Pinot Bistro, Petrossian, Spa Week, Sophia Bastian
Food and fun expert Mar Yvette features Pinot Bistro, Petrossian, Spa Week and Sophia Bastian on the Good Day LA show (04/07/2011).
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Puppy Love: Kogi, Woofs & Drinks
Forget the bad weather. Bring some sunshine to a dog's life this Saturday, April 9 at Barrington Dog Park from 11am-3pm. The free, family-friendly event will have the famed Kogi truck on board, games for all animals, picture-taking from Hollywood Photo Booth, pampering by Town & Country Pet Grooming, delicious drinks, cupcakes, and a whole lot more
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Nose to Tail: Meet Your Meat
Ladies and gentlemen of the meat-eating sort, listen up: After much ballyhoo announcing the "highly anticipated" arrival of Lindy & Grundy Meats (it even got written up in the New York Times back in January, for pork's sake), the organic butcher shop finally opened its doors on Tuesday, April 5.
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Souki Souki Now!
Think global, shop local. That's the overriding theme of the Indagare Souk, an all-day pop-up shop that's coming to LA on April 12 and 13 at The Peninsula Beverly Hills. The souk promises one-of-a-kind items from around the world and, even better, the sales support businesses that are giving back or building sustainable business in local communities.
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Listen Up: Sophia Bastian
She's a little bit Nina Simone, a little bit Bob Marley, and a whole lot of talent. I had never heard of Sophia Bastian until earlier today (hey, she's only been in LA for five weeks, gimme a break), but the self-proclaimed “Jazz School Dropout” knows how to make you take notice. Watch a live performance on "Good Day LA" this Thursday @ 9am!
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It’s All Good in Our ‘Hood
Be good. Do good. Eat good. Drink good. Sound good? The folks at GOOD Magazine are launching GOOD Local, an initiative to create active and real (not just virtual) communities around the country and the party's in LA April 8-April 10. Think urban adventures, hack-a-thons, clothes swaps, and even a book club meeting on the 7th Street overpass above the 110 freeway!
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Black Swan Drag Queens, Truckit Fest, Moulin Rouge
Food and fun expert Mar Yvette features the Black Swan Experience, Aesthetic Edge Medispa, TruckIt Fest, and For The Record: Baz Luhrmann on the Good Day LA show (03/31/2011).
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Hey, Little Chefs
Got kids? If you do and also fancy yourself a bit of a chef, you might want to check out the Little Chefs Cooking Class at Pinot Bistro on Saturday, April 9. Chef Steven Mary will lead parent and child through an interactive class that'll encourage eating more veggies and fruits by creating dishes that include these tasty, healthy ingredients. Vegetable ravioli and fruit tarts? Yes, please.
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Black Swan: Are You Experienced?
Perfectly timed with the DVD movie release and all the brouhaha surrounding Natalie "She Didn't Really Do Her Own Dancing" Portman, the "Black Swan Experience" is just the kind of thing I love. Call it theater of the absurd. Think drag queens, nail kits, and crazy fans screaming at the screen.
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LA Area Restaurants Helping Japan
Food and fun expert Mar Yvette features restaurants donating proceeds to the Red Cross for Japan relief, including Haven Gastropub, Typhoon, Koi, and Cube Cafe on the Good Day LA show (03/25/2011).
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Art Party: White Knows Color
I'm no art critic, but I know when I like something, and artist Christopher Jules White's richly hued, visually multi-textural, Hockney-esque photo collages are just the kind of thing that remind me not all contemporary art is graffiti and debris.
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Work It: Free Yoga & Mashups
Don't get it twisted, sister. Unless, of course, you're a yoga warrior and that's your thing. On Friday, April 1, Chakra 5 Yoga Studio is celebrating its grand opening on Melrose with a night of world-beat, dance trance mashups by Globesonic DJ Alsultany, edible treats by Large Marge Sustainables, and FREE CLASSES ALL DAY on Saturday, April 2.
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Supercali Fragilistic…
...expialidocious! If you can spell that, then you should consider not only seeing, but participating in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," the Tony Award winning musical that's now at the Morgan-Wixson Theater until Saturday, April 9.
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It’s a Downtown Clustertruck!
If you like a good clustertruck, you're gonna love the TruckIt Fest going on Sunday, April 3 (and every first Sunday of the month) at Union Station. The landmark location is the new home to this monthly event featuring over 35 LA food trucks, 200 local designers and vendors, live bands, DJs and, of course, face stuffing.
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Dirty Dancing in NoHo
Want to be seduced? Yeah, you and everybody else. Good news: You just might get what you want when you check out "Relationship Remix," the latest show by the Joseph Allen Decker Company, that eye-popping troupe of movers and shakers who aren't afraid to delve into the world of sexual taboos, torn psyches, and complex relationships.
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St. Patrick’s Day Fun, Japan Relief
Food and fun expert Mar Yvette features Angel City Derby Girls, Claddagh Irish Dancers, Pink's Hot Dogs, Bliss Spa, Takami Sushi & Robata and the Satin Dollz on the Good Day LA show (03/17/2011).
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Up in Your Grille
Like wine much? Care about ending childhood hunger? Good. Thought so. Head over to The Capital Grille beginning Monday, March 21, for their annual Artist Series Wine Event that gives you a taste of an exclusive, limited-production Napa Cabernet Sauvignon and raises money for Share Our Strength, a non-profit committed to ending childhood hunger in America.
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Eat Your Medicine
Red alert! I finally made it to Red Medicine, the ruckus-rousing restaurant that opened in December 2010 and famously ousted LA Times food critic S. Irene What's Her Name by posting her photo online and declaring that she's not welcome at the restaurant. Not that Red Medicine needed any such antics. Not with Jordan Kahn in the kitchen.
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Whip It: Angel City Derby
Have you heard? Culver City is the new home of Women’s Roller Derby and the Angel City Derby Girls are marking their territory with Rush Street as the official sponsor venue for all pre- and post-bout action. $20 bottomless Bloody Mary bar? Meet & greets? Plenty of eats? Yes, yes, and yes.
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Eat Sushi, Help Japan
We've heard of "all you can eat" sushi, but this is one instance where eating all you can really should be encouraged. In an unprecedented move, Takami Sushi & Robata in Downtown LA is donating 100% of all profits (yes, as in 100%) to the Red Cross Japanese Relief Fund.
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Mix It Up @ Les Deux
Looking to mix a little business with pleasure? Of course you are. And now that Les Deux has reimagined itself as a pretension-free gastropub, you might actually want to stop by on the second & fourth Thursday of every month for “Mixed Business," a bi-monthly DJ series with KCRW’s Dan Wilcox.
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Yo… Get to Steppin’!
Thump, clap, stomp. Repeat. Feel that? Oh yeah, that's the rhythm of Step Afrika, the "no instruments, just body parts" dance troupe that travels around the world with their intricately catchy rhythms and sounds that come from nothing more than footsteps, claps and spoken word. And now you can catch these guys and girls up close & personal when they step on the stage Friday, March 11 in Pasadena.
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Hot New Pick: Nail Garden
Okay, I know what you're thinking. "Another nail salon? Girl, puh-leez! There are a hundred of 'em on every corner." That may be true, but are you willing to lose a finger to fungus or marinate your precious toes in bacteria-filled water? Yeah, didn't think so. Now you don't have to worry thanks to Nail Garden.*BONUS* If you go in and tell them you heard about Nail Garden on Marpop you’ll get 15% off your service!
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Bale Folclorico
And you thought Carnaval was your last chance to see barely-dressed Brazilians shaking it up right before your eyes. Oh ye of little faith. Bale Folclorico de Bahia is ready to give audiences a jolt with "Sacred Heritage," a primal mix of Bahian folkloric dance, eye-popping acrobatics, capoeira stunts and Carnaval-inspired dances that blend the ancient and the contemporary.
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