Los Angeles

The Times has gone Murder 2.0! Updated weekly, this Google map plots the last year in LA killings and includes a graph that breaks down victim details (age, race, location, cause of death). Useful takeaway: avoid gun battles, Sundays, and being male.

3922 West Sunset Boulevard, Silverlake; 323.663.6173

Open every day at 6am, this Chicago-based shop brews one cup at a time, using beans from the usual suspects (Ethiopia, Columbia, Kenya), plus more random spots like Rwanda, Honduras, and Bolivia. By-the-cup beans are rotated daily -- try not to freak out when Bolivia's not on the menu.

Thru August at 225 26th St, Brentwood; 310.394.9440

A9's offering deals on gear like Trovata cotton blazers ($100), Mason's pants ($75), and Fred Perry track jackets ($50) and T-shirts ($20). They're also offering free beer, ironic, since a sixer of Bud usually gets you out of your clothes, not into them.

3818 W Sunset Blvd, Silverlake; 323.953.0611

Finding a vegan eatery in LA that's not Thai is tougher than finding a vegetarian who can pin you, but this just-opened spot from the former owner of Tierra Cafe serves up everything from pancakes to pizza to Mexican. However, with items like Tofu Benediction and Tempeh Tu-No Salad, they do continue the vegan tradition of tagging simple dishes with stupid names.

They're hard to get your hands on, but this self-adhesive, glass-like magnetic decal lets you pretend you've got a sunroof on your sadly claustrophobic car -- because the only thing that's classier than a hole in your top is not being able to pop through it to hoot at teenage girls.