbey Memorial Park sent two architects to India in 1922 for inspiration. Two…
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LA Times Book Prize Nominees of the Sleuthing & Scary Sort
LA Times Book Prize Mystery/Thriller Nominees As the LA Times Book Prize award ceremony looms ever-closer, we're taking a look at the books nominated in each category. As we mentioned last week, unlike other big literary awards, the LA Times Book Prize winners are never a sure thing, which…
Will Spens died with five numbers in his cell phone
Talk about news traveling slowly. We got word this morning about Will Spens, the brawling New York City local TV news reporter we knew back in the Eighties. For some reason, we always remember Will as having a loosened tie. He was a witty and literate son of a bitch who apparently in the past…
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Emerald City: In transit in L.A.
Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com >> Big Blue Bus’ 80th anniversary celebration. Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus celebrated its 80th anniversary with music from Blue Notes and cake for all on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica earlier today. >> Google…
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Ask Eating LA: Any Czech food in town?
You probably didn't notice, but inconveniently located at the very bottom of this page, there's a form where you can ask questions. Here's one I recently received -- can anyone else help out Mike? I am 99% sure there are no Czech restaurants in the city now that Czech Point in Redondo is no…
Loteria! Grill at 3rd and Fairfax
Even though the Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax isn’t really a farmers market at all, Loteria! Grill alone stands out among the labyrinth of tchotchke-filled stores and food stands that make up this misnomer (and trend setter?) as a viable reason to brave the parking lot at the Grove. …
L.A. news legend Pete Noyes hangs them up
Pete Noyes, 77, has worked behind the camera in influential roles at, I believe, Channels 2, 4, 13 and most recently 11. A former print...
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Pencil This In: Saturday
Photo by kpe II via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr LAUGH USC’s improv troupe 2nd Nature hosts their 5th Annual Fracas Improv Festival at USC today. Groups from around the country perform, members of the Upright Citizens Brigade and other professional comedians host workshops all…
Harvey Levin & his TMZ bumboys pile on a woman
We’d promised to get back to you on the issue of “the malodorous, foul… smell of feet, freed of socks, being licked”... over at the already-smelly corporate porn-pushing gossip site TMZ.com. The feet being licked, of course, belong to the powerful Hollywood establishment, while the…
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Charoset and other Passover Delights
Happy Passover! I may have been raised Catholic, but thanks to my "Jewish Mother" Regina Barton, I can still cook a decent seder. My mother still teases me about my slurred summary of my first Passover, "You say a prayer, you drink some wine. You say a prayer, you drink some wine. You say a…
Tonight in Rock: Silversun Pickups, The Lucky Stars
The Silversun Pickups via their MySpace page Just a head's up, tomorrow is the Green Apple Festival at the Santa Monica Pier, featuring Juliette & The Licks, Taj Mahal, Ziggy Marley and others. It's all in celebration of Earth Day and begins at noon. There are also various concerts all…
Institute of Popular Education of Southern California
Mission: to create a more humane and democratic society by responding to the needs and problems of disenfranchised people through leadership development and educational programs based on Popular Education methodology.
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Great Salads - Los Angeles Area - Chowhound
good los angeles salad reference for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike
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Come on People Now, Smile on Your Baseball Brother
I’m an Angels fan. There. It’s out there and I feel pretty good about it. No longer will I feel the need to only wear red among my closest friends who will not snicker or judge me. I may even have a coming out party. I’m walking on eggshells as many of my colleagues here at LAist bleed…
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles | Educating, Advocating, Organizing!
CHIRLA was formed in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles, and empower immigrants and their allies to build a more just society.
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Welcome to KIWA:::Solidarity:::한인타운 노동연대
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance
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Every City Has Its Mysteries
It started, as many good things do, with the internet. In the early aughts (what all the cool kids are calling the ‘00s these days), a group of people assembled in an imaginary space to collect and trade cheesecake photos taken in the late nineteen forties to the early nineteen sixties. As…
Welcome Aboard: Jeannine Denholm
Jeannine Denholm Photo by . If you were paying attention you might have seen a new byline slip in last weekend, attached to our story on the Downtown Film Festival. Ed and I are excited to welcome Jeannine Denholm as a new member of the blogdowntown team. Jeannine's a TV producer, a…
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Dick Roeper? Busted CNN star was fit to be tied
From this morning's New York Post: CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot, law-enforcement sources said. Quest, 46, was arrested at around 3:40 a.m.…
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Happy Pesach, Los Angeles
"Why is this night different from all other nights?" you might ask. Well, it's the first night of Passover, and even folks who will be sitting down to a seder somewhere in the Southland tonight will also be asking the same thing, because it's one of four questions that are posed in the…
Today is Record Store Day...Get Thee to Amoeba
In the past two and half years we have seen the demise of Aron's Records, Tower Records , The Virgin Megastore on Sunset, Sea Level Records, and Rhino Records in Los Angeles. The tradition of combing the stacks for a rare find, donning oversized foam-padded headphones at the listening…