This is kind of old news but, hey, we just stumbled on it and went “WEEEEEEE”: Union is having a sale. The La Brea spot is offering lots of discounts to honor Summer and, although they aren’t that cheap, it’s still reason to celebrate. Right? Right.
Speaking of speaking of webseries, the Los Angeles/Korean answer to Jersey Shore is now out. The show caused a bit of a stir when it was announced but it is now here for your consumption online. Enjoy? Enjoy.
In related news (tangentially, in that it is about a local webseries), webseries Mermates has a funny, refreshing holiday special to help you cool down during this hot, hot, hot week. Pretty funny!
FYI, Silver Lakers: just so you know, the neighborhood is the setting for a new LGBT webseries entitled Where The Bears Are, a comedy that claims to be a cross between The Golden Girls and Murder, She Wrote. It promises to be big, hairy, and gay, which you can check out in the two episodes they’ve released thus far.
Thought Pride month was over? Sike: there’s more! October 5 through October 7 is the annual Disneyland “Gay Day” at Anaheim’s Disneyland. The event is to signify community solidarity between LGBT persons and straight allies, who all hang out and ride rides (wearing red!) at the theme park. Fun!
This is a few months away but whatever: musician Rachel Yamagata is coming to Los Angeles on November 20. She’ll be performing at the El Rey, which means it’ll be just great.
Local foodie Frances of The Foodess Files recently tried taco fusion truck Don Chow’s. We had no idea this fusion trend was blowing up so much–check out what she has to say!
Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen: how do you look? Do you need to look better? Have something special coming up? We have something for you: Thursday from 7PM to 10PM at Folklore Salon, A Gentlemen’s Night will be occurring. The event will see clean ups and facials to have you looking your best. There will also be local drinks and goods for you to grab, too. Details after the jump!
Band Django Django recently released their debut album. To celebrate and support the self-titled release, they are touring around and will be visiting LA September 24 at Bardot and September 26 at The Echo. Two chances!
This just in–and quite exciting: Beautiful/Decay is having a one night art auction to benefit Los Angeles art students. The community based project intends to “support the next generation of emerging artists” by showcasing works that will be up for grabs. The event is taking place August 25 at Mark Moore Gallery with the help of Arches Paper, Rembrandt Oil, and Dick Blick (who donated $1500 toward the grant). There will also be gift bags for the first 100 people who buy tickets to the event!
While perusing KCET’s always fabulous and always informative Food section, we read a story about a little buying app that seeks to help you sidestep the shit of corporate greed through technology. It’s called Buycott and the idea is to give you–the consumer–the power to make informed purchases that aren’t somehow supporting a cause you are against. It gives us the chance to stick our money where shitty people can’t find it and, hopefully, cause some change in the world. It all started from Angeleno Ivan Pardo, too.
While West last weekend for the Quadron show, we were wondering where some good places to get a bite in Little Osaka were. We sent out a Tweet to get some suggestions and we received a resounding response pushing for a visit to one place: Plan Check. The place has been buzzed about since it opened a little over a year ago and was on everyone’s list of “places to eat right now.” Taking the advice of everyone and their mother, we stopped in to the no reservation restaurant around 9:30PM on a Friday night and had one of the best and worst dining experiences in the city.
Galleries are wonderful places to meet up with friends, lovers or both. Or find new ones. Private Views are full of beautifully romantic people, looking longingly at the art and considering (if one has the means) whether to purchase or indulging in flights of fancy, gazing into the photographic print with its promise of another life.
Fahey/Klein has been inspiring both collectors and dreamers since 1986 and has exhibited work from such luminaries across the spectrum in fashion, fine art and reportage photography as Berenice Abbott, Ellen Von Unwerth, Helmut Newton, Man Ray, Irving Penn, Horst P. Horst, Herb Ritts and photojournalist, James Nachtwey. The gallery has over 8000 photographs in stock, an incredible (and discreet) database of international collectors and changes its exhibition space for a new two-person show every five weeks.
Who would have thought that the landscape of water would have gotten so complicated? There are now little things you can squirt into water and all sorts of types of flavored waters and, in general, thousands of brands that sell more and more refined versions of the omnipresent beverage: there’s so much water! What happens when Lady Gaga’s manager and Terry Richardson want to make water: what does that look like? Well, you get something like POPwater, a bubbly and sweet-then-still entry into the water world. It’s a curious “new” type of water that is being targeted at Los Angeles. Let’s see what it’s all about.
Some things are cute and there’s no other description for it: it is just cute. This is by no means a bad thing because being cute is one of the best things in the world to be. Coco et Pompon know cute and they know how to make things in this way without it being too silly or too childish or too niche. The duo of makers make ceramic sculptures and recycled wood objects that both inform each other. They feel like little characters that you may find hiding out in the brush of a hiking trail, little friends who don’t do anything else but be adorable.
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