Always on the hunt for high life, Ms. Go Go presents more options for New Year’s revelry. Here’s a second slate of fun and sin. Go Go’ers, pick your poison. New Year’s Eve Noir Dying to drag out your zoot suit or unleash your inner femme fatale? Grab some of the extremely limited tix for [...]
You survived Christmas AND the Mayan apocalypse. Good job. Pack away the canned foods and escape route map and celebrate the coming millennium (or just 2013) at one of the following fab New Year’s Eve parties. Bonus: no need to coordinate your evening wear with your gas mask. Swankin’ It at a Speakeasy Kick up [...]
The Travel Channel’s Adam Richman of “Man v. Food” will be the judge… This year the Wisconsin Badger’s will face off against the Stanford Cardinal’s for the Tournament of Roses Champions title. BUT another show down is brewing between Badger and Cardinal fans – and it involves something almost as sacred as their teams – [...]
Go Go’ers, we’ve done our best to skirt the edges of the season (kind of ) but the world is (maybe) ending so let’s go out with a kiss and a bang, shall we? Ms. Go Go herewith presents the best of the happy, merry, holiday ho-ho-hoping-you’re-having-a-swell-time events-around-town. It’s a good time in the City [...]
Go Go’ers, Christmas is coming. Maybe you already knew that. But maybe you didn’t know about the Christmas (kind-of) events happening this weekend? Get ready for a whole different kind of Ho Ho Ho. How to Postpone Christmas Of course, Cinefamily is your go-to destination for all things wild, wacky and wonderful cinema. But starting TODAY, [...]
It’s 12-12-12 but the significance of today’s date…whatever it is… is pretty much overshadowed by the imminence of Baby Jesus’s birthday and the end of the world, whichever comes first. Seriously, who can think about gumdrops and wise guys men when the world as we know it may soon cease to exist? The solution? Mid-week [...]
WHY Its patio, its still-amazing art collection and its new front-of-the-house cocktail lounge. WHAT Michael McCarty opened his namesake restaurant back in 1979 and was hugely influential in defining what was dubbed California cuisine and went on to become modern American cooking. His kitchen helped make goat cheese, arugula and caramelized onions a wildly popular [...]
WHY For the quintessential grill-your-own Koreatown experience—it’s a great place to bring out-of-towners. WHAT You’ll smell like meaty smoke all night after dinner here, and you won’t mind a bit. It’s one of Koreatown’s best-known places, a dive with brusque service and a constant wait for a table. Thepanchan (side dishes) aren’t as complex and [...]
WHY Proper Parisian baguettes (crisp outside, airy inside), more substantial sandwich breads, croissants and addictive oatmeal cookies. WHAT Known for its breads and for fruit tarts that are far lovelier than the neighborhood outside, Babette is a great and affordable find for breads, breakfast pastries and desserts (but skip the cupcakes in favor of the [...]
WHY Mellow vibe, good coffee, amusing people-watching. WHAT Try for a coveted sidewalk table at this funky (think Berkeley in the ’70s) place in the heart of ultra-hip Abbot Kinney. Or check out the two inside rooms, where you can grab a sandwich or settle in for the afternoon with a laptop or sketchbook. WHO [...]
