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Gamble House Free!

Along with the Police Historical Museum.  I went on this day last year – great fun!  We took mugshots at the police museum and ate free hot dogs there.   :0)

From Pasadena Now:

Free Admission Event: “Museums of the Arroyo Day”  Six museums in Los Angeles and Pasadena [...]

Eat for Pennies

Hop Li in Arcadia is currently running a $1.38 dim sum promotion (Monday through Friday) celebrating its 4th anniversary. Hop Li is one of my favorite dim sum places because there’s usually no line.  I hate waiting in line for dim sum.  Sure, you might think the no line is a bad sign but it’s [...]

BBQ for $5 at Whole Foods

Can a cheap meal be had at Whole Foods?  As I get to know its second floor eating area better, I think I can say….Yes.  The breakfasts, tacos, and Middle Eastern food all seemed reasonably priced.  Then I saw this on WF’s (Arroyo Parkway location) calendar:

Saturday March 21st and Sunday 22nd

Whole Lotta BBQ! [...]

Samurai Robots report to the dance floor

The Pacific Asia Museum is hosting a free family day this Saturday, March 14, 2009, from 12 – 4 pm.   The exhibit is "The Samurai Re-Imagined: From Ukiyo to Anime" and features samurai, manga comics, armor, and robots.   The day includes free admission to the galleries plus crafts, performances, demonstrations, and more fun.

Also part of [...]

A Winter Ball

826LA, a non-profit writing and tutoring center, is having its First Annual Winter Ball on Saturday, February 14, 2009, from 9 pm to 2 am, at the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.  Though the day is Valentine’s, the invite stresses this is not a VD-themed event.  Singles are welcome.  The $30 admission (in advance; [...]

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 [...]

Sketch Book Society – free!

Just got this from my Nucleus email newsletter:

Nucleus Sketch Book Society Sessions Every Wednesday | 6:00PM – 9:00PM

The Sketch Book Society is an informal club for professional and aspiring artists to gather, share, draw, and inspire one another. Hang out and meet local artists in a [...]

How to look at art without feeling inferior

What a great title!   LACMA is hosting a free lecture on looking at art.  Here’s its blurb:

"Milton Esterow, editor and publisher of ARTnews, talks about the international art scene, the art market, art journalism, art criticism, and changes in taste and fashion, followed by questions from the audience. Born in New York City, Esterow was [...]

Riverside Dickens Festival

 

The Riverside Dickens Festival is this weekend, February 6-8, 2009.  Have tea with Queen Victoria, enjoy a Victorian Era fashion show, performances, and much more.

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 [...]