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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 [...]

Fair skin warning for Friday – Red Alert!

From the LATIMES:

Wear your sunscreen Friday, weather experts warn
2:35 PM | June 18, 2009

People with fair or light skin should be careful if they’re out and about Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

At around noon, the Los Angeles area will reach an ultraviolet index level of 11, which is classified as a [...]

A Half Mile of Al Fresco Installations, sculptures and performances

On the trail of A Half Mile of Al Fresco Installations, sculptures and performances
This sounds great!  I love New Town’s installations.  June 6 – 7, 2009.  Free.

Visit Pompeii for Free!

Ever since I was little, the story of Pompeii intrigued and haunted me

From LACMA’s email newsletter:

Special Offer: Free Admission to Pompeii and the Roman Villa

 

LACMA is pleased to offer one day of totally free access—June 9—to its blockbuster exhibition Pompeii and the Roman Villa and the entire museum!

KCRW [...]

6 word memoir

This is fun. Write your memoir in 6 words.

http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/

Make a Coffee Cup

This sounds intriguing, got it off a listserv.  Also, could be a fun cheap date/recession fun outing -

" The Coffee Cup Collective is a project sited at the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock and Swork for the Intersections 2009 exhibition. The production phase of the project introduces participants to ceramic reproduction methods with the [...]

The tide is high

We visited Lechuza Beach over the Memorial Day weekend, arriving right when the tide was pretty high – after sunset but still light out – so we couldn’t walk onto the beach.  Still, it was very cool.  Look how close the water comes to the stairs.  It was as if these stairs led straight to [...]

Missing Cat in South Pas

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 [...]

A Change of Heart: Fresh and Easy

I’ve become a fan of the store.  I know I pooh-poohed it in other posts, but now I have become a fan of the artisan sourdough wheat bread (it toasts quite well) and the super-fast checkouts.  I have never stood in line there.  I just walk right on up to one of the atm-like check [...]