Subject: Shopping

• Orange County Market Place

  January 1, 2009

• Coyote Sale

  Friends of Coyote Hills—the group battling valiantly to protect the last undeveloped land in Fullerton—hold their fifth annual Garage Sale Fundraiser from 7 a.m. to noon Friday and Saturday at 925 Valencia Mesa, Fullerton. Promising "tons of bargains" (and advising shoppers to arrive early for the best selection), organizers say they'll also have water, coffee and Krispy Kreme doughnuts available. "You don't have to buy them by the dozen!" they note, failing to realize they had me at

  November 1, 2006

• NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2007: THE ARTFUSION EXPERIMENT

  The best place to drink heavily at Fashion Island is...Red Robin. Unexpected, right? But a Jack-and-Diet there will run you $4.79 plus tax, and it comes in a full-size glass. Don't ask why the price is so strangely to-the-penny; just enjoy the fact that it's a cocktail cheaper than many beers. Other cocktails are similarly good value; a rather picky diner specified the ingredients he wanted in a Zombie, and ended up paying just $6, slices of fruit and all. But then he left half of it behind. I'

  April 24, 2007

• Monday's Headlines. No Surprises: Shaky ground for the mayor-who-would-be-governor

  Preparing for deportation: In the past fiscal year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement made almost twice as many arrests (30,396) in its fugitive operations program as it did the previous year, reports the Register. ICE also picked up more than 4,000 illegals in workplace raids - up 11 percent from 2006. The increase in raids have immigration rights advocates urging families to plan for a deportation. On the to-do list: "taking care of property records and finances and making clear plans for w

  November 26, 2007

• Because You're Ugly: Supermandolini

  So I'm sitting in bed with a sweltering fever and the sheets drenched. I have body aches, my glasses keep sliding down my nose bridge and I pretty much feel like I'm on my deathbed. So what do I do? Do some online shopping, of course. Supermandolini offers a fun line of accessories, brooches, rings and necklaces, including this adorable "Just My Luck!" pin, available here. The pin takes something pretty unfortunate—getting crapped on by a bird flying overhead—and spins it into something

  January 14, 2008

• MORE DIRT, PLEASE

  January 6, 2000

• LowBallVideoChatter: Steely Dan, "Black Friday"

  Good morning! It's Black Friday, a term some wanker marketing genius coined for the day after Thanksgiving when, ideally, retailers all across this mass-consumer-crazed nation of ours will be (the theory goes) left "in the black." Though in these recessionary times, I'm not even expecting Christmas cards this year.   Before Black Friday was a co-opted media catch phrase (tonight would be a good night to invite some friends over and play the Black Friday drinking game -- flip on CNN, and dow

  November 28, 2008

• On Sale This Week: Mike Ness, Not Much Else

  It's a light week for show announcements, what with the holiday and all--but we do have Mike Ness at the Glass House on Dec. 21, following closely on the heels of his Dec. 6, 9, 10, 14, 19 and 20 shows at the Coach House (of which only the Dec. 14 date is not yet sold out). So much Mike Ness. So many houses. December's going to be a great month.Tickets are on sale now, and $30. Beyond that, we've got Robben Ford at the Coach House, and I think that's about it. Happy shopping! Yay consumerism!

  November 28, 2008

• Because You're Ugly: Hearts and Laserbeams Sale!

  It's Cyber Monday! That means you can get all the great deals of Black Friday today--and with all the comforts of shopping online. Long Beach Craft Mafia member and local artist Steph Calvert is offering 20% off everything in her online storefront, Hearts and Laserbeams, which features all sorts of fun stuff like handmade aprons, original art, popular prints of robots doing everything from eating cupcakes to shoe shopping, stationery and housewares. And, in accordance with the holidays, Calvert

  December 1, 2008

• Hiking

  June 4, 2009

• Welcome to the Poor Chalet

  The lifts are still running at Mammoth and our local mountains, but SnowSports Industries America (SIA) reports the retail side of the industry got hammered in February, continuing a steady decline that began last November, at the height of the Christmas shopping season. "Snow sports market sales declined 16 percent overall in February 2009 over February 2008," states an audit by the McLean, VA-based, not-for-profit trade association. "Snow Sports equipment sales were partic

  April 9, 2009

• 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' the Latest Cultural Relic to Be Adapted, But Why Now?

  February 12, 2009

• [Trendzilla] Chanel Jackets and Cheap Chic

  November 27, 2008

• Dragging On

  June 12, 2008

• [Trendzilla] Shopping In the Out of Doors

  June 12, 2008

• Robot Downey Jr.

  December 6, 2007

• Staff Infection

  September 8, 2005

• Step by Step

  Mark Reynado, Marketing Director, the Block at Orange

  February 8, 2007

• Saving a Landfill Near You

  Computer Recycling at the Sports Complex

  January 18, 2007

• Commie Girl

  Make Levees Not War
  We go a-visiting at the Nixon Library

  February 23, 2006

• In the Kitchen, With a Knife

  September 8, 2005

• Letters

  December 16, 2004

• Pura Vida Costa Rican Cuisine

  December 16, 2004

• Shopping Bagged

  December 2, 2004

• Burning Mad

  August 12, 2004

• Tailgate Party

  January 29, 2004

• Shopping for Armageddon

  December 19, 2002

• The Gifts That Keep Giving

  December 6, 2001

• Supermarket Sweep

  March 16, 2000

• The Starbucks Solution

  June 17, 1999

• The Messenger; Greenery; Angora; Memoricide

  May 21, 2009

• Gettin' Made: And Sent Off to ReForm School

  Heading to Los Angeles for the grand opening of Home Ec tonight? Don't forget to stop by the shop that gave Home Ec its start, I'm talkin' about a little place down the block known as ReForm School. Indie craft overload - picture 12,000 awesome handmade things all under one roof and you've got ReForm School!​ After the jump, see some more of ReForm School's indie crafts by local artists and find out about their current online sale.

  September 4, 2009

• The Weezer Snuggie Has Landed!

  You might remember Weezer's endorsement of the Snuggie during their live concerts. This was the obvious next step to take. Christmas shopping: DONE--everybody gets a backwardsass robe!  

  November 3, 2009

• Cops to Be Out in Force Throughout OC This Weekend, "Black Friday"

  ​Various Orange County communities are going to be crawling with extra cops this weekend as pre-Thanksgiving pushes are made to get drunks, druggies, the unlicensed and unsafe motorcyclists off the road and to ensure everyone is buckling up.R. Scott Moxley blogged earlier today about the Orange County Sheriff's Department setting up DUI checkpoints in Stanton and Villa Park on Friday. The next night, the Garden Grove Police Department conducts one from 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday at the i

  November 19, 2009