11/11/11 - A Day of Eats, Drinks, Art, Wax & Crystal Skulls
Friday marks November 11, 2011 - a date that some believe to be the end of the world. With tomorrow's highly anticipated triple identical digits come special events happening all around L.A. Read on for the deets!
Dog Haus Bier Garten
All you need is $1 to enjoy one treat at Pasadena's Dog Haus on Friday. From 11:11am to noon and 11:11pm to midnight, guests can score the following eats and drinks for just a buck: pint of draft beer, snap dog, bottle of beer, tater tots, haus wine, slider, can of beer, haus fries, 11/11 shot, skinless dog, fountain soda. An 80s flashback with Gee Mack will provide the music to your munching, and the garten suggests you bring 11 of your friends.
Rush Street
Rush Street in Culver City has decided to celebrate "End of the World Weekend" Thursday through Sunday with food and drink specials.
Thursday - Last Day in Paradise
*$10 "Last Supper" specialty burgers & fries dinner
*Final NFL game of life - Oakland Raiders vs. San Diego Chargers - 5:20pm
*Tequila specials & "Happy to Be Alive" happy hour during game
*DJ Audiomoe, dancing & "No Mas" Avion Tequila bottle service - 9:00pm - close
Fingers Crossed Friday
*"Knock on Wood" dinner special downstairs - 5:00pm - 11:00pm
*DJ, dancing & $11 2nd bottle-bottle service upstairs - 9:00pm - close
*$11 specialty cocktails at midnight if we're still here! No drink specials if we're not!!!
TBD Saturday
*Bottomless bloody mary / college football brunch
*"Grateful to Be Alive" dinner special downstairs
*"Still Here Saturday" soiree upstairs
*DJ AC, dancing & $12 2nd bottle-bottle service on the 12th
Nigel Tufnel Day
LA Weekly has dubbed 11/11/11 Nigel Tufnel Day. Having trouble placing that name? Think Spinal Tap. There you go. According to the blog, "all employees everywhere shall be granted a paid holiday, and the laws of physics shall cease to apply. At 11:11 a.m. on this day we will all pay respects to a tiny Stonehenge, and at 11:11 p.m. we will smell the glove."
Subliminal Projects
Presenting Billy Al Bengston with "Real Lite & Space," "Your New Home" and "Ed Ruscha," Subliminal Projects is hosting a 11/11/11-themed exhibition. Works cull from a group Bengston's futuristic paintings from 2008 as well as monotypes from 1966. The opening reception is Friday from 7pm to 10pm.
The 11.11.11 Crystal Skulls World Mysteries Gateway
Mayan prophecies and the truth about 2012 will be revealed in this unique three-day ceremony and activation gathering. The event poster says the conference is "a rare opportunity to personally experience and interact with the energies of many of the most significant and powerful Crystal Skulls in the world today." Online registration is closed, but a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the door for $199.
Madame Tussauds Hollywood
If you haven't already rubbed wax elbows with your favorite celebrities at the museum, Friday is the day to do it. The $25 regular admission price will be slashed to $11 all day, and the museum is offering FREE admission for guests beginning at 11am for 11 minutes.
Tired of seeing the number "11" yet? Get out and get your specials on.
