Entries by Kelly

Echo Park’s Missed Connections

October 31 Jack and Jill – m4w Met you briefly at Short Stop. I am a character from Wizard of Oz. It was nice chatting with you, I think we should hang out again- this time longer than 2 mins. 🙂 Hope to hear from you. October 28 driving together listening to devo – m4w […]

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Menu Mondays: The Park autumn menu

The Park Restaurant 1400 Sunset Blvd (213) 482.9209 Website Brunch hours: Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Lunch hours: Tuesday – Friday: 11:00 am – 2:30 pm Dinner hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 5:30 – 10:00 pm Tuesday and Friday: 6:00 – 10:00 pm (reservations recommended) The new Fall menu at The Park […]

Flashback Fridays: Jensen’s Recreation Center Sign

The Jensen’s Recreation Center building has always been a favorite Echo Park monument of mine. A historic cultural monument since 1998, the 86-year-old building has undergone quite a few changes inside. The building was built by German immigrant Henry Christian Jensen in 1924 and designed by architect E.E.B. Meinardus. Originally, it was a bowling alley […]

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Halloween Events around Echo Park

Friday: Echo Park Farmers’ Market Pumpkin contest Starting at 3:00 pm when the market opens, children will have two hours to decorate pumpkins for a Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Judging starts at 5:00 pm – The Eastsider LA‘s Jesus Sanchez will be a judge. Monster Mash Masquerade & Costume Contest at Echo Country Outpost 9:00 pm […]

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Mooi scales back hours for dinner service

Looks like Mooi will no longer be operating for dinner during normal restaurant/business hours on a daily basis. Instead, they’ll be open for dinner on Fridays for a set 5-7 course menu, and will be busy with the catering side of the business through the holidays. Owner Stephen Hauptfuhr told vegan blogging queen Quarry Girl: […]

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Neighborhood Council meeting tonight

If you’re curious about what’s going on in Echo Park and the greater area, there’s a GEPENC meeting tonight at 6:30 pm at the Rosemont Avenue Elementary School Auditorium, located at 421 N. Rosemont Avenue. Why go? Besides being involved in your community, there are some items posted in the agenda that have been of […]

Upcoming at Feeding Birds in Echo Park

Feeding Birds is a cool place, not just because it’s in Echo Park and just down the street from us, but everything in the store is super cute and actually affordable. I’m looking forward to doing some Christmas shopping there along with collecting some trinkets to decorate our house. They also host some cool events […]

Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, October 25 through Sunday, October 31 Monday Monday Night Residency – Evan Voytas, Lesands, Allo Darlin @ Echo Entertainment @ Origami Vinyl Miss Josie Bunnie @ Pehrspace Jessie Baylin, Richard Swift @ Bootleg Theater Tuesday The New Los Angeles Folk Festival, The Echo Present Murder Ballads @ Echoplex Reigning Sound, […]

Tuesday: Chamber Mixer at City Sip

Join the Echo Park Chamber of Commerce at City Sip on Tuesday for an Echo Park mixer! The event is open to the public, so you don’t have to be a paying member of the Chamber to join in. We had a blast at the last Mixer a couple of weeks ago at El Prado, […]

Canceled: Echo Park Lake tour

The weather report calls for a cold and cloudy day tomorrow morning (no rain), but the tour of Echo Park Lake tomorrow has been postponed just in case. Community Outreach rep Olga S. Morales just sent out this email: I am sorry to inform you that  due to the unpredictable weather and for everyone well […]

Reminder: Eastside Eco Tour on Sunday

This is your official reminder about the second annual Eastside Eco Tour taking place this Sunday, October 24 from 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm.  Hosted by the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council Green Committee, the tour highlights eight green homes, three community gardens, and two green exhibits. This is a self-guided tour, so you can […]