SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
The Echo & The Echoplex
1822 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
$2
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Enjoy breakfast with Santa at the Echo Park Recreation Center on Saturday, December 19, 2009
9am-11:30am at the Echo Park Recreation Center (1632 Bellevue Ave.)
Breakfast will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, and your choice of OJ or coffee. Tickets are $3 for youth and $5 for adults. The first 100 kids will receive a FREE stocking with goodies!
There will also be a toy give-away. Tickets for the toy give-away will be given first come, first served to kids who are under 15 years-old and have a Breakfast with Santa ticket.
For more information contact the Echo Park Recreation Center at (213) 250-3578 or (213) 250-8946.
Nothing to do Friday afternoon? Get in your car and visit your neighbors to the north for the annual tree lighting. Stores will be celebrating on Glendale Blvd. all evening.
Visit Tavin’s website for more info.
We just picked one of these lovely pieces created by Chandra Abel from Warwick in Echo Park. We’ve been eyeing them for a while, and they are GORGEOUS.
Ours was only $50 and is nicely sized at about 12-13″ in diameter. Each “plant dome” is unique, and there are other vase shapes available at Warwick, including larger dome-shaped items for about $200. We were very excited to find a place on our coffee table, and so will you!
Click here for Chandra Abel’s website, and here for her blog.
You can shop online at Warwick by clicking here.
Oh and, to do her justice, here are some better photos from her website:
Echo Park businesses declare December 12th 2009: Echo Park Holiday Shop Hop. Come to Echo Park for a day of holiday cheer with shopping specials, performances, and workshops throughout the neighborhood. Don’t miss this fun-filled day of events in Echo Park- you can do your holiday shopping, enjoy great food, drink and entertainment, and support local businesses!
The Echo Park Holiday Parade begins at noon, but other festivities start as early as 10 a.m., with happenings all day and night until 2 a.m.! All girl doo wop group, the Damselles, will be caroling at each establishment throughout the day.
In addition to the festivities, businesses participating in the Echo Park Holiday Shop Hop will be collecting donations for the following local charities (corresponding numbers are next to the supporting business name):
[1] Central City Action Committee http://centralcityaction.com: Toys (new, packaged)
[2] Echo Park Animal Alliance http://echoparkanimalalliance.org: Make a $ donation and get a dog cookie stocking
[3] Good Shepherd Center-Languille Emergency Shelter for Women and Children http://gschomeless.org: New/gently used Clothing and Toiletries
[4] 826LA http://826la.org: Make a $5 donation and get a book written by Echo Park kids
Participating businesses:
826LA/Echo Park Time Travel Mart [3][4]
1714 W Sunset Blvd. 213 413 3388.
- Hours: 12PM-10PM
- Free gift with a purchase of $25 or more, Purchase $100 or more and get a signed copy of Dave Eggers’ The Wild Things (while supplies last) for $10.
- 3-3:30PM: A Guy Walks Into an 826LA…A stand up comedy performance by 826LA students.
- 8PM: Dead Author Reading with Charles Dickens
1320 Echo Park Ave 213-481-0454
- Hours: 11-3 and 5:30-11
- 11AM-3PM Get a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of soup for $7.
- Free Christmas Cookies for Children of All Ages!
2150 W. Sunset Blvd 213-483-9463
- Hours: 5PM-Midnight
- Holiday Wine Tasting! 3 wine flight for $12 per person and
- 10% OFF retail purchases
Future [3][4]
1814 W Sunset Blvd. 213-568-3002
- Hours: 12PM-1AM
- Finger Painting/face painting
- Photo Exhibit
Masa of Echo Park [1][2]
1800 W Sunset Blvd. 213-989-1558
- Hours: 8AM-MIDNIGHT
- Toy Drive for Central City Action Committee
- Dog Cookie Stockings to Benefit the Echo Park Animal Alliance
- 15% off (Dine In Only) with your Program from the Echo Park Holiday Parade
Origami Vinyl [4]
1816 W Sunset Blvd. 213-413-3030
- Noon-2AM
- 1-4PM: Learn How to Fold Origami
- 7PM: Correatown Live In-Store Performance
1724 W Sunset Blvd
- Hours: 10AM-7PM
- TIME TBD: Toy give-away
- Visit from Santa
1161 Logan St
- Hours: 8:30PM-2AM
- 8:30PM-2AM “lover” presents…”golden eyes” fashion + art extravaganza
- Tickets $20 at the door Special Deal (TBA) for Shop Hop attendees.
Stories Books & Café [2][3][4]
1716 W Sunset Blvd.
- 10AM-10PM
- Free cup of regular coffee with any book or card purchase over $10
- $1 off any sandwich
- $ 1 drip coffee
- 4PM: The Damselles Live In-Store Performance
- Time TBD: Visit and photos with Santa
The Clinic of Echo Park
1832 W Sunset Blvd.
1822 W Sunset Blvd
- 10AM-6PM Bust Magazine Craft Fair
For more information contact: Christina at 826LA.org
The LA Times is doing neighborhood gift guides for the holidays and Echo Park establishments such as MediaNoche are mentioned. Echo Park is referred to as Silverlake’s “dicier sister to the east”. What do you think about that?
You Shop. Warwick donates!
50% of all proceeds when you shop at Warwick this Sunday will benefit TNT & The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. You can also donate online here.
For more information on The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society please click here.
Special Event at Warwick
1461 ½ W Sunset Boulevard (between Little Joy and The Short Stop)
Sunday, November 15 @ 1:00pm – 7:00pm
Echo Park vintage boutique, Tavin, has some really interesting recycled paper costumes (Michael Jackson costumes, bustiers, skirts and dresses) made from 100% recycled newspaper and magazine pages. They are constructed with duct tape and “pure imagination” by designer Ingrid Ferrin. Stop by for a glass of wine, and complete your outfit with vintage accessories, jewelry, and more.
Friday, October 30, from 2 to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, from 2 to 6 p.m.
Tavin is located at 1543 Echo Park Avenue (near Morton Avenue and Grafton Street), Echo Park. 310-704-6058.
Tegan and Sara
For those of you who pre-orderd the new Tegan and Sara album, titled Sainthood, the duo will be at Stories in Echo Park for a special signing today.
From 4-8:00 pm, 500 individuals who secured wristbands by preordering at Stories will have access to the signing and photo taking.
Warwick, the Vintage clothing and gifts store on Sunset Blvd. in Echo Park, is dedicating the month of November to sustainability in fashion, style, art and design. Titled “Eco-in-the-Echo,” the store will feature local artists and designers who bring awareness to or participate in the environment.
“The idea is to show the community how vintage and restyled vintage is sustainable fashion, using existing materials to create style, trends and art,” says owner Justin Warwick in a press release.
On Thursday, October 29 from 8:00 pm – 1:00 am, Warwick will be kickstarting the month with a special launch party with complimentary beverages and gift bags for the first 100 guests.
In addition to his own vintage line, some of the artists that will participate in Eco-in-the-Echo include:
Chandra Abel Designs
Colleen Corcoran
Joseph Prichard
Nooworks
Docs Pop
Button Muse
Joanna Oster
Warwick is located at 1461 ½ West Sunset Blvd.
Check out some recent coverage on Warwick in the Green Guide Network, and for more information about Warwick you can go to the store’s website.
Looks like Mooi, a raw vegan restaurant we read about earlier this year, is no longer set to open up on Glendale Blvd. under the bridge – its new location has sprung up at the corner of Sunset and Logan. Taking over a former medical clinic, the new corner location is part of Jensen’s Recreation Center.
According to its website, the restaurant concept includes organic food, and, whenever possible, locally grown. They don’t use any animal protein or dairy products, soy, wheat, or gluten. They never deyhdrate anything over 118 degrees, “therefore preserving all of their natural nutriets and enzymes which allows us to bring you not only the best tasting but the healthiest and most nutritional food that we can.”
While we await their opening, you can try out their vegan desserts at Elf Cafe (2135 Sunset Boulevard).
VEGAN HAPPY HOUR at The Short Stop is going on every third Thursday of every month. Be there early, and bring something to share!
Vegan Chili, $2 pabst, pool, jukebox, drink specials, sexy vegans, and more.
Doors are at 5pm, and the potluck goes until 9pm.
The Short Stop is located at 1455 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park