What Is There for Non-Designers at the Pacific Design Center?

Mon, 04/30/2012 - 23:36 — Anonymous If you're an interior designer for the
hospitality industry, you can get in to this week's panel on the future of
interior design for hotels and resorts on May 3 at the Pacific Design Center.
Interior designers can also shop at over 130 suppliers' showrooms for the
latest in furnishings, floor coverings and interior accessories. But what
about the rest of us? Well, we can shop too, with the assistance of an
on-site designer, or we can explore a variety of other attractions within and
around the Pacific Design Center. Just seeing it to take a souvenir photo is
pretty cool. Check out the options and photos in my Guide to the Pacific
Design Center....Read Full Post

Rooftop Bar at the Standard

Sun, 04/29/2012 - 20:45 — Anonymous Special Events at The Standard Rooftop
Bar

GRAMMY Museum

Sun, 04/29/2012 - 02:00 — Anonymous GRAMMY Museum 2nd Floor - Clive Davis
Theater, Museum Programs, Special Exhibits

Elevate Lounge and Nightclub

Sun, 04/29/2012 - 02:00 — Anonymous The Crowd at Elevate Lounge

May Day Marches Close Downtown Streets

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 15:10 — Anonymous Driving in Downtown LA will be a
challenge on May 1, 2012 as May Day Marches close off main arteries and
freeway off ramps for big chunks of the day. The primary closure is Broadway
between Olympic Blvd and 12th St....Read Full Post

Labor Day Weekend Events

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 09:15 — Anonymous Labor Day Weekend Events in Greater Los
Angeles - Los Angeles Labor Day Events

The Back Lot at Universal

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 09:15 — Anonymous The Back Lot at Universal Studios
Hollywood

Grand Performances

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 01:48 — Anonymous Grand Performances Free Summer Concerts
at California Plaza

Fiesta Broadway 2011

Tue, 04/24/2012 - 17:36 — Anonymous Head downtown *Sunday, April 28, 2012*,
to Fiesta Broadway, the largest Cinco de Mayo party in the world. Half a
million people come out for this annual street fest covering ...Read Full
Post

LA Plaza

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 19:45 — Anonymous Introduction to LA Plaza de Cultura y
Artes in Los Angeles

Shecky's Girls Night Out

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 16:00 — Anonymous Cocktails while you shop for bargains
and get mini spa treatments...what could be better? *What: Shecky's Girls
Night Out in LA*: Designer shopping up to 75% off, make-overs, beauty
consultations and 5 hours of free cocktails are included in the ticket price.
Advance tickets also include a goody bag of sponsors' products. *When*:
Wed-Thurs, *May 1-2, 2012,* 5 pm - 10 pm *Where:* Santa Monica Civic
Auditorium, 1855 Main St. (Pico Blvd. & Colorado Ave.) Santa Monica, CA 90401
*Cost:* $30 advance goodie bag tickets,  $10 advance discount**. *Info and
Tickets:* girlsnightout.sheckys.com , (212) 242-2566...Read Full Post

What is Cinco de Mayo?

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 00:45 — Anonymous What is Cinco de Mayo? Cinco de Mayo
Explained

LA Times Festival of Books

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 00:45 — Anonymous A visitors guide and photos of the Los
Angeles Times Festival of Books

Bring Your Silly Self to Pasadena's Doo Dah Parade

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 16:10 — Anonymous Where the Rose Parade is serious
business, Pasadena's Doo Dah Parade is the height of silliness. The event is
returning to East Pasadena where it moved last year. It makes up in zaniness,
what it lacks in distance. This year's entries include a fleet of motorized
Kinetic Pastry Science Mobile Muffins, Captain McHogwash's Amazing Chundra, a
humungous robotic spitting cat named Boo-Boo Kitty, oddly-attired sound
inventors known as The Highland Park Thursday Evening Gentlemen's Society
Circuit Bending Marching Band & Ladies' Auxiliary, and the crowd favorite
Disco Drill Team, real American Bandstanders, Bastard Sons of Lee Marvin, OC
NRML, The Billionaires, Occupy Doo Dah, Quilting Bees, Whistling Diva, The
Bra-Ettes, L.A. Derby Dolls, classic, scary clowns, BBQ & Hibachi Marching
Grill Team, Hare Kirshna Chanters, Howdy Krishna, and the immortal Doo Dah
house band Snotty Scotty & the Hankies, and many more....Read Full Post

Summer Theatre Festivals

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 03:00 — Anonymous Summer Theatre Festivals around Los
Angeles

Exposition Park Rose Garden

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 22:45 — Anonymous Getting to know the Exposition Park
Rose Garden

Earth Day Events in Los Angeles

Thu, 04/19/2012 - 14:31 — Anonymous Angelenos celebrate the earth all year
in a variety of ways, from exploring our many parks and gardens to shopping
at local organic farmers markets. Last weekend cyclists and pedestrians
reclaimed 10 miles of streets for a few hours during CiLAvia. This weekend,
for the annual Earth Day on April 22, there will be special celebrations far
and wide to being attention to environmental issues. Although there is always
plenty of education going on at these events, there are also lots of fun
activities, live music, and sometimes even celebrity spotting as the stars
come out to speak up for the earth....Read Full Post

Spurs Up for the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 08:27 — Anonymous There are a number of Old West movie
sets scattered around the borders of Los Angeles, and Melody Ranch Motion
Picture Studio in Santa Clarita is one of them. Although events are spread
around Santa Clarita and Newhall, the studio lot is the centerpiece of the
*Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival*, which features cowboy music, a western wear
fashion show and vendors,  cowboy movies, poetry and storytelling, a
Medicine Show Revue, children's activities and an Old Town Hoedown. Some
events are sold out, but there's still plenty to do to get you in the
cowboy/cowgirl spirit. *When:* April 19-22, 2011 *Where:* Various locations
in Santa Clarita and Newhall, CA *Info:* www.cowboyfestival.org...Read Full
Post

Steaming Crawfish

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 21:15 — Anonymous Crawfish Festival

Los Angeles Traffic

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 21:15 — Anonymous The Pros and Cons of using Google Maps
for Los Angeles Traffic and Directions

Grilled Chicken Kabobs

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 21:15 — Anonymous Crawfish Festival

Beauty and the Beast

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 02:16 — Anonymous Beauty and the Beast in the Disneyland
Christmas Fantasy Parade

Grand Prix Grandstands

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 02:16 — Anonymous Long Beach Grand Prix

Takin' it Easy

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 02:16 — Anonymous Crawfish Festival

LA Times Festival of Books 2012

Mon, 04/16/2012 - 19:23 — Anonymous Book lovers will gather in Los Angeles
*April 21-22, 2012* for the country's largest celebration of literary
accomplishment. The *LA Times Festival of Books* will bring 140,000 readers
and collectors to see 450 authors and 300 exhibitors to a new venue this
year. The event will return to the *University of Southern California*
campus. The Festival includes literary panels, author book signings,
storytelling, readings for children and adults, music and dance performances.
There are also writing workshops organized in conjunction with the festival
for a fee....Read Full Post

Grandstand 27 View

Mon, 04/16/2012 - 00:45 — Anonymous View of the Long Beach Grand Prix from
Grandstand 27

Los Angeles Museums by Type

Sun, 04/15/2012 - 05:45 — Anonymous A guide to the top Los Angeles Museums
by type of museum

Champ Car Qualifying

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 22:30 — Anonymous Champ Car Qualifying at the Toyota
Grand Prix of Long Beach

Raging Waters

Fri, 04/13/2012 - 20:45 — Anonymous Raging Waters - Raging Waters Water
Park in San Dimas, CA

Long Beach Grand Prix Celebrity Racers

Fri, 04/13/2012 - 01:45 — Anonymous Celebrity Racers scheduled to race in
the 2011 Long Beach Grand Prix

Best LA Restaurant Winners 2012

Fri, 04/13/2012 - 01:45 — Anonymous Winners and finalists of the 2012 Los
Angeles Travel Readers' Choice Awards for Best Los Angeles Chef and
Restaurants

Billy Elliot Inspires Serious Toe Tapping at the Pantages

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 12:59 — Anonymous They say "good things come to those who
wait," and our wait is  over for /Billy Elliot the Musical/ to finally
arrive in Los Angeles after sweeping the Tony's with 10 awards back in 2009.
All I can say is Halelujah! Get thee to the temple that is the Pantages and
enjoy some good old-fashioned musical theatre, the way it was meant to be. 
It's a heartwarming story told with beautiful music by Elton John, book and
lyrics by Lee Hall, and dazzling choreography by Peter Darling all executed
with amazing energy and talent....Read Full Post

Thursday Grand Prix Kick-Off Party

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 15:25 — Anonymous Even if you're not going to the Grand
Prix, you can get in on the fun with the *Tecate Thunder Thursday Grand Prix
Kick-Off Street Party* on Pine Avenue and at The Pike in Long Beach. This
year's free event event will feature Pit Stop Competitions, motorcycle stunts
and street performers, driver autograph sessions, and the Miss Toyota Grand
Prix of Long Beach Pageant, with a DJ providing the soundtrack to the whole
event. Race cars and other classic automobiles will also be on display. Check
out the Tecate Thunder Thursday Schedule at the Downtown Long Beach
Associates. *When:* Thursday, April 12th, 2012 6:30 - 10 pm *Where:* Pine
Avenue from 4th Street down to Shoreline Drive and Aquarium Way *Cost:* FREE
*Parking:* Two hours free with validation in the City Place structures;
$10-15 flat rate at the Pike and Convention Center garages. *Note:* street
parking is now metered until 9 pm daily in some parts of downtown. Check the
Downtown Long Beach Interactive Parking Map for lot and meter rates. *Info:*
www.dlba.org...Read Full Post

CicLAvia Open Streets this Sunday

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 03:41 — Anonymous Take a break from Los Angeles traffic
Sunday as Downtown Los Angeles streets are closed to cars for CicLAvia. Ten
miles of streets will be closed from East Hollywood to East LA. There's no
specific festival or event going on, just a free for all of bikes, skaters,
pedestrians and people playing in the traffic-free streets. The event is
inspired by and modeled after the weekly Ciclovia in Bogota, Colombia. for
more information, visit www.ciclavia.org....Read Full Post

Happy Anniversary Dodger Stadium

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 03:14 — Anonymous Tuesday's season opener on April 10th
marked the *50th anniversary* of the opening of *Dodger Stadium*, which
welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1962. They moved from Brooklyn to LA in
1958 and played their first four seasons in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
while the new stadium was being constructed....Read Full Post

Renaissance Pleasure Faire

Wed, 04/11/2012 - 21:45 — Anonymous Renaissance Pleasure Faire Photo
Gallery

Hollywood Bowl

Wed, 04/11/2012 - 21:45 — Anonymous Hollywood Bowl Schedule

The Best Spots to Shoot Photos of the Long Beach Grand Prix

Wed, 04/11/2012 - 15:03 — Anonymous If you're a photographer, or just love
to take photographs, shooting the *Long Beach Grand Prix* can be a lot of
fun. The pros with press credentials get to shoot from all kinds of crazy
places, like my favorite spot inside curve 11, where the cars are passing
just a couple feet away....Read Full Post

Wild rivers

Wed, 04/11/2012 - 02:30 — Anonymous Wild Rivers - Wild Rivers Water Park in
Irvine, CA

11 Weekends of Renaissance Festivities

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:33 — Anonymous For six weekends a year the monarchy
reigns in Southern California and lords and ladies take over a piece of L.A.
County real estate for the *Renaissance Pleasure Faire*. The festivities take
place at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale. Hundreds of costumed
reenactors set up period encampments. Dozens of musical, theatrical and dance
acts perform on multiple stages. Merchandise and food vendors are in keeping
with the times. Queen Elizabeth and her court parade daily to watch the
knights compete in jousting matches....Read Full Post

Best LA Hotel Winners 2012

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 03:00 — Anonymous A list of the Winners of the Los
Angeles Travel 2012 Readers Choice Awards for Best Los Angeles Hotels as
voted by the readers of Los Angeles Travel on About.com.

Best LA Restaurant Winners 2012

Mon, 04/09/2012 - 03:00 — Anonymous Winner and finalists for Favorite New
Los Angeles Restaurant of 2011 in the 2012 Los Angeles Travel Readers' Choice
Awards.

Disneyland Guide by Location

Thu, 04/05/2012 - 06:15 — Anonymous A guide to rides,
attractions,restaurants and shops in Adventureland at Disneyland California
in Anaheim

Out on the Track: Riding Along with a World Challenge Race Driver

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 23:53 — Anonymous I've covered the *Toyota Grand Prix of
Long Beach* from the grandstands to inside curve 11, but yesterday was the
first time I got to see the track from the inside of one of the *Pirelli
World Challenge* race cars.There were a bunch of ride-alongs scheduled, and
the *World Challenge* cars had to wait for the pack of celebrity drivers to
make their rounds, so I entertained myself taking a few celebrity photos
while we waited. I caught *Hill Harper* (/CSI: NY/), *Adrien Brody* (/The
Pianist, Midnight in Paris/), *Adam Carolla* (/The Adam Carolla Show/),
*Brody Jenner* (The Hills), *Eddie Ciprian* (/CSI: Miami/) and *Kate Del
Castillo* (/La Reina del Sur/) gearing up to run the course....Read Full Post

Romantic Los Angeles Part 2

Thu, 04/05/2012 - 01:15 — Anonymous A Night of Music at the Hollywood Bowl

Gondolas in Los Angeles

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 01:45 — Anonymous Gondola Adventures, Inc. - Gondola
Rides in Newport Beach, CA

April is Film Festival Month in Los Angeles

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 16:41 — Anonymous Whether you're a fan of gritty Film
Noir, First Glances or short laughs, whether you like your movies in English,
French, Hindi, or multiple Asian languages, the month of April provides every
opportunity for film-lovers visiting Los Angeles to be immersed in movie
culture. There are film festivals all year long in the LA area, but April
reigns as movie month with at least 8 different themed film festivals....Read
Full Post

Fiesta Broadway

Mon, 04/02/2012 - 23:15 — Anonymous Fiesta Broadway Los Angeles - Fiesta
Broadway Cinco de Mayo Street Fair Los Angeles

Best LA Hotel Winners 2012

Mon, 04/02/2012 - 02:00 — Anonymous The winner and finalists in the
Favorite Hollywood Hotel category of the 2012 Los Angeles Travel Readers'
Choice Awards.

Dia de San Juan Festival Returns to Queen Mary

Sun, 04/01/2012 - 17:23 — Anonymous The occurrence, or non-occurrence of
Puerto Rican festivals has caused a lot of discussion on this site, so I
wanted to get the word out as early as possible about some changes taking
place this year.  The 17-year-old  *Dia de San Juan Festival*, which moved
from Long Beach to San Dimas a few years ago, is returning to the Queen Mary
Event Park. This is NOT the same as the BoricuaFest. The first BoricuaFest
took place at the Queen Mary after the Dia de San Juan Festival moved, but it
was canceled last year to the disappointment of many....Read Full Post