Even if it's reborn as part of the newly-imagined Clifton's, many still mourned when aquarium-filled Bahooka tiki bar in Rosemead closed its doors recently. But in NoHo, the Tonga Hut will be celebrating its 55th birthday this year -- and appropriately for such an exotic craze, the phenomenon began ... More >>
Club 33 may just be Disneyland's worst kept secret. In fact, depending upon who you ask, there are staff that will give you directions to the "hidden" entrance and others that still adamantly deny its existence. Try calling Disneyland for an official comment on the club and you will be told that the ... More >>
See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best City in America Just before the end of Instagram's wild year — bought by Facebook for $1 billion, publicly eviscerated by its community for new privacy policies — ... More >>
Former Olympic runner Suzy Favor Hamilton might have worked as an "escort" on a summer trip to Southern California during which she was appear on behalf of the Disneyland Half Marathon, according to The Smoking Gun. That revelation appears to have inspired Disney officials to un-invite her to next ... More >>
America loves Southern California, at least according to Facebook's end-of-the-year data. Of the social networking site's recently revealed 10 most popular domestic "check-ins" for 2012, three of the locations are in Southern California, beating out any other region. Top spots include:
America loves Southern California, at least according to Facebook's end-of-the-year data. Of the social networking site's recently revealed 10 most popular domestic "check-ins" for 2012, three of the locations are in Southern California, beating out any other region. Top spots include:
America loves Southern California, at least according to Facebook's end-of-the-year data. Of the social networking site's recently revealed 10 most popular domestic "check-ins" for 2012, three of the locations are in Southern California, beating out any other region. Top spots include:
The "happiest place on earth" is about to get even better for coffee fans. Disneyland has announced that they are partnering with Starbucks to bring the store into their theme parks. First stop: Disneyland California Adventure. Like all Disney stores, the coffee shop will be themed. It will be cal ... More >>
The "happiest place on earth" is about to get even better for coffee fans. Disneyland has announced that they are partnering with Starbucks to bring the store into their theme parks. First stop: Disneyland California Adventure. Like all Disney stores, the coffee shop will be themed. It will be cal ... More >>
[Added at 11:23 a.m. Monday]: It happened outside the Tower of Terror ride at Disney's California Adventure park adjacent to Disneyland. California's pepper spray zeitgeist continued well into 2012 as Disneyland guest Glenn L. Horlacher, 53, was given a good dousing of the spicy tearjerker in a fig ... More >>
In our new column, First Person, L.A. writers tackle the good, the bad and the funny about life as they know it. "No, you watch your fucking mouth!" Those were not words I ever imagined uttering at Disneyland, and particularly not while sporting sequined Minnie Mouse ears and clutching pink ... More >>
With Marc Maron
With Marc Maron
Guzzle & NoshThree scenes from Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel. 17 August, 2011 Dear Royal Society of Tiki Bar Explorers (Los Angeles Chapter), The natives call it Anaheim. They believe it to be a Magic Kingdom with such fantastical creatures as a mouse schooled in t ... More >>
-- An interview with pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini. [Food GPS] -- Favorite dishes of 2011 countdown. No. 64: Macaroon at Disneyland. [OC Weekly] -- Why the Michelin Guide is now passé. [Financial Times] -- LA's Top Ramen: 6 Bowls Of Soup You Must Eat. [Huffington Post] -- The Mayo Cam. Or, what ... More >>
We're dorky for the hilarious comedy of Jackie Kashian, who brings her podcast The Dork Forest to NerdMelt at Meltdown Comics on Thursday, July 7, with guests Dana Gould and James Urbaniak. While on vacation in Australia, she kindly A'ed our Q's. Congratulations on 45 episodes of The Dork ... More >>
We're dorky for the hilarious comedy of Jackie Kashian, who brings her podcast The Dork Forest to NerdMelt at Meltdown Comics on Thursday, July 7, with guests Dana Gould and James Urbaniak. While on vacation in Australia, she kindly A'ed our Q's. Congratulations on 45 episodes of The Dork ... More >>
©2011 Disney Enterprises, Inc./Lucasfilm Ltd.Make sure all tray tables are in the upright and locked position. The crowds were thick on the opening weekend of Disneyland's newest offering Star Tours -- The Adventures Continue, with throngs of fans sporting prehensile Yoda backpacks plopping ... More >>
thefullpint.comFrom left to right - Tony Yanow, Clay Harding, Brian "The Blur" Lenzo, and Ryan Sweeney The outdoor beer festival, in theory, is genius. Sun. Fun. Beer. But often, after waiting in lines for four-ounce pours, it's more like a torturous 10-hour day at Disneyland where, on th ... More >>
savebenedictcanyon.comA mega piece of property.Updated after the jump with the company that owns the properties saying it will go forward with a smaller project. That didn't take long. After it was revealed that Saudi Prince had sneaky, piecemeal plans to connect adjacent properties near Be ... More >>
savebenedictcanyon.comA mega piece of property.Updated after the jump with the company that owns the properties saying it will go forward with a smaller project. That didn't take long. After it was revealed that Saudi Prince had sneaky, piecemeal plans to connect adjacent properties near Be ... More >>
Disney ParksChampagne-colored everything, for your puking pleasuresYeah, yeah -- Vegas is pretty tops for NYE, but keep an open mind. The Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim has unveiled a fourth *magical* suite in its new series: the 750-square-foot Fairy Tale Suite. And let us tell you -- it is fu ... More >>
Updated, with response from Disney. Disneyland has found itself in a bit of a PR nightmare the past week as they've allegedly not allowed a Muslim restaurant hostess to wear a hijab, a traditional head covering. The woman, Imane Boudlal, has filed a claim with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Comm ... More >>
A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant filed a federal discrimination complaint Wednesday against her employer: It alleges she was prohibited from wearing her "hijab" head covering at work, a sister blog OC Weekly reports. Imane Boudlal who has been working at the ... More >>
One of Disneyland's oldest rides, "Alice in Wonderland," has been temporarily closed after a inspector pointed out that it lacked handrails for maintenance crews. According to The Orange County Register, Disney and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health were alerted abou ... More >>
One of Disneyland's oldest rides, "Alice in Wonderland," has been temporarily closed after a inspector pointed out that it lacked handrails for maintenance crews. According to The Orange County Register, Disney and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health were alerted abou ... More >>
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo today added details to announced plans to upgrade the Disneyland-adjacent California Adventure. The biggest part of the plan is to add a 12-acre theme area, Cars Land, named for the animated hit Cars.A real California adventure: Taco trucks W ... More >>
School Board to Cut $1.6B The LAUSD has voted to make deep cuts in a three-year budget, almost guaranteeing further layoffs and the elimination of summer school. L.A. TimesHollywood Denies Murder Former pot dealer and fugitive Jesse James Hollywood told a Santa Barbara jury he did not order the murd ... More >>
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Arcade games - the actual cabinets that took actual quarters - were ubiquitous throughout my childhood. After about 1978, you couldn't walk into a fast food restaurant or convenience store and not find one.
Southland residents are looking no further than their own back yards, relatively speaking, when it comes to planning summer getaways. According to a feature in today's L.A. Daily News, 2009 represents the second year so-called staycations are in vogue. Last year holiday travel was cut by skyrocketin ... More >>
A mod Mexican lounge on Bunker Hill
Matthew Fleischer goes undercover in Carusoland
Our trip to Disneyland last week offered a sneak peak of the park’s Halloween makeover (fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas MUST check out the Haunted House this month!) but it also saw a near miss meeting with one of the tabloid world’s most obsessed-about twosomes (and the trail of paparaz ... More >>
Our trip to Disneyland last week offered a sneak peak of the park’s Halloween makeover (fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas MUST check out the Haunted House this month!) but it also saw a near miss meeting with one of the tabloid world’s most obsessed-about twosomes (and the trail of paparaz ... More >>
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Haunted Mansion fans manifest at Disneyland's Blue Bayou
And ghouls on film
Disneyland goes all Chili Peppers and shit
Best tales of treasure from the underground
Bruce yet not Bruce, Ka-boom! And would Bill Haley have been invited to play the Warped Tour?
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles
Watch closely among Disneyland’s tourists and you might spot the Disneyana people, protecting Walt’s vision and living most of their waking lives in the happiest place on Earth
The Civil War and Ours
The million-dollar castaway slated for summer-TV debut
To hell and back
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