Entries by Kelly

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Estevan Oriol signing at Montana Cans tonight

Check out Montana Cans tonight for an in-store book signing by well-known LA Street culture photographer Estevan Oriol. Last year Oriol released “LA Woman,” his first book featuring iconic images of women of the city of Los Angeles. He will be signing copies of the book, which will also be for sale along with calendars, […]

Delilah’s pies take home third

Delilah Bakery owner Genevieve Ostrander has taken home the third place ribbon for her Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Cookie Crust at KCRW’s 2nd Annual Good Food Pie Contest in Beverly Hills over the weekend. Congratulations to Delilah’s Bakery! Now go eat some pie, people!

Echo Park’s Missed Connections

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Kahlil Gibran September 7: we stood close but no exchange of words – w4m – 22 you played drums at echo curio last night (9/6/10) and after your set you stood right next to me to watch the […]

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2010 CA Coastal Cleanup Day in Echo Park

Along with 80 locations at beaches, rivers and other Southern California neighborhoods, Echo Park Lake will be a site of the 2010 CA Coastal Cleanup day. Heal the Bay and the California Coastal Commission have teamed up for this event in Echo Park and need everyone’s help picking up trash and beautifying our community – […]

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Dodgers Lose Series to Giants, 2-1

It was a rough holiday weekend for the Dodgers, who blew a lead in Saturday’s game against the Giants and then were shutout in Sunday night’s series finale. On Saturday, the Dodgers capitalized on a strong start by Ted Lilly and entered the ninth with a 4-3 lead over the Giants. All-Star closer Jonathan Broxton, […]

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, September 6 through Sunday, September 12 Monday Kisses, Mystery Claws, Brittain Ashford, Blunt Mechanics (new band featuring Ben Barnett of Kind Of Like Spitting) @ Echo Curio Monday Night Residency: Vanaprasta, Pacific Hurt @ Echo Summer Darling Video Release @ Origami Vinyl Nasa Space Universe, The Emotron, Terraform, Okie Dokie, […]

Menu Mondays: Xoia Vietnamese

Xoia 1801 West Sunset Blvd. (213) 413-3232 Website Hours (starting Tuesday, September 7): Tuesday-Thursday: 12:00 noon to 10:00 pm Friday: 12:00 noon to midnight Saturday: 12:30 pm to midnight Friday: 12:30 pm to 10:00 pm Cash only! Starters Spring Rolls: Rice paper rolls w/ shrimp, pork, rice noodles, and fresh herbs served w/ peanut sauce. […]

New parking meters coming to a street near you!

Looks like the City of LA will be updating the parking meters along a few Echo Park streets as soon as September 13 or 14. No word on if there will be any price increases, but according to the announcement: The new meters are being installed as part of an initiative launched last month by […]

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Restaurant and Business News Roundup

New restaurants and businesses: Ballard’s Framing and Raven-Lily held a grand opening on Saturday, August 7 and officially opened on August 14. International Playground opened up on August 12 in the old Mohawk Store location at 1102 Mohawk St. Warwick opened up its new location 1205 Sunset Blvd. Cookbook, the greengrocer, opened up on August […]

Holiday weekend sobriety checkpoint in Echo Park on Friday

It’s Labor Day weekend! Don’t party too hard – Friday night (September 3) is another Sobriety/DUI checkpoint in Echo Park and all over Los Angeles, reports LAist. You’ll find it on Sunset Boulevard and Sutherland Street by the Short Stop (a pretty typical spot for these things) from 8:00 pm to 1:30 am. Be safe […]

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Try some Delilah’s Bakery pies at KCRW’s Pie Contest

Support Echo Park’s own Delilah Bakery and enjoy some of LA’s best pies at the KCRW’s 2nd Annual Good Food Pie Contest this weekend! Delilah Bakery owner Genevieve Ostrander will be submitting some of the bakery’s delicious pies to be judged at the Pie Contest during the Taste of Beverly Hills event this weekend. She’ll […]