Weekend Guide
Help support Project Angel Food (a non profit org that delivers 11,000 home cooked, nutritious meals to home-bound Angelenos suffering from HIV/Aids, cancer and other major illnesses) by going out to eat at some of L.A.’s best restaurants. All day restaurants from Glendale to Santa Monica will be donating 25% or more of their profits earned throughout the day to this very worthy organization. What restaurant will I be supporting? The Little Next Door Café that serves local, farmers’ market organic ingredients. Any of these restaurants deserve your support. See the full listing of participating establishments here.
Location: Restaurants throughout Los Angeles. Date/Time: Today, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Web: http://diningoutforlifela.org/ image via metromix
Its been a rough week for me, anyone else? If you need some rest and relaxation head over to one of Silver Lake’s best eco-shops for a “spa night.” Nettie Davis, the creator of Nettie Scrub will be there showing off her natural scrubs that leave your skin feeling super soft and smell delicious. Melissa Graves of the heat therapy “wellness bags” will be there showing off her products too. Did I mention free chair massage and hand treatments? Plus free wine, juice and snacks too.
Location: All Shades of Green, 3038 Rowena Ave, Los Angeles CA 90039 MAP Date/Time: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m Web: www.allshadesofgreen.net Phone: 323-665-7454 image via greenlagirl
As if being green wasn’t a pay off in itself, now you can get freebies for your efforts. In an attempt to go greener the Mariott Hotel in Marina Del Rey is offering free bike valet, plus a free appetizer and drink at its roof top bar Glow for all patrons who bicycle there from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Location: Glow, 4100 Admiralty Way Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 MAP Date/Time: Every day from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Phone: 310-578-4152 Web: http://www.glow-bar.com/
Hate the Mall? I know I do. If you’re like me head over to the California Market Center this weekend to shop Unique Los Angeles and support local design. There will be 275 different local vendors, artists and community organizations from around Los Angeles. They even have a “green room” that is dedicated exclusively towards eco-friendly vendors. Did I mention that have a DIY center, free wine, beer and Silver Lake’s MALO restaurant will have a pop up café there? 50% of ticket proceeds will benefit City-Labs, a non-profit that helps with community service fairs.
Location: California Market Center Penthouse, 110 East Ninth Street, LA, CA 90015 MAP
Date/Time: Sat/Sun May 2nd 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and May 3rd 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $5, purchase tickets here. Web: www.uniquelosangeles.com
Come check out this self-guided walking tour, that includes the iconic Venice canals. The tour will visit historic Venice landmarks like the Venice Beach House and 25 to 30 gardens and homes on the tour (including many drought tolerant gardens as well.) All proceeds will benefit the Las Doradas Children’s Center in Venice. Biking to the event is encouraged as parking will be difficult. The tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine.) For more information please visit their website.
Location: Las Doradas Children’s Center 804 Broadway, Venice, CA 90291
(corner of Broadway & Pleasantview, 1 block west of Lincoln Blvd) MAP Date/Time: Saturday, May 2, 2008 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $60 Purchase Tickets here Web: www.venicegardentour.org
Ydt Co-founder Lauren is back at it again! She is leading another DIY Skin Care workshop, this time it is at Green and Greener in Valley Village. You’ll learn how you can make simple, healthy and effective skincare products from many ingredients you might already have at home. The list includes how to make your own massage oil, sugar scrub and bath salts. The event is happening a week from today (May 7th) but there is limited space to sign up soon.
Location: Green and Greener, 4838 Lauren Canyon Boulevard, Valley Village CA 91607 MAP Date/Time: Thursday, May 7th (next week) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. RSVP Required: 818-358-431
Know a green event that I didn’t mention? Comment below and we’ll add it to the ydt events Calendar. Happy Weekend!
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Tracy Hepler
Oh I just got wind of this one…from E waste to E Fun
Time: 8pm
Date: Sunday May 3rd, 2009
“Admit it. Something’s missing from your life. Look around you, right now. Depressing, isn’t it? Where’s the fun? Where’s the joy, the love, the little flecks of color and light that make you realize your grim daily slog is worth it? Do you really want to spend another night in your apartment or home, just sitting in a pile of soiled laundry, cutting yourself just so you’ll feel something, anything?
Of course you don’t. That’s why you need to build your very own STAND-UP VIDEO ARCADE MACHINE!
That’s it! That’s the secret, known by every convenience store and craphole pizza joint across the world, to making your environment a heptillion times more fun! No more painful silence and darkness! Give your home a focus for fun, for excitement, for quarters! Give the teens you lure into your home something to do! It’ll be great!
And the best part is, this is the best time in history to make your own arcade machine! The digital TV switchover will make CRT TVs available for free on every curbside, and old PCs are yours for the asking. So come down and see how you, with a shockingly small investment, can make your own customized arcade machine that plays thousands of classic games or custom, brand new ones!”
Get the address at yourdailythread.com/events
