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10/01/09
The weekend is layering.
PERKS
1 New Perk
This week's Perk gives you a free week at Equinox Fitness Clubs, now outfitted with iPhone-assisted bookings
and eucalyptus-scented towels. Fair warning: there may be some exercise involved.
- 411:
- UD Perks
TRIFECTA
Burgers, Beer and Blues at Firefly Bistro
From now on, Thursday nights at this neighborhood favorite include a rotating menu of burgers like a
Mushroom-Oregano Burger With Crispy Shallots, pints like Acme Pale Ale—and, yes,
despite the cheery mood those two things generally bring you, the blues.
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- Thursdays, 5:30-9pm, Firefly, 1009 El Centro St, South Pasadena, 626-441-2443
HOUSE OF SPAIN
Thursday Tastings at Bar Pintxo
And over at
your favorite compact beachside wine bar, Thursday brings a new way to taste the Spanish
goods—fifty bucks gets you a four-course tasting (it'll change every week) with four matching wines.
Now you just have to find a seat.
- 411:
- Thursdays, Bar Pintxo, 109 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, 310-458-2012
EARLY EXIT
"Défaire" Menu at Comme Ça
Leave it to David Myers to inspire you to embrace some Parisian traditions—like afternoon drinking.
Sneak out around 4pm for $2 oysters and the only aphrodisiac-themed drinks in town you'd actually
order—like the Mango Mahal, with vodka, mango, lime and rosewater. Here's the menu.
- 411:
- Mon-Fri, 4-6pm, Comme Ça, 8479 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, 323-782-1104
GET SLEIGHED
Hunky Santa Tryouts at Beverly Center
The qualifications for this enormously important position include the ability to write long lists, to appear
at charity events without your shirt on, and to be generally perceived as hunky. In other words, it's your
role to lose.
- 411:
- Oct 6, 7-9pm, Beverly Center, 6th Flr, 8500 Beverly Blvd, 310-854-0070
NOTES OF PHOTOSHOP
Playmate Fantasy Wine Tour
Your other favorite
beachside wine bar has a fairly brilliant new guided tour for you—each of the eight suggested
pours, chosen by Playboy's nightlife columnist Dan "The Imbiber" Dunn, is inspired by an iconic
Playmate. The sampling tour's available all month, but only the kickoff party will include a couple actual
Playmates.
- 411:
- Launch party Oct 6, 6:30-8:30pm, Pourtal, 104 Santa Monica Blvd, 310-393-7693
Only what you need to know.
