Entries from LAist tagged with 'wakeup'
March 11, 2008
If you used to "Wake Up, San Francisco" but now wake up to a whole new reality, Bob Saget is still your man. This weekend Saget gave the most outrageous stand-up performance I've ever seen. While most people now realize that he works blue, it's impossible to capture just how dirty his comedy gets. Saget flew on stage with a mile-a-minute routine. He opened by using the mike as a phallace, and that was......
Continue Reading "Bob Saget Might Blow You(r mind)"February 26, 2008
If you've been enjoying our Wake Up LA: Breakfast Series this month, you're sure to be excited about the latest restaurant opening up in Hollywood: The Waffle. This new comfort-food "hipster" diner, with a menu by chef Scooter Kanfer-Cartmill, is already receiving fairly positive reviews only a few days in. It's open 22 hours a day on weekends (convenient for the Cahuenga party-goer), serving up a hearty diner menu that is, yes, heavy on......
Continue Reading "More Great Breakfast News: The Waffle Opens in Hollywood"February 25, 2008
Photo by Beth Kopley in her LAist review of Square One Dining That's at least according to Details magazine's March issue which hits stands this week. In a list of top breakfast spots in large cities around the country, they give major kudos to Square One Dining, which also happens to be a favorite of LAist's.This spare storefront with apricot-colored walls is where Robert Lee and Hayden Ramsey, both alums of top-notch kitchens, lavish......
Continue Reading "Square One Wins Best Breakfast Spot in LA"February 20, 2008
Photo by karynsig via Flickr This month at LAist, we've been covering breakfast in our Wake Up LA series helping you explore new morning nosh options. On Saturday, there's a one-time breakfast event that we highly encourage you to attend -- one that continues the spirit of giving that exemplifies a man who gave his life for the people of this city. In honor of fallen LAPD SWAT member Randall Simmons, from 7:00 to......
Continue Reading "Pancakes for SWAT"February 18, 2008
Today's holiday is a Federal one, so that means government offices, from city to county to state and beyond, are closed. Same goes for banks and public schools. No mail being delivered either. However, trash and public transportation in Los Angeles will be running as usual says the Daily News in their Presidents Day schedule. If you're one of the blessed and have the day off, there are many fun things to do. Here are......
Continue Reading "It's Presidents Day..."February 1, 2008
What are your favorite breakfast spots in Los Angeles? Who's got the best cup of coffee? The yummiest pancakes? The thickest slabs of bacon? Who's overrated and who's overlooked? We're determined to find out -- so wake up with us, won't you? Enjoy L.A.'s Best Breakfasts!!!...
Continue Reading "Wake Up LA: LAist Eats Breakfast "July 12, 2007
LOGO, the nation's first (and only) openly gay television network, is set to host the next Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles on August 9. The moderators will include Joe Solmonese, the president of Human Rights Campaign, and Melissa Etheridge, the Academy Award (for her rendition of An Inconvenient Truth's "I Need to Wake Up") and two-time Grammy Award-winning rock musician and prominent gay rights activist. So what specific topics will be on the......
Continue Reading "LOGO to Host Next (Fabulous) Democratic Presidential Debate"May 9, 2007
Tonight in Rock in LA - Joseph Arthur, Sage Francis, Wolfmother, Kristin Hersh, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Joseph Arthur, Stars of Track & Field @ Roxy Wolfmother @ Grove of Anaheim Sage Francis @ Amoeba (7pm) Kristin Hersh @ El Rey Bone Thugs-n-Harmony @ House of Blues Mother Mother @ Spaceland Grace Potter & the Nocturnals @ The Troubadour That Noise, Kingsize, The Silence @ Viper Room Bury Your Dead, Suicide SIlence @ The Whisky The Alternate Routes, The Matt Ellis Band @ The Hotel Cafe She's Your Sister, The Waking......
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