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Photo of Ms Connecticut & Wisconsin from our #1 Recommended post this week, a photo essay from LA Pride by Tom Andrews
So here are this week's top posts, as endorsed by you via the recommend feature, or as indicated by the level of talk going on in the comments:
Most Commented
Win Tickets to Rilo Kiley @ Greek Theatre, June 18 Oh, hey, yeah, guess what? We did a contest this week. And the contest asked for comments left on the post. So, uh, are we at all surprised this wins our "Most Commented" slot of the week? I think not. [Winners to be revealed soon!]
LAst Night's Action: Suck Oh Lakers! What are you doing to your fans? Sports Editor Jimmy Bramlett says it most eloquently in his Game 4 recap: "Objectively speaking, the Lakers are pathetic and pitiful. The 21-point lead they had at the end of the first quarter was the largest in NBA Finals history. They led by 20 points in the third quarter. Then they choked like they were sucking on a 13" dick. In the third quarter they took everything good they did in the first half and flushed it down the toilet."
BBC Buys Marijuana in LA: 'This place is like Amsterdam' So this reporter walks into a clinic... Dr. Do of the Valley proves he is worth his name, as he seems to have a "can do!" approach to writing scrip for medical Mary Jane.
Video of the Day: Brawl Breaks Out at Staples Center More Lakers-related mayhem and brouhaha: When fandom turns ugly.
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Portraits of Pride: LA Celebrates Equality Shiny, happy people celebrating LA Pride in the streets of WeHo at last weekend's annual festivities.
Gordon Ramsay at the London: A How-to Guide A 7-Step Program for Ramsay-aholics (who may or may not have latent curiosity about who will win Hell's Kitchen and what the hell they'll be doing in affiliation with Ramsay's debut LA eatery at the revamped London West Hollywood (aka the BelAge Hotel). If you can brave the "funeral parlour meets ice cream parlour decor" you might brave eating the duck tongues.
LAist Interview: Janelle Brown, Author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything Brown fielded questions from LAist Books Editor Callie Miller ahead of a reading for her debut novel, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. The Bay Area-to-LA transplant dishes on her favorite LA restaurants, authors, and things to do around town.
