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It's hard to imagine someone surreptitiously making off with something that's 7 feet tall and made of bronze, but it seems that's what has happened in a park located in the Mid-City neighborhood of Carthay Circle. more ›

Spotted on Sunset Blvd. west of Crescent Heights more ›

Greek food. Its fresh, cool Mediterranean flavors are exactly the kind of thing I crave on a hot July day. But man is it hard to find some good, authentic Greek food in LA. Sure there’s Daphne’s right by my house, but that’s about as authentic to Greek food as Baja Fresh is to Mexican. So where can one go for a fun, flavorful midsummer night’s Greek meal? The answer is simple: Sofi. Sofi... more ›

Let’s be real. Finding good Indian food in LA is kind of like finding good Mexican food north of LA. You all have that friend from some Midwest town, who swears that King Taco has nothing on the burritos he knows back home, where the closest he’s had to a Mexican experience is watching Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy. No matter what ethnic fare strikes your own palette, you’ll inevitably suffer through at least... more ›

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Here's an opportunity you don't find every day: Gentlemen*, rev your chest hair! Monday the DVD release of 40-Year-Old Virgin is being celebrated with a chest waxing contest. It's at Burke Williams at Sunset and Crescent Heights on Monday the 12th -- bring your chest in all its glory at 6am to enter. Universal tells us they'll award "a major grand prize" to Los Angeles' hairiest chest. But if you've got the best waxing scream or personality, you won't walk away empty-handed. Plus, All chest waxing will be done with eco-friendly Aveda products, and Miki Mia, the movie's waxing lady, will be there to relive her star turn. more ›

Speaking of CPK, California Pizza Kitchen opened a brand new location at Sunset and Crescent Heights late last month. After a week or so to work out the kinks and get into a groove, the grand opening activities start this week. The major part of this is that 100% of sales in the Sunset Blvd. CPK this week will be donated to AIDS Project Los Angeles. more ›

LAist has noticed lately that all types of publications bend over backwards to tell you about the Best of this and the best of that, and personally, we're getting a little tired of hearing about it. The reality is this -- if you live in Los Angeles there are more "great places" to go (i.e. restaurants, clubs, bars, malls, et al) that you'll probably never have to waste your time in the bad places. more ›

Today is World AIDS Day, and our community, along with other cities around the world, will mark this day of remembrance in a variety of ways: more ›

Newsflash: Traffic in LA sucks. more ›

This week's installment of Good Grove/Bad Grove was going to focus on the impact the Grove shopping complex at Fairfax and Third has had on other local businesses, and as it turns out, our timing couldn't be more apt. As anyone who attempted to see the exclusive L.A. engagement of She Hate Me this week (anyone?) discovered this past Sunday, the struggling AMC Beverly Connection cinemas breathed their last breath and, without any warning, closed their doors. more ›