Elise Thompson

Here is our handy dandy guide to finding your car tomorrow morning when you wake up covered in green glitter wearing a stranger's golf shoes with nothing but a smudged taxi receipt in your pocket. Now here's the fun part. Anyone can edit this map. And that means you. Did we miss your favorite Irish watering hole? Does one of the bars on the map totally suck? You have the power.

Scottish expat Mark Day has made his name as a comedian posting clips on MySpace and Youtube. Here he clears up the confusion regarding England and Scotland, A-list celebrities and Catholic saints, as well as geography and war. Try not to notice the spot on the wall behind his head. Just ignore it. It's driving you insane now, isn't it?...

This post is in no way meant to malign corned beef and cabbage, which is actually really good when made properly. But it's always nice to try something new. Last year the Beef Braised in Guinness went over well. This year we are here to bring you even more Irishy goodness. Irish coddle, also known as Dublin Coddle is a pork-based stew with - surprise - potatoes! This recipe is a combination of various...

No one really likes green beer or Shamrock Shakes. And corned beef and cabbage is iffy at best. Luckily Yummy Cupcakes has brought back their Guinness cupcakes this year, available today and tomorrow at both store locations, in Burbank and in Santa Monica. The Guinness is added with a light hand, so the mild cake tastes mostly of buttermilk, cocoa and brown sugar. The glazed topping holds the strongest taste of ale, topped with...

Yesterday The House of Blues on Sunset was host to a press conference with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. The trio, known as both Spinal Tap and The Folksmen, announced their upcoming Unwigged & Unplugged tour and offered a little taste of what to expect. For the upcoming shows, the musicians come "out from behind the hair, the facial hair, and the absence of hair" to perform songs including hits from Spinal Tap...

Earlier this month The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences held its annual luncheon for the Oscar nominees at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. LAist was there in the interview room while nominees such as Penelope Cruz. Mickey Rourke and Kate Winslet fielded questions from the press. In our first round of interviews, we heard from Richard Jenkins, Kate Winslet, Frank Langella, Robert Downey Jr. and Taraji P Henson. Today we feature...

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At first glance, VH1'a Sober House, like its predecessor, Celebrity Rehab, appears to be exploitative reality TV at it's worst -- stars hitting their bottoms and relapsing, going on drama-fueled drug binges. But there are moments on Sober House that are not only real and touching, they are even cathartic. In the most recent episode with Rodney King, the moment is downright historic. In this clip King revisits the site of his infamous beating. He...

Just in time for Valentine's day, Paperwhite Studio, which is run by Laureen Moyal and Yuliya Gorlovetsky, presents I Love You More Than..., an online project to determine how we calibrate love. According to the website: “i love you more than ‘blank’. ” is a little project with a big heart. We believe that you can never really evaluate the value of something unless you measure it up to something else, so we wanted...

Photo by tkksummers via Flickr To Live and Eat in LA celebrates the new vegan options at Trails Cafe in Griffith Park in Happy Trails to You! A Forest of Vegan Goodies. Especially exciting are the savory vegan pie, made-from-scratch cornbread and chili. Gridskipper coins the phrase No Frills Watering Holes which sounds much classier than "dive bars". There are some of the usual favorites on their uber-cool map. We have spent many a...