F U if U Miss This: “THE MUPPETS”
Review by Guest Writer DREW HUNTER First off: No worries here, mate. This ship is spoiler-free. Second off: There are two versions of this review – a short one (which, honestly, contains all you actually want to know) and a staggeringly, embarrassingly, annoyingly, cloying, minorly sentimental, long one (which is only here only for my...
Just Off Fountain: Three Nights at St. Felix
Night 1 I’m already starting this article by cheating because my first night at lounge bar St. Felix was not a night, but a day. I met with St. Felix’s part-owner Jay Krymis at his new Hollywood location for the maiden voyage of their fabulous lunch menu. The Hollywood location expands on the original West...
Just Off Fountain: Game Night Out
Quick! How much do you know about “I Love Lucy”? Something I discovered the other night in WeHo was that no matter how much you think you know about Lucille Ball, there’s someone out there who knows more. Marcus and I met up with his friends to truck it on over to newly opened Westside...
Just Off Fountain: “WURSTKUCHE”
Downtown L.A. has a treasure chest of vibrantly creative ways to be yummy. Take the German sausage restaurant “Wurstkuche,” a warehouse in a shabby part of Downtown (Psst– there’s no non-shabby part of Downtown). But that’s the point, isn’t it? Have one of these smash hits in Hollywood and say hello to a way-too-trendy...
Just Off Fountain: “SHAKY ALIBI” Waffles
Belgium’s in Los Angeles at Beverly Blvd & Curson, across the street from the Grove Mall. If there’s one thing LA excels at in the food department, it’s in cheeky experimentation and hidden gems. That’s right, it’s “Just Waffles!” (jazz hands) at Shaky Alibi coffee bar & wafflerie. Marcus and I spent Presidents’ Day Monday...
Adam’s BookIt Club: “Kavalier & Clay”
That’s right, another trip to RetroJunk.com has riddled me with a drive-by Melody Lane-ing. Pizza Hut’s BookIt program, that’s awesome/awful little blue buttons that promoted reading/lying-about-reading in order to gain Pizza Points. Now, to be fair to myself, I did end up reading about 80% of the books I claimed to read, but that 5...
F U if U Miss This: “HOLLYWOOD FOREVER”
In LA, during the summer months, film preservers Cinespia screen a movie on the side of a Hollywood Forever cemetery mausoleum every Saturday night. Bring ten bucks cash for the door “donation” (they say donation, but it’s a fee– my friend was turned away for only having 8 bucks). Get there early! These picnic-like events...
Just Off Fountain: “CHAMPAGNE BAKERY”
Just past San Vicente on SanMonBul is a little french bakery called Champagne. It’s a quiet, fast, delicious alternative to larger chain coffee stores. In fact, Champagne rests in West Hollywood smack dab between two Starbuckses and a Coffee Bean. My God! The pastries there are so incredibly fresh and light, and you don’t leave...
Just Off Fountain: “RUNYON CANYON”
Labor Day, I was slammed with the realization that my walkable 24-Hr. Fitness would be closing at the end of the month for massive remodeling. I could use the 24-Hr. Fitnesseses in the area, but those are all reachable by car. And I’m currently in a bad relationship with my car, factoring in the hassle...
F U if U Miss This: “STARBUCKS @ AUTUMN”
Those of you who know me at all are probably already sick of hearing about this. September 1st for me is the beginning of Fall. It’s not that I can’t wait for Summer to be over, I just can’t wait to get a move on with the Autumn. Living in Southern California, it’s technically “Summer”...
Just Off Fountain: SILVER LAKE
Bienvenue, hipsters! Today we set sail down SanMonBul to the magical nonsense world of the Far East (of Hollywood that is): Silver Lake. A land of both caring and not caring, of quaintness and calamity, of treasure and trash, of paying a dollar for 30 cents. I threw on my t-shirt with a band on...
F U if U Miss This: “SCOTT PILGRIM”
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World This movie is a true original. So, therefore, by the rules of the universe, it had to make 15 cents at the box office. I’m gonna talk a little bit about box office for a sec. ”Scott Pilgrim” came in 5th this weekend. It was beat by “Expendables,” “Eat Pray...
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