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The cemetery trip is on hold because my sister doesn't like dead people. Instead we are going to Schindler house, farmer's market, la brea tar pits, and lacma. Any interesting stuff we shouldn't miss around those places?

Also, is the polo club at the Beverly hills hotel a good place to go? Or is there a more laid back place to eat at that hotel?

Virginia Plain, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link

the new silver lake meadow is a nice little green space

buzza, Sunday, 10 April 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link

anyone else hitting up cicLAvia today?

Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Goodbye Los Angeles, everything I did was amazing, except for the Farmer's Market; why did no one tell me not to go there? Mad jealous of all of you.

Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link

aw i dig the farmer's market. :-( i always go into monsieur marcel hoping for a good sale.

butterfield earth (get bent), Monday, 11 April 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link

anyone else hitting up cicLAvia today?

I was there. Sooo many people!

naus, Monday, 11 April 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link

it was awesome! already anticipating the next one

Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Monday, 11 April 2011 06:25 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah. Me and three friends rode from La Puente into Downtown. Met up with my old roommate who now lives on Spring, and spent the day on my bike pretty much. Everybody was so happy and polite, and for a crowd of 100k+, there was ZERO hostility.

naus, Monday, 11 April 2011 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link

i didn't go, but i took a walk locally out of solidarity.

butterfield earth (get bent), Monday, 11 April 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link

I was hoping for more fresh produce from the Farmer's Market, and less chain restaurants. We ate at the counter at Phil's Deli--that was kind of cool. I immensely preferred the Grand Central Market though.

Why didn't anyone tell me that there was an Ed Ruscha exhibit at the Gagosian Beverly Hills? You expect me to do my own research?

We didn't see the cicLAvia . . . but we spent Sunday walking around our hotel neighborhood and peeking in open houses. We've got our eye on a 3 million number in the Hollywood Hills.

Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link

I was hoping for more fresh produce from the Farmer's Market

that's not really what this farmer's market is known for. it's known for the restaurant stands (and i'm sure the starbucks helps them pay the rent).

butterfield earth (get bent), Monday, 11 April 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah, I kind of got that impression. Oh, we ate at Pinches Tacos on our last day--that was really good. Thanks again for all of the help--I would have been lost without this thread. Carry on with your fascinating Angeleno lives. . . .

Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link

the citrus stands at the farmer's market are A+ - although the satsuma mandarins i bought from there went bad after three days >:(

Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Monday, 11 April 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link

the 3rd street farmer's market isn't a "farmer's market" as such. it's a bunch permanent vendors and little restaurants, some of them selling produce yes but it's the same stuff you would get at the local ralph's tbh. it had and still does have i guess some throwback charm but that's hard to see because of the grove and other adjacent franchises.

buzza, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah a lot of the charm that exists is muffled by caruso's monstrosity. if he becomes mayor i wonder how long it would take for sinatra to be piped out of speakers on every street corner in town?

omar little, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link

The Gumbo Pot and the Singaporian food at the Banana Leaf in the Farmer's Market are both A+ stops (along with the already mentioned Monsieur Marcel)

Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 11 April 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh, yeah, I wanted to go to the Banana Leaf but my sis wasn't feeling it. We also walked into the monsieur Marcel but were a bit intimidated.

Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link

i hit up pampas grill (brazilian bbq) like once a week - early bird 25% off before 11:30 am is crucial

tremendoid, Monday, 11 April 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link

Still reeling from CycLAvia. IIRC the next one is in July. Great place for a meetup, if anybody's down.

naus, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link

Sorry, CicLAvia.

naus, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 10:27 (thirteen years ago) link

I might be there in July.

your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:48 (thirteen years ago) link

(but I don't bike)

your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link

anyone going to

(a) prince's 4/23 show (next saturday night)?
(b) hauschka at the hollywood forever masonic lodge?

i am definitely going to (a) and very possibly going to (b).

pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Saturday, 16 April 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link

a) probably not
b) possibly!

boehner und der club of gore (donna rouge), Saturday, 16 April 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link

re a) and b): i am going to both! or at least i have tickets for both now.

pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Sunday, 17 April 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link

Bijan is off to that great cologne billboard in the sky

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 17 April 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link

donna rouge and i are participating in the adult spelling bee down in long beach! root for us! if i win, i'm giving half the prize money to doctors without borders.

― electric milquetoast (get bent), Friday, April 1, 2011 10:48 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

y'all did not root for us hard enough :(

BUT we got lucille's smokehouse bbq and went to fingerprints afterward, so it's all good!

boehner und der club of gore (donna rouge), Monday, 18 April 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link

also wtf kind of word is "ecesis" anyway

boehner und der club of gore (donna rouge), Monday, 18 April 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link

my losing word was aureole. i spelled it a-u-r-i instead of a-u-r-e, even though i was TOTALLY THINKING it was an "e" as i was saying "i." grrrr.

pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Monday, 18 April 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link

my fingerprints haul:

the mute comp from record store day
the big star box set, used (they didn't have the test pressing; no one did)
the spring 2011 signal to noise
cabaret voltaire live at the hacienda '83/'86 (dvd on cherry red)

my lucille's meal:

carolina-style pulled pork sandwich with braised collard greens on the side
part of a tri-tip quesadilla
root beer

pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Monday, 18 April 2011 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link

phil's diner reopens today! hoping it's better than sitton's noho diner.

http://nohoartsdistrict.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=291:phils-diner-opens-april-20th&Itemid=221

boehner und der club of gore (donna rouge), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link

i only ate at sitton's once. it was meh.

pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link

church of scientology buys KCET studio.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035857

omar little, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link

The Gumbo Pot and the Singaporian food at the Banana Leaf in the Farmer's Market are both A+ stops (along with the already mentioned Monsieur Marcel)

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, April 11, 2011 5:34 PM

OTM
Rojak salad & Mee Goreng from banana are the jams

Chino de Dayo (Aerosol), Thursday, 5 May 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link

ate at AOC, Animal and Church and State last week.

best over all meal was at AOC

Chino de Dayo (Aerosol), Thursday, 5 May 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link

there's a shockingly upgraded menu at House of Pies, takes their diner food from a C to a B+ imo.

omar little, Thursday, 5 May 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link

really now

jeff, Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link

ate at that soul dog place that just opened on lankershim the other day. 'saight.

spätzle logic (donna rouge), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link

two good noho joints that your post reminded me of:

http://www.misspeachesrest.com/
http://viciousdogsnoho.com/

omar little, Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link

been wanting to try that miss peaches place for awhile. get bent and i have talked about eating at this (excellently named) establishment in van nuys:

http://hoglywogly.com/

spätzle logic (donna rouge), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link

the sfv is good for bbq, kcbbq on magnolia is a good spot. boneyard bistro is tremendous if pricey. pasadena has huge bbq joints all over the place, too. hollywood and the east side are pretty sparse for that. i'm pretty hungry tbh.

omar little, Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link

uncle andre's in studio city the chicken especially

tremendoid, Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link

i was not too crazy about uncle andre's pulled pork (sauce way too sweet) but i'd like to try some of their other stuff

spätzle logic (donna rouge), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link

has there ever been a valley FAP? there oughta be

spätzle logic (donna rouge), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link

went to sherman oaks castle last year or so

http://nethercuttcollection.org/ ?
i spent several summers in sylmar last year. my wife's cousin needs to move, srsly

tremendoid, Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link

OK, booked room (a block from Hollywood/Western subway stop) for July 11-17

resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 May 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link

That weekend stretch is free for me at present -- DodgerFAP, then?

Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm already going to Dodger Stadium on the 8th with the seamhead convention (departing from Long Beach, where I'll be the preceding 5 days)

resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 May 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link

you will be four stops on the metro away from get bent and i!

spätzle logic (donna rouge), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link


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