Earlier this week, B-Side Blog reader Sisofjash sent me an email urging me to go to the nearby Huntington Botanical Gardens in Pasadena to check out the very rare and supposedly very malodorous blooming of a “corpse flower.” This exciting event only happens once every few years, and apparently, it’s been witnessed by humans less …
Category Archives: Los Angeles
Los Angeles Gay Pride Offers A Little Bit of Something For Everyone…
Via The Los Angeles Times It was gay pride weekend in West Hollywood, and in an effort to educate the public on what to look forward to, the L.A. Now blog at The Los Angeles Times posted a description of the festival’s scheduled events. I couldn’t help but notice the juxtaposition of these two offerings: …
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Painted Nail Opening Results In Unexpected Celebrity Cameos
Last night, my friends J-Unit and IndianJones headed into the Valley for the Grand Opening party of The Painted Nail, a nail salon owned by our friend Katie, who many of you may remember from the old days at TVgasm. Of course, The Painted Nail isn’t just any nail salon, and Katie doesn’t throw just …
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SATURDAY IN LOS ANGELES: Hiking, Food, and Ellen Pompeo
I don’t know how it was for the rest of the country, but the weather in LA this past weekend was fantastic, and what better way to enjoy the sunshine than by stepping out and taking a hike? Inspired by a recent post in LAist about hidden staircases in Hollywood, I recruited two fellow hoofers …
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"Jackass" Gay Men Wreak After-Hours Havoc On Otherwise Calm Hollywood Pool
Spotted in IndianJones’s building this weekend: a memo from his land lady that strikes just the right balance of hilarity and offensiveness. Well done! Feel free to discuss  but keep it mature. Juvenile behavior is unacceptable on MY blog.
Stacie from 'The Hills' Graces Us With Her Presence
A new supporting character has played a prominent role on this season of The Hills, and her name is Stacie â€â€Ã‚ or as Stephanie Pratt has been prone to calling her â€â€Ã‚ homewrecker, slut, whore, etc.. To me, she’s just “bartender” or “that girl from The Hills” or “that girl from The Hills named Stacie who I …
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EATING IN LA: Seventeen Courses at Jitlada
Back in October of last year, I detailed a particularly enjoyable yet sweaty trip to Jitlada Thai Cuisine, a restaurant that is widely regarded as one of the best Thai eateries in Los Angeles. This is thanks in part to its unique Southern Thai menu whose famously delicious (and notoriously spicy) offerings have been well …
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Aunt Linda's License Plate?
Spotted on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles today: a license plate that seems to sum up Aunt Linda’s outlook on life.
Local Fox Affiliate Delivers Important Spring Break News When You Need It Most
Anyone who watched last night’s episode of 24 here in Los Angeles witnessed the local news team on Fox 11 promote a Very Important News Story about students on Spring Break being forced to relocate from Mexico to a new hotspot in California. Naturally, this intrigued IndianJones and I, and so we fast forwarded through …
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B-Side Blog Takes You Inside The Oscars
One of the many perks of my new apartment is that I’m just a few blocks away from the Kodak Theatre, the famed venue where the Oscars have been staged for the past five or six years. In honor of my easy access to the festivities, I decided to take a jaunt down to Hollywood …