Thrillist Los Angeles
Emailed in a LIST on: Wednesday October 8, 2008The List
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Eat: Laurel Tavern
This leather-padded pub hits you with a pincer move of gourmet comfort, with 10 craft beers on tap (Bayhawk Honey Blonde, PranQster Golden Ale), and upscale snacks that'll be similar to the just-launched menu at brother establishment Library Bar: a pork belly sandwich w/ housemade pickles, a tillamook cheddar burger, and twice-fried steak fries drizzled with pork fat -- the culinary equivalent of Pee-Wee's death sentence, "First we're gonna hang him, then we're gonna kill him".
Buy: 22 Shoes Sale
This purveyor of uncomplicatedly classy Italian-made leather shoes is closing, and hence taking up to 75% off everything, including the Oxfordish "Carson", the hi-topped "Cos Cob," and the dandy-yet-rugged, buckled "Coleman" boot -- inspired by the shoes worn by his "Uncle Mike", who lived for long stretches in Spain, but apparently not long enough to become "Uncle Miguel".
They're on display at TwentyTwoShoes.com
Save: Canter's 60th Anniversary
From noon-midnight, get a corned beef on rye w/pickle, potato salad, and chocolate rugula for only 60ยข, one penny for each year the deli's been open. Hey, times are tight, and you can't be flossing out with a dollar menu every day.
Go: The Most Interesting Show In The World
Hosted by sideshow maestro Jim Rose, this free, one-night-only festival of the peculiar features the likes of a Guinness record holder who swallows hot swords, a contortionist who can fire a bow-and-arrow with her feet, and a Letterman vet who balances a churning lawnmower on his chin (an act you'd call The Lawnmower Man, if not for the fact that it's actually entertaining).
Click: Boner Party
Many pics on this "dedicated to all things boner worthy" tumblr should induce widespread erections ("Kelly Kapowski is the 2Pac of boners"), others will turn on a niche crowd (woman wearing fishnet hose & Darth Vader mask, Natalie Imbruglia), while others clearly represent the author's own idiosyncratic turn-ons -- though even if it leaves your tent un-pitched, how many Native American versions of GWAR have you seen?
Check out hot chicks and dumb comments at Bonerparty.Tumblr.com
