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UnHipLA is in Chicago again

~~Note – I wrote this a few weeks ago, but am too lazy to change the verbs. ~~

I’m here in Chicago again for my annual June pilgrimage.  Here are some new observations of Chicago (It might help to read my ones from last year to compare.  Also put Chicago into my search box above.):

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Free 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

For listing of free things to do for the 4th, go here:

http://www.freefunguides.com/?page_id=4

Sierra Madre’s 4th activities sound pretty happening!

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 [...]

The Midwest is nice to its children

We saw Up today at the AMC Barrington 30 in South Barrington, Il.  While there, I noticed two flyers for special screenings:

Summer Movie Camp – $1.00 movies, Wednesdays at 10 am for kids.  July 1st will be Madagascar Escape 2.  The money goes to charity. My sister tells me these movie days are a madhouse [...]

What is it about the Midwest?

UnHipLA is in the Midwest now.  There is something Twilight Zone weird about crossing the time zones from the West Coast to here.  I looked at myself in the mirror and I seem to have gained 10 pounds instanteously.  How can this be?  The Midwest makes people fat.  And they smoke a lot here.  I’m [...]

Art festival in a special place

The Pasadena Waldorf School is hosting its second annual Festival of Art on Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10 am to 5 pm.  I’ve been curious about Waldorf schools ever since I read that its students learn how to knit and weave even before writing.  The thinking behind this is if a student knows how to [...]

What’s the difference between an Easter bunny and a real bunny?

Find out on April 4th and 5th, 12 pm – 4 pm, at the Petco in San Gabriel.

 

Petco

7262 N. Rosemead Blvd.

www.mybunny.org

(626) 576 – BUNI

Just don’t let your Easter bunnies wind up here.

Get rid of your E-Waste!

The San Gabriel High School Parent Teacher Student Association wants your electronic waste – old TVs, computers, toner cartridges, mother boards, vcrs…etc.  Check out their flyer on the SGHS website for more details.  Microwaves will be accepted for a $5 fee.  This is a great way to get rid of junk in your home and [...]

More Rabbit

Could the Long Beach bunnies ever reach this rabbit’s 4-foot stature?

Thanks to Super Punch for the link.

Rabbit Planet

M took me to this hilarious place.  Long Beach City College is overrun with rabbits, big, fat, brazen ones who will run up to strangers and beg for food.  

  This one hopped up so fast that he almost knocked into my camera.

At first, I was just so delighted by their cute-ness:

 

 

The rabbit above [...]