I was in Vegas last weekend, as anyone who follows me on Twitter or Instagram knows. I really, really love Vegas, as anyone who knows me knows. Behind the opulence and drunkenness and overall fakery, it’s a city of obscure holes-in-the-wall and surprising secrets. That, …
The City Prolific is a round-up of fun, cheap, social events around Los Angeles. I keep the list affordable, usually only posting events that are $10 or less. However, I will now start adding theatre events. These are usually more than $10, sometimes going up …
Summer is coming, can you feel it? SATURDAY, APRIL 27River Bike + Walk Spectacular This is such a good idea! The wonderful folks of the L.A. River Revitalization Corporation have combined a day of exploring one of L.A.’s greatest treasures by bicycle with an outdoor …
Apologies for how late I’m getting to this. I was running a marathon. The Salt Lake City Marathon, actually, 26.2 miles through my homeland. At mile 20 I thought I might die. Then, at mile 23, when it started to hail really hard, I thought …
The cherry trees and jacaranda’s are a blossom, as we near summer in LA: the season of outdoor festivals and screenings. This weekend’s events are a little taste of what’s to come. Most everyone’s at Coachella this weekend, but I for one am glad I’m …
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I haven’t been doing much lately, other than exploring my new ‘hood, (and admiring its old facades like that above), doing homework, and training for a marathon. But there’s some fun stuff around town that you ought to go do. SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Tolkien Reading …
It is colder in Culver City than Hollywood, and less sunny, generally. I take the bus and the train in the mornings, and as I travel, I feel the degrees falling away, see the fog hanging down. Downtown Culver City bustles with pedestrians. People walking …
SATURDAY, MARCH 16Public Star Party Join a bunch of other astronomical nerds, including the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers at the Griffith Observatory to look at the sun, moon, visible planets, and other objects, to try out a variety of …
My old apartment was half a mile from the Hollywood/Western station. My new house is over one and a half miles from the Vermont/Beverly station. Too far to walk for a typical commute, but I will not be unfazed. For my commute to Culver City, …