George Washington

Cocktail Nerdom: Happy Birthday Washington Irving A Recipe For The Sleepy Hollow Cocktail

Today in 1873, Washington Irving was born in New York City. It was the same week the American Revolution ended, and Irving was named after the hero of the day, George Washington.

The Curious World of Wine, From George Washington To Emeril Lagasse

In The Curious World of Wine today, uncorking a bottle is often more an invitation for criticism than enjoyment. Was that $15 bottle worth a repeat buy? Did the pricey Pinot Noir you served for Thanksgiving do your heritage turkey justice? In his new book, Richard Vine, an industry consultant and ... More >>

Grand Park Is Not L.A.'s Central Park, But It Could Become Downtown's Backyard: Our Review

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. During our recent run of 95-degree autumn days -- can we be done with those? -- the last place one would think to seek relief is in ... More >>

Best Election Year Cookbook: Dining With The Washingtons (Or, Partying With The President)

We like to think of Dining with the Washingtons as the cookbook antidote to all of those "breaking" news stories on what the presidential candidates are eating on the campaign trail. (In a nutshell, fast food: Burgers, hot dogs, fries, and plenty of Pizza Ranches on the Republican side.) Nothing lik ... More >>

Monday Morning Food News Roundup: It's National Bologna Day!

SpecialKRB / FlickrNot Oscar Mayer bologna.​It's National Bologna Day. Not the day we honor the Northern Italian city famous for its ragù, but a day to honor pressed, sliced tubes of meat. Let the lunchmeat reign -- and rain. It's also National Food Day! [LA Weekly] Drinking whiskey in the ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Henry Speaks On His Consciousness-Expanding Trip to the Library of Congress With Ian MacKaye

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Copping MP3s For 
Free Is Not Cool I have just wrapped o ... More >>

Gospel According to First Squad

Top 10 Local Museum Store Holiday Food Gifts

Fowler Museum StoreSalt And Pepper Shakers From The Fowler Museum Store​Holiday gifts for food-centric friends are tricky. You want something unique that isn't already lining their overstuffed kitchen cabinets. Sure, those Paula Deen silicone spatulas from Target are tempting, if only for the ... More >>

Bootsy Collins and LA Art Group Unveil Funk Portrait

bootsycollinsart.comHe's got the art funk: Bootsy Collins​A few months ago, the Wu-Tang's RZA unveiled a limited-edition piece of art billed as his "self-portrait"--a large image of himself as George Washington crossing the Delaware. The artwork was conceptualized by the RZA aided by Scene Fo ... More >>

Thanksgiving Wine Pairings: You Could Ask Your Sommelier, Or Go Straight To The Source

Flickr user nevadadanThanksgiving With A Vineyard View​We spend a lot of time figuring out what to serve for Thanksgiving dinner, but how about what to serve with all of those competing homemade flavors? Asking sommeliers their pairing opinion is laudable, but can be like querying star chefs f ... More >>

City Activists Push For Locally Elected Seat On Each Of Villaraigosa's Incestual, Downtown-Heavy Commissions

S.C. Asher via FlickrOnce again, the Valley feels left out​Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's downtown-centric frame of vision -- one that certainly sticks to City Hall tradition -- is (once again) pissing off the people. The mayor currently selects all five members on each of 51 City C ... More >>

"My associate has a wife whose submissiveness is unparalleled": The only self-published love guide blurbed by the producer of Saw

​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. Spread Some Love: Relationships 101 Author: John A. Andrews Date: 2008 Publisher: Books That Will Enhance Your ... More >>

Guest Blogger: Letters from Rasputina, Part 1

Guest Blogger: Rasputina's Melora​ [Rasputina's Melora Creager, the undisputed doyenne of cello-based, kinda-goth, steampunk-avant-la-lettre indie music, has graciously agreed to guest-blog for West Coast Sound in anticipation of their upcoming LA gig at the Troubadour, this Saturday, August 1 ... More >>

BBQ, Brews and Red, White and Blues at the Queen Mary

Armed Robbery at Pink's Hot Dogs: How Much Do You Think Was In That Tip Jar?

Flickr user Kristin Tsafos ​ Breaking News: Despite gastrointestinal evidence indicating otherwise, the chili dog is not invincible. According a Los Angeles Times report, Pink's Hot Dogs was robbed at 3:35 yesterday morning. Thankfully no injuries were reported, presumably no customers were a ... More >>

RZA Discusses Dressing Up Like George Washington: The Tights "Really Hug Your Nuts"

The first thing you need to do is examine this painting very carefully. It was based on the famous George Washington Crossing the Potomac painting, created by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze in 1851. ​ Except that that ain't George. That's the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, flanked by fellow Wu-Men GZA and Ol ... More >>

FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ACADEMY VOTERS

Jesus Arrives At The Prop. 8 Trial; Bible Invoked

Prop. 8's backers probably wouldn't appreciate it if you called him Hey-soos.​It's nice to know where the anti-same-sex-marriage-law backers are coming from in the challenge to Prop. 8 being heard in San Francisco this week. Indeed, on Tuesday they seemed to put their cards on the table by inv ... More >>

IN IT TO EARN IT

YEP, WORKING FOR A CORPORATION CAN BE A DRAG. A GIANT, SOUL-CRUSHING DRAG

THEATER REVIEWS: CARVED IN STONE, THE HOSTAGE, KILL ME DEADLY

Also, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mutiny at Port Chicago, Nevermore, Wife Swappers and more.

Jazz Bakery Bows Out, but the Groove Goes On

Last Night: Belly Dancing and Fish House Punch at Radio Room Speakeasy

Photo by Shannon Cottrell. Click image for entire slideshow. Last night I stopped by the Edison for Radio Room -- a speakeasy-themed cabaret show that was, in all truth, light on the cabaret and heavy on the belly dancing. With high-profile events like Lucent Dossier, Radio Room and this weekend' ... More >>

Movie Reviews: City of Ember, Quarantine, Rocknrolla

Also, Breakfast with Scot, The Little Red Truck, Quarantine and more

43 Plays for 43 Presidents

Theater Reviews: 9 to 5: The Musical, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents

Also, Asleep on a Bicycle, Speech & Debate, Pugilist Specialist and more

A House With No Walls

General Petraeus: Designated Manure Spreader

Pie charts, benchmarks, "phased" redeployment; 30,000 wounded, 5,000 dead

John Adams: America's Middleman

HBO's patriot gamesmanship

Theater Reviews: Regretrosexual, 1776

Also, The Boychick Affair, Othello

1776

Hoopla Gets Serious, Then Decidedly Not So

What to do in Los Angeles this week

The Accidental Publicist

Mickey Cottrell

2005 in Film

Notes on the pleasures of kiddie moviegoing and weeping into your stir-fry

Of Patriots and Scandals

What would George Washington do?

Note Worthy

The thank-you made easy

Letters

Spunk

The young are the restless in Vargas and Lilya

The Patronage Game

Bush’s end run around Roe

’Tis the Gift To Be Simple

How to get to the New World (without blowing any more shit up)

Blind Buff Man

PBS’s Chief Inspector Ross Tanner

Slow Food

In search of a good stew

Same Old, Same Old

Black (and white) at the movies

Wonder Boys and Girls

Our year at the movies

Sweet Suffering Superheroes!

Unbreakable sags; George Washington shines

Canada Semi-dry

The Toronto Film Festival turns 25

Notes From Underground: The Screwtape Leaseholders

Show and Tell

L.A.'s museum curators on their favorite works of art

1 Hour, 1 Painting

In 1,000 words

Lotus Eaters

Indian food for a post-Beck Silver Lake