I like the bar at Colombo's
― buzza, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
"hi five"
― gygax! II: pornograffitti (admrl), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
as an nj transplant, this thrills me:
http://laist.com/2012/07/27/ritas_italian_ice_to_serve_santa_monica.php
― moesha my reflection (donna rouge), Friday, 27 July 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
...but what i'm REALLY thrilled by is extended weekend subway hours!!!
― moesha my reflection (donna rouge), Saturday, 28 July 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
anyone going to the G.L.O.W. documentary on 8/21?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy2BLHsip6E&feature=player_embedded
― bajafreshnu orchestra (get bent), Monday, 30 July 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
zero of the signified got a tip from a friend about a great lebanese place in sun valley called jalal lebnan. we went tonight and said friend's recommendation checks out -- great shawarma, decent hummus, some nicely executed falafel that the owner threw in on the house. we were the only people in there on a saturday night, so you should go! they need customers!
(i know most of you live nowhere near sun valley. just sayin'.)
― Team GB (get bent), Sunday, 5 August 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, it's called jabal lebnan, with a b.
― Team GB (get bent), Sunday, 5 August 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
Have you been to Mantee in Studio City, and if so how does it compare? I like Mantee, but likely not as cheap as your find.
― nickn, Sunday, 5 August 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
no, but i know about it. i'd like to go sometime. it's across from my ralph's! jonathan gold said the salads were very good.
― Team GB (get bent), Sunday, 5 August 2012 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
will check out that lebanese place. will report back
― Cunga, Monday, 6 August 2012 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
i have a food writer pal in town and at the behest of a local food enthusiast she knows we went on an insane taco crawl today:
mariscos jalisco truck in boyle heights (best shrimp taco i've ever had)mercado olympic (we had a bunch of things here - tacos en canasta, lamb tacos, some samples of pulque and techape, squash blossom enchiladas, this dish that's basically a bunch of different fruits and chile mangos and pork skin served in a bowl with chile powder over everything, pork rinds, horchata)ricky's fish tacos (fish taco and jamaica)guelaguetza in koreatown (mole sampler, chilaquiles, and i had a shot of del maguey vida)
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 6 August 2012 06:57 (eleven years ago) link
cool local band so many wizards are doing a free show next tuesday (aug 14) at origami in echo park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVAprY3jls&feature=related
― hamlisch kilgour (get bent), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
Mariscos Jalisco is really incredible.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
I'd almost disqualify it as a taco though.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
we were so confused by it! how do you get shrimp to taste like that??
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
now that metro has gone all-TAP and stopped selling paper passes, my wallet won't fill up with these anymore:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7130/7737409054_90d289a315_c.jpg
― hamlisch kilgour (get bent), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
when are they gonna lock these turnstiles??
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
hope never
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
can't remember the last time I bought a ticket
Not sure! Is it cheese in there with the shrimp? Like maybe melted cotija or something?
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
rofl cafe
http://la.eater.com/archives/2012/08/13/bright_and_clean_meet_rofl_cafe_on_melrose.php
― hamlisch kilgour (get bent), Monday, 13 August 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
did they consult this thread for decorating tips
LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE.
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 13 August 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
hai
― gygax! II: pornograffitti (admrl), Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
mariscos jalisco truck in boyle heights (best shrimp taco i've ever had)
Was just out in LA and my son and I had the shrimp tacos and the ceviche tostadas at this truck. Awesome.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 August 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
my roommate had a groupon for honey's kettle fried chicken in culver city and between three of us we polished off $30 worth of chicken, biscuits, green beans, fries, and fried peppers. i recommend!
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 20 August 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
faust at redcat in october.
http://www.redcat.org/event/faust
― ezra kleine nachtmusik (get bent), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
yo
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
and Cecil Taylor
― Aceveda (admrl), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
Also David Byrne is doing Aloud! which could be interesting.
on the show tip, dieter moebius is playing w/ negativland in a few weeks
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
laurie anderson at UCLA in october too
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
Also Angel City Jazz festival has Archie Shepp and Bill Frisell/Bill Morrison
― Aceveda (admrl), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
the wulf is hosting some cool-looking performances starting next week, too
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
^^
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
human resources has been killing it w/ the noise shows lately hope they keep it up
oooh
― ezra kleine nachtmusik (get bent), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
were you at the kevin greenspon/ezra buchla thing a few weeks back? xp
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
he was on the bill at super tetricide @ home room, but we didn't stick around. the opening bands were painful.
― ezra kleine nachtmusik (get bent), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.sassas.org/sound/2012/august.shtml
this looks cool, basinski live
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
My sis is likely moving to l.a. to take a job working downtown. She is considering living (for ease of commute) in silver lake, Los Feliz, or downtown. Any suggestions for her? Part of her wants to live in a little house in silver lake, but another part of her wants to live in a loft downtown (so she can be close to work).
She's moving from San Francisco, where she has a beautiful old Victorian apartment with lots of character and built-ins. Is there anywhere in l.a. where she could find an apartment like that?
― Virginia Plain, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
she's not going to find victorians in l.a., but she should look at silver lake or los feliz for craftsman-style bungalows.
― choom gangnam style (get bent), Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
downtown is great, but it's close to skid row and has a very large homeless presence -- a lot of drugs and mental illness. not the safest place for a woman to be alone after dark.
― choom gangnam style (get bent), Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
echo park has some nice bungalows too
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
+ is close to downtown
Angelino Heights is right next to downtown and has Victorians but it's very small and more houses than rentals but I feel I have seen a few apartment listings. You would need a car imo because it is sort of isolated.
― buzza, Sunday, 26 August 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for the advice ... I most see her in a little house in silver lake or Los Feliz, but she seems to think that living downtown for a year while getting the lay of the land might be a good idea. Is echo park safe(r) than downtown? She seems to think it might be a bit dicey?
If it was up to me, I think I would live in an old 1920s era Spanish/Moorish-style apartment court in Hollywood. You know, like, the Garden of Allah.
― Virginia Plain, Sunday, 26 August 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
How about Mt. Washington/Lincoln Heights/South Pasadena area? Basically anything along the Gold LIne that makes her commute easier.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 26 August 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
Of course the big question here is how much is she willing to spend on rent.
I wouldn't say echo park is less safe than downtown sorta varies block to block in both areas though the skid row area is truly scary
― buzza, Sunday, 26 August 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ha this is probably typical of Angelino heights aptsYou can live right next to Victorian landmarksCool place tho but LA has become just as overpriced as SF & NYChttp://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/apa/3211953188.html
― buzza, Sunday, 26 August 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link