Some more local Holiday shopping opportunities for you – check out fair trade goods by Raven and Lilly, and get some great deals while you nibble on cupcakes and holiday treats.
Check out the other neighborhood spots offering deals today:
Ballard’s Artwork Framing & Gallery is located at 1568 W. Sunset Blvd.
Today’s Groupon deal gets you $15 for $30 of shoes and other store goodies at Warehouse Shoe Sale (WSS) locations for its 25th anniversary. This is a chain store but we happen to have one right here in Echo Park!
Click here to view the Groupon details – you have until midnight tonight to purchase the deal!
WSS is located at 1389 W. Sunset Blvd.
Shop this weekend at the semi-annual Echo Park Craft Fair, organized by leather shoe crafter Beatrice Valenzuela. There will be jewelry, organic beauty products, belts, handbags, and other locally made goodies. Pick up your holiday gifts and even some homemade granola to snack on!
Echo Park Craft Fair
Saturday, December 4
1719 Sargent Place
Instead of a regular town hall meeting tomorrow, the Echo Park Improvement Association will hold its holiday potluck! It’s a great chance to meet people in your community, have some delicious food (the last one we went to was soooo good!) and mingle. We will be making chocolate chip cookies stuffed with Rolo’s, so make sure you come try some of those.
‘Tis the season for giving! Help out the Union Rescue Mission and the LA Food Bank this weekend – the FYF Fest is sponsoring the annual LA Scavenger Hunt to help beneft those organizations.
The Scavenger Hunt is an all day event that covers the greater Los Angeles area. It’s only $10 to be a part of, and you will help gather the goods needed for the benefitting charities. There are also prizes involved, including a grand prize of $2,500 flight credit to Barcelona, Dodgers tickets, record shopping with Keith Morris, and more.
In past years the event has had over 1,000 participants bringing together over $10,000 worth of material goods for the mission. This year they expect 5,000 participants – but don’t let that keep you from signing up!
Sign up in advance at Origami Vinyl here in Echo Park, Headline Records, Family Bookstore, Fingerprints and Vacation Vinyl. You can also sign up online through ticketweb.com or the day of between 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at the Stadium.
For more info visit www.lascavengerhunt.com
LA Scavenger Hunt
December 4, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Meet in the Dodger Stadium parking lot 1000 Elysian Park Ave.
The Echo Park Community Parade committee announced today the theme, grand marshal, and parade ambassadors.
The theme for Saturday, December 11 is “Echo Park: We are the World.” Parade-goers can view the event all the way from Elysian Park Avenue to Park Avenue (near Alvarado) along Sunset Blvd. from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
Reverend David K. Farley of the Echo Park United Methodist Church will serve as this year’s Grand Marshal. Parade Ambassadors are Peter L. Lassen (who we just adore!), Walter and Sumiko Elmer, Dr. Fredy Perez, and Sallie W. Neubauer.
The Echo Park Community Parade Kickoff is this Friday, December 3 from 5:00 – 6:30 pm at the EcHho Park Farmers’ Market. Clifford Street School, Gabriella Charter School, along with salsa band On Time Quintet, will provide entertainment, and winners of the Echo Park Community Parade Art Contest will be recognized.
The parade takes place on Saturday, December 11, 2010 starting at 10:00 am, rain or shine!
We went to check out the new pop-up shop in Echo Park after reading about it on The Eastsider LA. Blood is the New Black Market is primarily an online store that opened its 175 square foot shop temporarily for the holiday shopping season. Located across the street from the Echo on Sunset Blvd, the store is open until 11:00 pm for those late-night crowds headed to or leaving shows.
The market opened just before Thanksgiving on November 23, and will remain open through December 30. There are some super cute items in the store: printed tees by Blood is the New Black, toiletries, jewelry, clothing, and other small gift items. “After the success we had with our Summer Fling Truck, the mobile pop-up boutique,” says Mitra Khayyam (founder/curator of Blood is the New Black) in a press release, “I figured we should try our luck at a fixed location for the Holidays as another way for our customers to avoid malls and big chain stores.”
The store tries to keep prices affordable, and according to the press release there is no item of %50 (which is a bit confusing as there were some Izzy Wolf kids gear for $100). But for the most part, the small store is worth checking out!
Blood is the New Black is located at 1825 Sunset Blvd. Hours are Thursdays through Sundays from 3:00-11:00 pm.
Keep an eye out for their December 7 holiday cocktail party.
Bring your precious pets and well-behaved humans down for some fun, shopping and entertainment for the Echo Park Animal Alliance’s annual fundraiser.
Saturday and Sunday, December 4-5
1:00 p to 5:00 pm.
Echo Park Pottery, located at 1850 Echo Park Ave.
Glossy prints in festive cards $10 each or three for $25.00. Dog Cookie stockings, filled with home baked cookies, $10.00. Also, pick up some pottery from Echo Park Pottery!
All proceeds go to the Echo Park Animal Alliance! Click here to download the full flyer.
In the meantime, check out our little friend Frankie who really needs a home!
For the week of Monday, November 29 through Sunday, December 5
Monday
Monday Night Residency: The Black Apples with Jail Weddings, My Pet Saddle, Dante vs. Zombies @ Echo
Tuesday
Kitten, A House for Lions @ Echo
Wednesday
Odd Future (Ofwgkta) @ Echo
Dub Club Presents The Abyssinians @ Echoplex
Thursday
Einsturzende Neubauten – An Intimate Multi-Disciplinary Experience @ Echoplex
Everest, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister @ Echo
Jeremiah and The Red Eyes @ Taix Lounge
Friday
Atlas Sound @ Echo
Club Underground @ Echo
Echo, KCRW and The Do Over present Aloe Blacc and The Grand Scheme @ Echoplex
Fences, Jenny O, Ragged Glory: Songs Of Neil Young @ Bootleg Theater
Liz Pappademas and friends @ Pehrspace
Saturday
Bootie LA Holiday Party @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Foot Foot, Little Teeth, Slumber Beast, Moses Campbell @ Pehrspace
Jamie Holiday, The Vampyre Bunnies @ Pehrspace
Sunday
Marchfouth Marching Band @ Echoplex
Part Time Punks with Devon Williams, The Mantles, Catwalk @ Echo
Mississippi Man, Rumspringa, The Howls, Dahga Bloom @ Bootleg Theater
For more information on weekly musical events like club nights, see our community resource pages.Visit the venue website for more information on the cost and times of shows. This list may not represent all the musical events happening in Echo Park this week – feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time. New events announced for the week after this posting may not be included.
Tucked in an old brick building across the street from the AM/PM is newly established vintage store “TИSEN”, a Danish word that essentially translates into “rocker.” The blue neon sign that decorates the front of the store is eye-catching and one I like (it surprisingly doesn’t clash with neighboring old-school signs for Lolita Hair Salon and Han’s Repair next door).
$20,000 19th century Chinese bed
For 15 years, 2118 Berkeley Avenue was occupied by Millenium Thrift Shop, a treasure trove of antique items you had to dig through, or bring in a lamp for an inexpensive repair. We found new owner Jason in the shop gearing up for the store’s opening. Immediately upon entering the store are cute women’s clothes, shoes and, my favorite, sparkly things (jewelry!). There are furniture items, children’s clothes, and some great-looking antique items. In the back of the store, Jason is putting together a vinyl records room to keep the boys occupied while their girlfriends rummage for clothes.
Prices range from the $1.00 record bin to $15 clothes to a $20,000 hand-carved rosewood Chinese bed – probably the coolest thing in the store because it is so out of my reach. Jason’s wife Cindy is the one behind all the clothing finds, and I have to say her selections are great for the neighborhood.
Jason and Cindy are Echo Park residents, and actually own Silver Lake restaurant Local. We look forward to seeing Jason and Cindy around the ‘hood!
TИSEN’s grand opening is the weekend of December 4th – you can also get 25% off if you mention this article!
TИSEN is located at 2118 Berkeley Avenue.
Yesterday was a gorgeous day in Echo Park, so we took advantage of the clear skies and headed to Echo Park Lake. It was so windy (and a little chilly) that the lake’s iconic fountains were blown sideways, giving us a little rainbow along with it.
Holiday parking regulations get a little relaxed on days like today (Thanksgiving Day!). While you may have noticed no tickets are being doled out for those street cleaning sides, and the 1-2 hour parking rules relaxed, tomorrow is back to business so park appropriately!
Here’s the low-down from the LA City Department of Transportation, click the image below for the full PDF:
This is the first year we’ve been able to make it down to The Echo to check out Gobble Gobble Give, but it’s the 12th year Echo Park residents and volunteers from all around have kicked in food and clothing for this special event.
The lines were long – cars and pedestrians streamed all the way down past the Sunset bridge over Glendale Blvd. But the wait (about 45 minutes to an hour) was worth it as pedestrians and cars loaded up on pre-prepared Thanksgiving meals and free clothing. It looks like everyone did a great job!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
