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Archive for December, 2007

Los Angeles
The real Joan Crawford and family
Long before the Jolie-Pitts or even Mia Farrow made adoption hip, there was a superstar named Joan Crawford who adopted five children and raised them in a mansion in Beverly Hills. Her eldest, Christina wrote a tell all book which was made into one of my favorite movies when [...]

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Los Angeles

What’s one of the best things to happen to Los Angeles in 2007? The Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax started to talk. For those feeling the humbugerie of the holidays like me, I suggest you head out tonight to see A Holy Fucking Shit Christmas Special. Curated by Cinefile Video and featuring a rare [...]

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Los Angeles

Deer House by Elizabeth McGrath
Over the years while living in Los Angeles I’ve come upon Elizabeth McGrath in articles or in passing through myspace profiles. She’s one of those who holds a certain natural mystique and when I look at her, I can’t help but think, “She’s so cute. I want her to be [...]

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Los Angeles

Show this to your children in the morning before you go
Yo! Ho! Ho! This sounded like such a humdinger of an event, I could not pass it up. This weekend is the Malibu Dickens Faire which features a petting zoo, photos with Santa in his castle, the worlds largest elf, [...]

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Los Angeles

Did you know we have a drive-in Downtown LA? I mean sure, it’s not a REAL drive in. But they do play movies outside and you can drive in. The Angel City Drive-In is playing a Christmas Story this Saturday and I’m doing all I can to get there.
Wanna come? Well here are the [...]

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Philadelphia
New York
New Jersey

John Waters performing in a one man show in a bowling alley on the Jersey shore? Are you shitting me? I am sickened. And that’s all that I have to say about that.
$35 presale tickets
$50 for dinner and the show
www.ticketmaster.com
www.dreamlandnews.com

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Los Angeles

Whilst dabbling in Google search on a hunt for designer bingo daubers to purchase as Christmas presents for friends, I came upon one of the most beautiful kitsch items I’ve ever seen. Desperate Mousewives bingo daubers! Oh boy. And the freaky thing is, each dauber is a different Wisteria Lane resident and the caricature [...]

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Los Angeles
That’s me screaming, “I don’t want fat Santaaaaa! I want Hunky Santaaaaa! And take this damn Elton John pin off my scarfffffff!”
I don’t know about your but I thought it was pretty brilliant that the Beverly Center decided to hire a night time Hunky Santa a few years back. I was always stuck with [...]

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Los Angeles

I don’t know about you but I am a sucka for anything that isn’t run of the mill during the holidays. You can have your Santa in the mall, I’ll take Santa in glowing lights on a luxury yacht. Marina Del Rey is hosting it’s annual boat parade this Saturday night with the added [...]

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Los Angeles

Did you know that DD coffee is now available on shelves in California? Yeh? Well did you know that Dunkin Donuts is having a shopping cart derby at the Santa Monica pier this Saturday? Betcha didn’t!
Registration closed yesterday but that doesn’t mean that you can’t join former Dunkin Donuts employee and big time [...]

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Los Angeles
Huh. I don’t know if it’s just me but ummm… A pole dancing recitial? I’m intrigued. Will they wear matching costumes with sequin headbands and give some jazz hands whilst hanging upside down on the pole? Cause I might show up for that.

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Los Angeles

I’m guessing we all read or heard about the article in Jane Magazine on American Apparel’s CEO and founder many a year ago. Cough. Google. Ahem. Anyway, the Los Angeles based business is having a pre-Christmas flea market this Sunday at their warehouse downtown. While I’m sick and tired of seeing this store showing [...]

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Wiz Philadelphia
Lita Ford makes Ovations look hawt!
Holy crap! A drunk spelling bee with Lita Ford as the judge? Wow. I would have a really hard time spelling with Lita Ford looking at me. Especially after a few drinks. I’d just wanna grab my beer bottle to use as a microphone and sing~
I went to a [...]

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Weeeeeere Bah-ack!

Los Angeles
We know it’s been a long time but the past two months have been more then either of us bargained for. Carissa moved, I was in Chicago for a month, I got in a car accident and then the fires happened. I’ve been dealing with doctors, insurance companies and near total meltdowns. Have you [...]

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Los Angeles

I have to say that one of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is to go down and walk the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica at night. For one, they have Christmas lights in all the trees along the walkway and parallel streets. For two, it’s usually cool by the beach [...]

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