Long Beach Grand Prix Schedule 2012

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 02:45 — Anonymous Weekend schedule for the Toyota Grand
Prix of Long Beach 2012

Starline Tours

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 02:45 — Anonymous A Guide to tours offered by Starline
Tours in Los Angeles, including hop-on hop-off tours, movie star homes and
city tours.

Dana Point Festival of Whales

Sun, 02/26/2012 - 23:43 — Anonymous It's full-on whale season in Southern
California and the city of Dana Point in Orange County is celebrating with
the *Dana Point Festival of Whales* for two weekends, *March 3-4 and 10-11,
2012*. A sampling of the many events includes a parade, street fair, car
show, scavenger hunt, sand sculpting, interpretive nature hike, marine mammal
lecture series, movies, music, sailing and stand-up paddling lessons, tall
ship sails, and of course, whale watching....Read Full Post

Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Eating Challenge

Sun, 02/26/2012 - 21:41 — Anonymous As with all types of awards, if you
look at the contenders up for the 2012 LA Travel Readers Choice Awards,
you'll find some you've experienced yourself, some you've heard of, but never
experienced, and others you've never heard of at all....Read Full Post

Vote for Best Hollywood Hotel - Readers' Choice Awards

Sun, 02/26/2012 - 20:45 — Anonymous Vote for your favorite Hollywood Hotel
in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Best Downtown Los Angeles Hotel - Readers' Choice Awards

Sun, 02/26/2012 - 02:15 — Anonymous Vote for your favorite Downtown Los
Angeles Hotel in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Best Los Angeles Luxury Hotel - Readers' Choice Awards

Sun, 02/26/2012 - 02:15 — Anonymous Vote for your favorite Los Angeles
Luxury Hotel in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Your Favorite Los Angeles Nightclubs - Readers' Choice Awards

Sun, 02/26/2012 - 02:15 — Anonymous Vote for Your Favorite Los Angeles
Nightclubs in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Your Favorite Los Angeles Live Music Venues - Readers' Choice Awards

Sun, 02/26/2012 - 02:15 — Anonymous Vote for Your Favorite Los Angeles Live
Music Venues in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Long Beach Grand Prix Guide

Sat, 02/25/2012 - 17:00 — Anonymous Guide to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long
Beach including ticket prices, seating information and course information.

Vote for Best Los Angeles Family Hotel - Readers' Choice Awards

Sat, 02/25/2012 - 09:45 — Anonymous Vote for your favorite Los Angeles
Family Hotel in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Best Los Angeles Airport Hotel - Readers' Choice Awards

Sat, 02/25/2012 - 04:45 — Anonymous Vote for your favorite Los Angeles
Airport Hotel in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

James Beard Nominees also LA Travel Readers' Choice Finalists

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 22:45 — Anonymous The prestigious James Beard
Foundation's mission is to "foster a deeper understanding of our culinary
culture." One of the ways they do that is through their annual *John Beard
Foundation Awards* for chefs, restaurants, cookbook authors, food journalists
and restaurant designers and architects....Read Full Post

Vote for Best Los Angeles Restaurants - Readers' Choice Awards

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 00:30 — Anonymous Vote for your favorite Los Angeles
Restaurants in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Your Favorite Los Angeles Chef - Readers' Choice Awards

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 00:30 — Anonymous Vote for your f Your Favorite Los
Angeles Chef in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for the Trendiest Los Angeles Hotel - Readers' Choice Awards

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 00:30 — Anonymous Vote for the trendiest Los Angeles
Hotel in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Your Favorite Los Angeles Comedy Club - Readers' Choice Awards

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 00:30 — Anonymous Vote for Your Favorite Los Angeles
Comedy Club in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

Vote for Best Los Angeles Beach Hotel - Readers' Choice Awards

Fri, 02/24/2012 - 00:30 — Anonymous Vote for your favorite Los Angeles
Beach Hotel in the Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards

What's in A Name? Kodak or Not?

Thu, 02/23/2012 - 07:17 — Anonymous When Mann's Cinemas took over Grauman's
Chinese Theatre, they tried to change the name to Mann's Chinese, and some
people made the switch, but the name Grauman's was so deeply embedded in the
common consciousness and Hollywood history, that they eventually gave in and
switched it back....Read Full Post

California Adventure Rides

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 22:00 — Anonymous A description of all the rides and
attractions you will find at Paradise Pier in Disney California Adventure.

Finalists Announced and Voting Open for Readers' Choice Awards

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 08:41 — Anonymous The tallying is done and finalists have
been determined. The voting is now open for the final phase of the *About.com
Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards*. Check out the finalists to see if
your favorites made the cut and vote for LA's best hotels, restaurants,
nightclubs, live music venues and comedy clubs in the LA Travel Readers'
Choice Awards....Read Full Post

Los Angeles in the Spring

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 05:15 — Anonymous Any time is a great time to visit Los
Angeles, but Spring has its own appeal. Here are the top reasons to visit LA
in the Spring.

Go Los Angeles Card Itinerary

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 00:15 — Anonymous Go Los Angeles Card 3-Day Summer
Itinerary with Kids

Celebrate the Oscars with Events Around LA

Sun, 02/19/2012 - 19:15 — Anonymous It's* Oscar* season in Los Angeles,
with the Kodak Theatre being draped in it's annual finery in honor of the big
day, which will be February 26, 2012. Many of the events surrounding the
*Academy Awards* are closed to the general public, but there are lots of ways
to join in the excitement if you're in town during Oscar Season. You can see
the Oscar contenders for Best Costume up close, meet the nominated filmmakers
in the Documentary category, or walk down the red carpet to an Oscar Viewing
Party. Check out some of the ways you can take part in the Hollywood Oscar
celebration in Oscar Events for Everyone....Read Full Post

Memorial Day

Sat, 02/18/2012 - 20:00 — Anonymous Memorial Day Events Around Los Angeles
California - Los Angeles Memorial Day Events

Easter in Los Angeles

Sat, 02/18/2012 - 20:00 — Anonymous Easter Events Around Los Angeles,
future dates for Easter 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2010

LA Weekly Gold Standard at the Petersen Auto Museum

Sat, 02/18/2012 - 16:33 — Anonymous Can't decide which LA restaurants to
try while you're in town? LA Weekly's Pulitzer Prize winning food critic
*Jonathan Gold* has selected 40 of his favorite restaurants to be featured at
the 3rd Annual Gold Standard Food & Wine Event. Offerings range from
Campanile, The Tasting Kitchen and Hungry Cat to the late Amy Pressman and
Nancy Silverton's Short Order and Short Cake. A portion of the proceeds
benefits Heal the Bay....Read Full Post

California African American Museum

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 03:30 — Anonymous Information on visiting the California
African American Museum at Exposition Park in Los Angeles, CA

Visit the Nixon Library on Presidents Day

Wed, 02/15/2012 - 15:08 — Anonymous The Richard Nixon Library and
Birthplace in Yorba Linda is offering visitors *free admission* for
Presidents Day, Monday, *February 20, 2012 from 10 am to 5 pm*. The "Mount
Rushmore Presidents" will be on hand in costume to talk about what it was
like being president during their historic terms. Other activities include
live patriotic music and free cherry pie for the first 100 visitors. For more
information visit nixonfoundation.org....Read Full Post

Queen Mary Scottish Festival

Sat, 02/11/2012 - 16:33 — Anonymous Every year the Queen Mary celebrates
its own heritage with a tribute festival to the land of its birth, Scotland.
The *Queen Mary Scottish Festival* showcases Scottish food, music, crafts,
highland dancing, historic reenactments and lots of men in kilts. You can
compete in the Dart Tournament or Haggis Eating Contest. The event kicks off
with a Glenfiddich Whiskey Tasting and /Men of Worth/ concert on Friday
night. The outdoor athletic competitions will be back (Whoohoo! I love those
men in kilts throwing cabers.), as well as the sheep herding competition. The
Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band will perform on Saturday night at
Plaidpalooza....Read Full Post

The Mouse Under the Bridge

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:23 — Anonymous One of my favorite drives in Los
Angeles is across the *Vincent Thomas Bridge* between *San Pedro* and *Long
Beach*. Southern California's version of the Golden Gate is smaller and
green, but still cuts a dashing figure across the *Port of Los Angeles.* I
know some people who are intimidated by driving on bridges, especially when
they have as much freight traffic as this one, but I love the high vantage
point overlooking the gritty industrial harbor to the north and the more
scenic cruise terminal and *Ports O' Call Village *to the south. I'd show you
the view, but the CHP frowns on shooting photos while driving....Read Full
Post

Valentine's Day in Los Angeles

Thu, 02/09/2012 - 15:00 — Anonymous Los Angeles is a flip-flops and shorts
kind of town with champagne and caviar tastes. It's also one of the most
romantic places on the planet, which makes it a great place to celebrate
Valentine's Day. From the simplicity of a walk along the beach or a horseback
ride through the mountains to the luxury of a sunset helicopter tour or a
diamond-studded exploration of the Jewelry District, there's something to
suit everyone's romantic sensibilities and budget in my guide to Valentine's
Day in Los Angeles. If you won't be in town for Valentine's Day, the
activities listed there are still romantic any time of year. If you are here
for V-Day, there are some additional options on my Valentine's Day Special
Events page....Read Full Post

Stars and Footprints: Overly Touristy and Still Worth a Visit

Fri, 02/10/2012 - 16:14 — Anonymous I was just reading Matt Long's blog
post on Landlopers.com on what he loves about visiting "touristy" sights in
Paris.  This brought to mind comments I've heard from fellow "travelers"
when I recommend that people visiting Los Angeles go to the Hollywood Walk of
Fame and the Forecourt of the Stars at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. "It's such
a tourist trap! Why would anyone go there?"...Read Full Post

LA Travel Readers' Choice Made Easy

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 18:04 — Anonymous Some categories in our *Los Angeles
Travel Readers' Choice Awards *are not getting a lot of love, and we're
realizing that the login feature to nominate is a bit confusing, since it
doesn't tell you how to create an account if you don't already have one. If
you want to make a bunch of different nominations, and you don't want to log
in with your Facebook account, click the login button and enter an email and
password as an About.com user, even if you don't have an account. When it
doesn't find you in the system, it will ask if you want to register the
account. You can also bypass all that and go straight to the Registration
Page to set up a free account before you start. We won't put you on any
mailing lists unless you sign up for a newsletter....Read Full Post

Carnaval vs Mardi Gras in Los Angeles

Thu, 02/16/2012 - 15:23 — Anonymous This year *Long Beach Mardi Gras* is
expanding from its N'awlins roots. The event will kick off with *Carnival in
Venice* including gondola rides on Rainbow Lagoon at noon and the Dance Ballo
Della Colombina. Next, the New Orleans *Mardi Gras Parade* will proceed to
Shoreline Village at 3 pm. A *Brazilian Samba Show* will follow at 4 and the
New Orleans Mardi Gras Party will continue at 6 at Outback Steakhouse. Family
festivities will stretch around Rainbow Harbor from Shoreline Village to the
Pike and the Aquarium of the Pacific, which is the starting point for the
parade. *When:* *February 18, 2012*, family festival Noon - 7 pm, Parade 3 pm
*Where:* Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach *Cost:* Free *Parking:* Paid parking at
Shoreline Village, the Aquarium, the Pike or Convention Center, or metered
street parking. *Metro:* Blue Line to First Street Station *Info:*
www.lbmardigras.com, http://rainbowharbormardigras.moonfruit.com...Read Full
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LA Marathon 2011 Close to Capacity

Fri, 02/17/2012 - 16:17 — Anonymous The Los Angeles Marathon is still a
month away, but if you're training for the marathon and haven't registered
yet, you'll want to get that taken care of as soon as possible, as the event
has been known to sell out. If it doesn't sell out, you can register the two
days before the race at the marathon expo, but they may reach the 25,000
maximum participants before race weekend, in which case there would be no on
site registration at all. Online registration ends March 9, 2012 or whenever
the 25,000 cap is reached, whichever comes first....Read Full Post

Top Ways to Ignore Valentine's Day in LA

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 15:15 — Anonymous If you don't have a Valentine and would
like to completely ignore all the romantic fuss this weekend, there are
plenty of ways to distract yourself. Here are a few ways to enjoy the weekend
that have nothing to do with it being Valentine's Day....Read Full Post