Category Archives: Trippy Happenings (Events)

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot

17th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival Oxnard, California Herb likes spicy food, but isn’t much into dancing; his girlfriend Rosemary likes Latin music and goes out cutting the rug every chance she gets. Is there any chance for this relationship? You … Continue reading

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Where The Streets Have No Name

LA Street Food Fest The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California In terms of U.S. cities, L. A. has one of the largest street food cultures, made popular by the ubiquitous taco trucks and expanded by the somewhat recent gourmet food truck … Continue reading

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Reservations Required

An Evening With Anthony Bourdain Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles CA “Hey, Val, if you could do anything you wanted for a career, what would you choose?” Oh, I don’t know, I’d like to visit exotic and unusual places, immerse … Continue reading

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Temecula, California Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Think of an annual festival where huge numbers of hot air balloons take to the skies and what comes to mind? OK, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, sure, I get that. But … Continue reading

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Even Artichokes Have Hearts

Annual Castroville Artichoke Festival Castroville, California The artichoke is a confusing vegetable; Curly Howard once threatened, “I’d like to meet the guy who invented this barbed-wire pineapple”. The Globe artichoke we’re familiar with in the U.S. is a native of … Continue reading

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