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Summer starts today! Hollywood Bowl without the Bowl

Tonight kicks off the Levitt Pavilion’s free outdoor concert series in Pasadena.  http://www.levittpavilionpasadena.org/summer-calendar-2009.html

And this Friday begins Free Shakespeare in Barnsdall Park. http://www.independentshakespeare.com/box-office/box-office.html

You can picnic at both of these places.  When I first started this blog, I was majorly enamored by both these events and wrote about them here and here.  The Levitt Pasadena is [...]

This looks tasty!

Indian sandwiches or naanwiches!  I’ll have to stop by this place next time I’m in the Miracle Mile.  I read about this on EatingLA.com.  I tried to do a direct link to her post about the Cowboys & Turbans restaurant but I couldn’t figure out how to do it.  Cowboys and Turbans serves Indian street [...]

Is Bollywood coming to Hollywood?

This CNN article says it’s not.  Well, we’ll see.  Last night’s Academy Awards was pleasantly India-dominated.  I enjoyed seeing the Indian song and dance numbers from Slumdog Millionaire, and hearing the speeches of the Indian winners which seemed to be less self-centered than the speeches of others. Jai Ho!  Indian Composer A.R. Rahman has made [...]

Shopping in Little India

The LATimes recently ran a story about shopping in Little India (Artesia) with Slumdog Millionaire Actress Freida Pinto.  Click here for her finds.  I’ll have to check out this Cottage Art place next time I’m down there.

A Valentine’s Day Suggestion

 

Take your date to see "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi," Shahrukh Khan’s latest Bollywood romantic comedy offering.  It’s playing at the Naz 8 in Artesia.  The movie is about an older man who has an arranged marriage with a younger woman (who has a tragic back story), and how he tries to woo her by [...]

14 days of fun

Much media attention lately has been focused on budget ways to have fun and get by.  Take at look at this LA Times series of well-known designers, such as Philippe Starck, shopping at Big Lots and coming up with great looks:

Starck and the other designers emphasize finding simple and basic items and steering clear [...]

I need a kid for this

From the Pacific Asia Museum: 

Sunday September 28, 11:00am-5:00pm Free Family Day – [...]

I heart the Goodwill / Govinda’s

I read somewhere that one way to be environmentally conscious is to buy recycled clothes, as in thrift store shopping. Could me boycotting The Gap really make that much of a difference?  For the past week, I have been looking for inexpensive, thin, 100% cotton, long sleeved shirts for traveling to India.  I scoured many [...]

The Unforgettable Tour

On July 26, 2008, the first family of Indian Cinema (the Bachchans), Preity Zinta, Madhuri Dixit and more Bollywood superstars come to Los Angeles for a song and dance concert.  Wow!  Tickets start at $59 and the show starts at 7:30 pm, at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. 

Tour website: www.theunforgettabletour.com

Tickets: www.superentertainmentinc.com

This tour will undoubtedly [...]

Luggage Quest

All’s been quiet on the blog front lately as I have been getting ready for a trip to India next month.  Yep, next month, I’ll be traveling up and down India, having all my Bollywood dreams come true.  Right, not quite, but still I’m sure I’ll have lots of exciting new adventures to share.  So, [...]