Entries from LAist tagged with 'onjuly'
July 29, 2007
While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a......
Continue Reading "This Week in the World of -Ist"July 6, 2007
Amoeba Music announced this week that the first 150 people to purchase Spoon's new release, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, on July 10 will receive admission to a "secret show" by the band on July 16. Though it's hard to imagine the show being much of a secret after the attention Amoeba Hollywood has received since last week's free Paul McCartney show, it continues to cement their reputation as one of the coolest record......
Continue Reading "Spoon to Play Secret Show in LA on July 16"July 11, 2006
Though we don't necessarily love fatty fowl liver and absinthe, the idea of chef Robert Gadsby's Outlaw Dinner is appealing simply because of controversy. We love controversy. On July 27th, Chef Gadsby will present a seven-course dinner at his downtown LA restaurant Noe in the Omni Hotel featuring foods that are a little bit, well, taboo. The menu is inspired by recent attacks on delicacies like fois gras, morel mushrooms, absinthe, hemp seeds, and......
Continue Reading "Dining underground at an Outlaw Dinner"July 21, 2005
You might be an old hand at Texas Hold 'Em, have memorized Phil Gordon’s poker tips and scored big in Vegas. So what? You’ve never taken down a champion. Now’s your chance — in Koreatown. On July 22, you can go mano-á-mano with Tuan Le, the 27-year old World Poker Tour Champion of no-limit Texas Hold 'Em, for just a $50 buy-in. Last tournament he played, he walked away with more than $4 million.......
Continue Reading "Take Me to the River"July 13, 2005
Tomorrow is Bastille Day, and even though we're thousands of miles from France, we're feeling all warm and frenchy with the addition of Parisist to our family, and are ready to say "Vive La France!" LA style. We could always take an all-American and classic Angeleno approach, and celebrate with a picnic (with Brie, French bread, some chocolate, and plenty of French wine, bien sur) and a show at the Hollywood Bowl. Tomorrow night's......
Continue Reading "French Foodies Fete Bastille Day in LA"