Los Angeles Thread #8: Strong and Prouty

LA (Silverlake and environs) map with movie names replacing street names. Kind of cute.

http://www.wearedorothy.com/shop/film-map-original-open-edition

Use the next arrow to get closer views.

I like the bar at Colombo's

"hi five"

as an nj transplant, this thrills me:

http://laist.com/2012/07/27/ritas_italian_ice_to_serve_santa_monica.php

...but what i'm REALLY thrilled by is extended weekend subway hours!!!

anyone going to the G.L.O.W. documentary on 8/21?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy2BLHsip6E&feature=player_embedded

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'.)

sorry, it's called jabal lebnan, with a b.

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.

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.

will check out that lebanese place. will report back

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)

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

Mariscos Jalisco is really incredible.

I'd almost disqualify it as a taco though.

we were so confused by it! how do you get shrimp to taste like that??

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

when are they gonna lock these turnstiles??

hope never

can't remember the last time I bought a ticket

we were so confused by it! how do you get shrimp to taste like that??

Not sure! Is it cheese in there with the shrimp? Like maybe melted cotija or something?

rofl cafe

http://la.eater.com/archives/2012/08/13/bright_and_clean_meet_rofl_cafe_on_melrose.php

did they consult this thread for decorating tips

LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE.

hai

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.

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!

faust at redcat in october.

http://www.redcat.org/event/faust

yo

and Cecil Taylor

Also David Byrne is doing Aloud! which could be interesting.

on the show tip, dieter moebius is playing w/ negativland in a few weeks

laurie anderson at UCLA in october too

Also Angel City Jazz festival has Archie Shepp and Bill Frisell/Bill Morrison

the wulf is hosting some cool-looking performances starting next week, too

^^

human resources has been killing it w/ the noise shows lately hope they keep it up

on the show tip, dieter moebius is playing w/ negativland in a few weeks

oooh

were you at the kevin greenspon/ezra buchla thing a few weeks back? xp

he was on the bill at super tetricide @ home room, but we didn't stick around. the opening bands were painful.

http://www.sassas.org/sound/2012/august.shtml

this looks cool, basinski live

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?

she's not going to find victorians in l.a., but she should look at silver lake or los feliz for craftsman-style bungalows.

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.

echo park has some nice bungalows too

+ 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.

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.

How about Mt. Washington/Lincoln Heights/South Pasadena area? Basically anything along the Gold LIne that makes her commute easier.

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