Category Archives: Trippy Happenings (Events)

Ars Longa Vita Brevis

Artisanal LA Los Angeles, California The recent inaugural Artisanal LA event held at Los Angeles’ Cooper Building ambitiously set out to be a collective of local restaurants, farms, artists, horticulturists and other artisan goods offering samples and selling their wares … Continue reading

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Sometimes Dead Is Better

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Mexico/Southwestern U.S. What do New Orleans Jazz Funerals, Irish wakes and Dia de los Muertos have in common? All are celebrations of life and a way to either send someone off in … Continue reading

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Holy Guacamole!

24th Annual California Avocado Festival Carpinteria, California The ever-popular avocado originated in Puebla, Mexico, where the family patriarch can still be found locally in the form of the small, black, gourd-shaped fruit called “criollo”. The Spanish were the first to … Continue reading

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Fair and Sunny

The 2010 Los Angeles County Fair Pomona, California As it has for generations before us, the thought of the county fair evokes images of crisp fall air, candy apples and cotton candy, midway games and admiring the results of agricultural … Continue reading

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Shine On Harvest Moon

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Chinatown, Los Angeles, California China marks the autumn equinox with the Moon Festival (also known as the Mid-Autumn, Lantern Festival or Mooncake festival). The celebration is traditionally held on the 15th of the 8th lunar month, although … Continue reading

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