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Album review: Big Boi's 'Sir Lucious Left Foot ….The Son of Chico Dusty'
Pop & Hiss"I got a backup plan to the backup plan to back up my backup plan," Antwan "Big Boi" Patton spits on this long pleasure cruise of an album. The neat repetition might allude to the many obstacles that stood between...... -
[Chef Change] Wilshire: Taking it all in, out on the patio
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSince its opening about 2 1/2 years ago, Wilshire has seemed a restaurant in need of a therapist. The vision and reality didn't really track. Christopher Blobaum, the chef, had ambitions for a sophisticated contemporary American restaurant that was also...Tags: Mushrooms, Salads, Gnocchi, Restaurants, Soups
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The increasingly short life span of Las Vegas nightclubs
Special to The Los Angeles TimesIt's 10 p.m. on Aug. 31, and Blush, the new "boutique nightclub" inside the Wynn hotel-casino, is in the middle of its grand opening -- again. Music director and resident DJ Mighty Mi spins a standard mix of hip-hop hits past and present blended with some...Tags: Labor Day, Entertainment, Disc Jockeys, Los Angeles International Airport, New Year's Day
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Planning your trip to Hanoi, Vietnam
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE BEST WAY From LAX, Asiana, China Southern, Korean, Cathay Pacific, China, Thai Airways, Singapore and Malaysian all offer connecting flights (change of planes) to Hanoi. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,206. TELEPHONES To call the...Tags: China, Restaurants, Hanoi (Vietnam), Los Angeles International Airport, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Media moguls dancing all the way to the bank in Las Vegas
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's almost 3 a.m. at the Tao nightclub on the Strip, and the anthem for the night is still blaring: "Party like a rock, party like a rock star." Photographer Hew Burney, high on energy drinks, cuts through the dancing crowd with the practiced stealth of...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Restaurants, Business, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Lost Coast Brewing Tangerine Wheat
This business of flavoring beer with fruit, which started with the Belgian cherry and peach lambics, has the potential to go too far. Sooner or later, some American brewer (face it, it'll be a Californian) is bound to produce a kiwi-mango beer that will... -
Page Tangerine Negroni
Makes two cocktails
Although the inspiration for this cocktail comes from the tangerine juice, its secret ingredients are the smooth Carpano Antica sweet vermouth and Hendricks ginwith hints of juniper, cucumber and rose petals.
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In defense of Led Zeppelin on YouTube
Let's be clear about one thing: They were a great band. I thought so wholeheartedly in 10th grade. But then my musical taste broadened, grew more "sophisticated" or "adult." They became a guilty pleasure, a reminder of my adolescence, the kind of band I...Tags: Stairway to Heaven (song), YouTube, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page
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Home and garden events in the Southland
SATURDAY Irrigation class: Consultant Bob Galbreath discusses smart irrigation controllers in a workshop sponsored by the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants. Beginning in 2010, only weather-based irrigation controllers, or WBIC,...Tags: Movies, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gardening, Hobbies, Botany
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Despite ruling, San Francisco to expand health services
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSan Francisco will move ahead Wednesday with plans to expand health services for uninsured residents while appealing a federal court ruling that, if upheld, could thwart its trailblazing effort to achieve universal coverage. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...Tags: Labor Legislation, Judges, Migration, Restaurants, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rustic Canyon a neighborhood favorite in Santa Monica
Times Restaurant CriticAT Rustic Canyon, September's menu brings golf ball-sized arancinearancine fried to a deep gold. The trio of rice balls sits in a coral red heirloom tomato sauce; each contains a heart of molten fresh mozzarella. Evan Funke, the new chef at this nearly 2-...Tags: Restaurants, Pasta, Doughnuts, Tomatoes, Butter
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Recipe: Tangerine ratafia
Total time: 1 hour, plus 2 months to steep
Servings: 18
Note: From Lou Amdur; his recipe was inspired by Paula Wolfert's. You can substitute oranges, blood oranges or kumquats for the tangerines; you will need 3 cups juice and 2 cups zest. A 750-ml...Tags: Tangerines, Oranges
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