Can you believe that Yelp L.A. is already a year old? It got so awesomely popular so fast. This really calls for a celebration, and one befitting a Web site with highly opinionated people who like to par-tay. Yelpers as well as non-Yelpers are invited to the 1 Year Yelpiversary Prom Party at the Key Club this Saturday.
Fortunately guests aren’t restricted to one era, rather, you have the whole history of bad (and good but bad is funnier) proms to choose from. So you’re welcome to treat it like the prom you never went to and go all out on some flashy designer duds or have fun with it and aim for the heights of ridiculousness, which is always fun for everyone. Carrie, Ducky, Napoleon Dynamite, Josie Grossie — take your pick and own it cuz prom attire is mandatory.
There will be free vodka-spiked punch, er, cocktails from 8-10pm as well as awards for L.A. Yelpers who win a “best in class” category. You can still get your votes in here. New to Yelp and don’t know any Yelpers? Feel free to put my name down. Muhahahaha!
And I know the invite above says you must RSVP yesterday to get in, but Stephy, the once and future Yelp Prom Queen and the L.A. Yelp poobah, says that my crackheads can still submit their RSVPs by August 2nd. So respondez s’il vous plait to la at yelp.com and then go out and get your dress or tux.
Again, all are welcome. You don’t have to be a Yelper, just have a need to get your prom on.
EVENT: SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 from 8pm to 2am
Key Club
9039 W Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90069 (map)
(310) 786-1712
Yesterday, Dre and I felt like taking a walk to breakfast. It was a gorgeous morning and some exercise would do us good. But instead of our usual standby, John O’Groats, we decided to check out the Colony Cafe. We had passed by it on our way to JOG the day before but were put off by its sterile chain-restaurant vibe.
Still curious about it, however, I decided to give it a looksee online to see what was up with it. Judging it from the outside made me think it was another Champagne bakery sorta place but with pricey $12 breakfast items. Now I know I shouldn’t judge a restaurant by its exterior cuz online reviews told another story. Not many reviews about its breakfast fare but we decided to be adventurous.
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The other night after, or at least near the end of, Midnight Movies’ set at UCLA Hammer, my friend Shelley and I walked across the street to Palomino for its late-night happy hour. We had ducked in before the Hammer event at 8pm but happy hour was over and the wait staff neglectful.
However, after two hours of grumbling stomachs and music appreciation, we were famished and willing to give Palomino another chance, especially since at 10pm it was happy hour again. You gotta love that. Every night 4-7pm and after 10pm, you get 1/2 off appetizers with some $3 drink specials mixed in.
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For a temporary restaurant/bar, the Montana Lounge in Santa Monica provoked either a lot of hate or a lot of love. It’s one of the only places on the chi-chi SaMo strip that has a full liquor license. But celebs, sugar daddies, cougars and scenesters populated the loungey scene and enjoyed the designer viddles and $12 cocktails. It had a happy hour but that only meant $1 off the cocktails.
Well many of you may be happy/saddened to hear that tonight is the lounge’s last night in existence before the Hillstone Group takes over the space and transforms it into a Cafe R&D. Hmm, maybe the chain cafe will have better luck in the cursed space than its predecessors.
Anyhow, no word on whether there will be a big blowout of a good-bye but you might want to show up to give it one last lingering look and relish one final sip of the fiery Burning Mango martini. Or you might just grab a drink somewhere else and forget that this post ever happened.
1323 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, California 90402
(310) 395-4727
Cross Street: Euclid Street
Hours: 4:30-11pm
Look into Bowie’s eyes, you want to have funnn this weekendddd. Lots to do and all of it on the odd and unusual side what with a scavenger hunt with dinosaurs, a Hollywood pool party and a not-so-Hollywood pool party, photo exhibit and djs, and did you see David Bowie in that wig? Ah, only in L.A.
Friday, July 27
Labyrinth at the Nuart
Who needs Homer when you’ve got David Bowie as a goblin king and a young Jennifer Connelly in a Muppet-populated fantasy land? Check out the 35mm reissue of this ’80s classic which was created by the eclectic triad of writer Terry Jones (Monty Python), producer George Lucas (Star Wars) and director Jim Henson (The Dark Crystal).
- Tickets: $9.50. Landmark’s Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles. (310) 281-8223.
Saturday, July 28
The Museum of Natural Hysteria Scavenger Hunt
For an unusual way to spend your Saturday afternoon, go for a scavenger hunt amid the dinosaurs and lions at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The entire museum is yours for the hunt. Sharks and Zunis and penguins! Oh my!
- 2pm. $28. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles. (map)
Create:Fixate: Backscatter All-Photography Show
Artsy hipsters, techno beats and fashion, and what’s a party without an avant-garde live photo booth? Enjoy the visual goodies of over 30 visual artists via their art installations, video designs and photographs at this reoccurring art show. Just remember to bring a flask. Those $7 well drinks tend to be a bit unsatisfying. DJs Wolfie and Dream Electric, John Tejada, and KCRW’s Raul Campos keep the scene moving.
- 7pm-2am. $15 (gallery preview 4-7pm, $5). 1530 Ivar Avenue, Hollywood.
White Party 2007 for Heal the Bay
This sounds uber-fancy what with red carpet arrivals, press check-in and the mandatory all-white attire request but it’s all for a good cause: Heal the Bay. Party With a Cause will be throwing its 2nd annual event poolside at the Backyard of the W in Westwood. Krol Vodka, Red Bull, Tequila 33 and Heineken will host an open bar. General admission tickets are $40 advance/$50 at the door. But if you want to rub elbows with VIPs and swish the red carpet it’ll cost you $100. However, VIPs get a gift bag valued at over $600!
- 7-11pm. Tickets: $40-$100. The Backyard of the W Hotel, 930 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles.
Sunday, July 29
Sunday Pool Party Blue Velvet
Enjoy the scorcher this Sunday by lazing about the pool and sipping on $5 cocktails. Obviously, I’m not talking about the Roof at the Standard, but that other downtown pool at hip restaurant/lounge/pool party Blue Velvet.
- 1-5pm. 750 Garland Avenue, Downtown. (213) 239-0061.
Flickr Shot by eatmeatnow (detail of the 7/5/07 show)
UCLA Hammer Museum’s own free summer music series, Also I Like To Rock, a name inspired by stuff that Lou Reed said, ends its July ’07 stint in the museum’s courtyard tonight with local bands Sea Wolf and Midnight Movies. These critically acclaimed local bands, who were handpicked by Indie 103.1, will entertain the hip and happening young masses. And, unlike some of the other museums’ summer music series where you at least have to pay museum admission, this event is free. Well, except for the $3 flat rate you pay for parking (worth it in high-trafficked Westwood).
Grab some $3 happy hour drinks and 1/2-priced appetizers at Palomino across the street before the event from 4-7pm or after 10pm. See you there!
EVENT: THURSDAY, JULY 26 at 8pm
UCLA Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
(310) 443-7000
Yup, yet another girly thing to do. Sorry, guys. But Fashion Co-Op Girls’ Night Out sounds like too much fun. Not only do shoppers get first pick of all the 40-80% discounted handbags, jewelry, and women’s clothing from 120 emerging fashion designers at this VIP event, but they can sample vino from 10 wineries (uh oh! drunken shopping!), pig out on dessert samplings, and get groomed a la complimentary eyebrow threading and eyelash applications — just to name a few of the goodies for guests.
Regular price of admission for all that is $50 in advance/$60 at the door but you can purchase your ticket for $25 through GoldStar Events (offer expires Wednesday the 25th at 5pm or when all tickets are sold).
If that’s still too much, the general admission sale is on the following day, Saturday, for $3 with RSVP/$5 at the door but by then all the good stuff will most likely be gone and there will be no drinking at the daytime affair.
EVENT: FRIDAY, JULY 27 from 8 to 11pm
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
1855 Main Street
Santa Monica, California 90401 (map)
(310) 458-8551
