The weekend is holding its breath.
At the corner of Sunset and Tamarind, you've had your pizza and beer (Delancey), and you've had your mole and margaritas (The Mission Cantina). But now the building's owner also wants to feed you some brisket from a new daytime deli. Twist your arm...
You're all for the happy-hour concept (obviously), though the menus tend to be a bit...slim. Not so at Akasha, finally joining the fold by discounting all pizzas, beers on tap, wines by the glass and specialty drinks by half. That'll do.
The Spirit of Halloween at Maison 140
On this unholiest of holidays, you must now decide between an absinthe-soaked hotel bash offering prizes to
the women in the most alluring French maid costumes...
411: Oct 31,
7-11pm, prizes at 9pm and 11pm, Maison 140, 140 Lasky Dr (S. of Wilshire), Beverly Hills, 310-407-7795
Trashy Lingerie Party at the Kress
...or the self-explanatory blowout at Hollywood's towering new nightclub...
411: Oct 31, 9pm-2am, The
Kress, 6608 Hollywood Blvd (parking off Schrader), Hollywood, tickets and info here or at 866-824-8212
Halloween at the Roosevelt
...or perhaps a more sophisticated evening discussing current events over cocktails with your evening's
eloquent emcee, Marilyn Manson.
And if you think the surreal spectacles are over, you've still got Day of the Dead, Hollywood-style. By which we mean thousands of festive mourners in skeleton costumes, surrounded by intricate shrines to departed relatives...and canceled TV shows.
It ends Tuesday. The race for president, that is, but also the "Hollywood, DC: Lights! Camera! Election!" exhibit of more than forty artists. On Election Day you'll find a results viewing party (important) and a Svedka open bar (more important).
