Carrie Meathrell

Photo by James Herman via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Some countries shun and abhor the strange and grotesque. Some countries take two-faced babies as a sign from god! Be like India! Worship the two-faced baby! Maybe they'll get some William Carlos Williams and Hart Crane into the mix...Metro is presenting poetry readings during rush hour at Union Station on April 10th. The Maltman Bungalows in Silver Lake get recognition from Architectural...

East Hollywood will transform into Thailand West this Sunday, April 13th, as the Thai community comes together to celebrate Songkran (the Thai New Year) with festivals, parades, and ceremonies all day long (check out the general Thai Festival website here for more info). All along Hollywood Boulevard, from Western to Vermont, vendors and sponsors will be presenting a kaleidoscope of food, crafts, dancers, Thai boxing demonstrations, costume competitions, and even the largest international curry...

As much as we like to give love to LA's many veg-heads, once in a while, you've got to give equal billing to good old meat. "Snout to tail" cuisine, which encourages the use of every single little bit of the animal, has long been a way for us omnivores to practice a more ethical approach to meat-eating. Now you can enjoy a four-course "Head to Tail" menu, along with a lecture on the...

Photo by mpurciel via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Death by blogging? The Gray Lady sounds a warning. The blogosphere ponders the death of the Sunday newspaper. Can the Bourdain regime be overthrown? A Hezbollah Tofu splinter group hits the web. David Greenwald rocked out at Bamboozle Left this weekend. Read his reviews at LATimes' Soundboard blog. Could Ferran Adria be closing his revered temple of molecular gastronomy, El Bulli? (Scroll down...

Photo by Try Hank via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A SWAT standoff in Glassell Park ends peacefully: "About 11:30 a.m., the man who was the object of the search warrant was found hiding in a vehicle outside the home and arrested....The identity of the man, who is in his 40s, was not immediately released." Wherefore the taco trucks? The latest in STUPID legislation: the LA County Board of Supervisers may be...

The folks over at Clementine take their grilled cheese sandwiches very seriously -- so seriously, in fact, that they are celebrating National Grilled Cheese Month (yes, it's a real holiday, not an April Fool's joke) by allowing their customers to vote in a month-long electoral process for the cheese sandwich they most want to eat. Sign me up for the Parmesan party! Clementine's been commemorating Grilled Cheese Month for a few years now (we...

Providence, Michael Cimarusti's culinary temple celebrating the wonders of seafood, has quickly become a byword for exquisite dining in Los Angeles. One can hardly fathom the pleasures of eating wildly creative and delicately presented dishes like razor-clam risotto or sea urchin scrambled eggs, let alone preparing them yourself. But for a lucky few who show up on Sunday, you can take advantage of a private cooking demonstration held by Cimarusti himself in Providence's kitchens...

We've already got medical marijuana vending machines; now a politician is aiming to end prosecution of minor marijuana offenses, in a bill that could have a major impact on the medical marijuana movement in this country. Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank (D) announced on "Real Time With Bill Maher" last week that he will present a bill to Congress that seeks to restrict the federal government's ability to arrest marijuana users: Frank's pending bill seeks...

A very Zen moment: "I bet he is thinking, 'where did I park my car?'" | Photo by hinducow via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Rest in Peace, Mister Egg McMuffin inventor! Now you will not live to see the day when McDonald's food is made up entirely of plastic and high fructose corn syrup. So apparently Mexicans hate emo kids so much that they are now rioting. Somebody please remind Death...

Photo of the Vincent Thomas Bridge by Jonathan Alcom (Sundogg) via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr We've been covering the city's police force a lot lately -- and before you think those officers just sit around eating donuts all day, you should definitely check out the LA Times guide to the Best Eats on the Beats. (Think Mexican food.) In more fun food news, EaterLA gives us the breakdown of Los Angeles...