Category Archives: Weekend Plans

Save The Date: 2nd Annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase April 25th, 2010

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Mark your calendars and get ready to see green! The 2nd annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase will take place on Sunday, April 25th all over Mar Vista. Hosted and organized by the Mar Vista Community Council Green Committee, the Green Garden Showcase is a chance for homeowners to display their drought-tolerant, California native, eco-friendly landscaping. Sherri's gardenIf you’d like your home’s green garden to be on this year’s tour, please contact Sherri Akers at Sherri (at) MarVista (dot) org. Or just stop by the Green Committee’s booth at the Mar Vista Farmer’s Market on Sundays and they’ll help you get signed up.

*Photo courtesy of Sherri Akers

Go Green Expo Fun For Families

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Of course it’s not even in Mar Vista, but if you’re looking for some family fun this weekend and don’t mind driving to downtown LA, I’d suggest the Go Green Expo. Go Green Expo entranceLocated in the south hall of the LA Convention Center, the expo has tons of info about all aspects of green living, from solar installers to green pet food companies. And for the kids (and the kids at heart) there are a bunch of fun activities: Nintendo is hosting a Wii Fit demo, there’s a rock-climbing wall, and kids’ musical and magical performers will be on hand.

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I got a preview of the expo on Friday as a guest of the promoters and had a great time. I sampled green foods (and some of other colors), got info about green products like re-usable water bottles and grocery bags, and learned about a great website called Greenopia, which is a guide to all things green in LA.

Check it out: Saturday from 10am – 6pm and Sunday from 10am – 5pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and kids under 12 are free.

Weekend Plans

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Saturday and Sunday come shop for bargains and help raise funds for Community Magnet School at a giant garage sale. 8am – 3pm, 11364 Nutmeg Avenue 90066 (behind the DMV office on Washington Blvd.)

Saturday First Lutheran School of Venice will hold an Open House and Book Fair with children’s book authors Stephen Cook (Day Out With Daddy) and Maureen McGrath (Spunky’s Special Friend). 11am, 815 Venice Blvd. Crafts for the kids and tours for the parents.

Saturday Night check out TubaZar at the Fanatic Salon, some hilarious music at a great local spot. 8pm, $10.

Sunday morning come by the Mar Vista Farmer’s Market for all your veggie needs, plus the MVCC Green Committee will hold it’s monthly meeting from 9:30am until 11am, and their guest in the Green Booth will be the Master Gardeners. Also: Yvonne’s Gluten Free Goodies will be there with lemon cranberry loaves, vegan chocolate cupcakes and agave muffins — all gluten-free and yummy.

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Friday Night the All-Girl Revue is back at the Fanatic Salon, 8pm $10. These gals deliver the goods.

Saturday North Venice Little League has added a final sign-up day by popular demand. 10am – 2pm at the field at the top of Grand View Hill. Check their website for details.

Saturday night more comedy goodness at the Fanatic Salon: TRANS4MERZ returns with Bucket o’ Snakes, 8pm $10.

Monday is Martin Luther King Day and I highly recommend seeing America I Am at the CA Science Center in ExpositionPark. It’s an incredibly moving and powerful exhibit, celebrating the nearly 500 years of African American contributions to America and the world. Truly not to be missed, and a perfect day to see it.

Also Monday, at the California African American Museum (practically next door to the Science Center), they’re continuing their tradition of having Cake for King after the Kingdom Day Parade, which begins at 9am. It is his birthday, after all.

Farmer’s Market Preview

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Tomorrow morning at the Farmer’s Market, Jennifer Taggert of The Smart Mama will be in the Green Booth with her lead-testing ray-gun. XRF testingOK, it’s not a ray gun, but it kind of looks like one, and she’ll be using it to test for lead in toys, so bring in any suspect items your kids may have received over the holidays and find out if they contain lead. It should be very instructive.

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Saturday and Sunday, PeachTree Pottery is holding its 4th Annual Holiday Art Show, 1 – 5pm, 3795 Boise Ave., MV 90066.

Saturday evening, the newly-formed Mar Vista Chamber of Commerce will be meeting. 6 – 8pm, 12085 Venice Blvd. RSVP and more details here.

Sunday morning, at the Mar Vista Farmer’s Market (and all the rest of the Sundays in December as well), the Mar Vista Arts and Crafts Collective will be selling their wares — just in time for holiday shopping! 9am – 2pm, Grand View Blvd. @ Venice Blvd.

Sunday afternoon, I’ll be co-hosting, along with the moms from InspireThe Change, a holiday sale in a lovely private home here in Mar Vista. 1 -6pm, 3961 East Blvd. Click here for more details.

Live Holiday Shopping Event This Sunday 12/6

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I’m joining forces with Annie Barnes and Jessica Tuck of Inspire The Change to present:holiday sale inviteThere will be crafts for the kids to make, great items for sale from moms we know and love, and — full disclosure — I’ll be selling off all my inventory of hooded baby towels from my previous incarnation as a crafter.blue towel blue duckiesred towel cowboysRock bottom prices — great gifts for the babies or toddlers on your list.

Come on by! This Sunday from 1pm – 6pm, at 3961 East Blvd., Mar Vista 90066.

{FULL DISCLOSURE} {If I don’t sell any towels, I won’t make any money on this sale or this post; I have received no compensation to post any of this information.}

Weekend Plans

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Another Big Weekend with lots of activities to tell you about. Plenty of holiday shopping opportunities and family fun to be had. So without further ado…

Thursday evening marks the opening of Mixed Moments II, a photo exhibit by Mar Vista’s own Stephen Boskin, at City Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s West LA office, 1645 Corinth Ave, 90025, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Admission is free.

Also opening Thursday and running through the weekend is the Green Screen Environmental Film Festival & Salon, at the Electric Lodge in Venice. Check their website for showtimes and prices.

Friday morning from 7:30am – 9am, Mar Vista Elementary school Green Dolphins will be holding an eWaste recycling drive as part of their Community Day. The drive will run again on Saturday from 11am – 2pm.

Friday Night at the Fanatic Salon is another All-Girl Revue. Show starts at 8pm, admission is $10.

On Saturday New School West is holding their Holiday Bazaar from 10am – 4pm, and Beethoven Elementary School runs their 6th Annual Holiday Boutique from 10am – 3pm.

Saturday the Electric Lodge will also host an outdoor Eco/Arts Street Festival from 10am – 6pm. Free community event, plus there will be crafts for sale as well.

Also Saturday, take a trip through Mar Vista history by taking one of Mark Crawford’s walking tours. This weekend’s tour will be around the famous Mar Vista Oval, but please check the website of the MV Historical Society to verify times and tour locations.

Sunday is not to be outdone: in addition to the Mar Vista Farmer’s Market (which happens every Sunday, as you well know), there’s another Holiday Gift Sale, this one in a private home: 3410 Granville Ave. from 11am – 4pm.

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It’s a busy weekend, people, so I’m posting this early so we can all gear up!

Friday is First Fridays on Abbot Kinney (which is in Venice, but so close you can get there in a minute) and it’s a fun time, with stores, restaurants and galleries staying open late, and now it’s going to be Green as well as Fun, thanks to the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Environmental Committee’s new “Bin Your Butts” campaign to keep cigarette butts off the street and out of the ocean. VNC Bin your ButtsFriday and Saturday, see Cheryl Tryckv’s Capiche? at the Fanatic Salon, showtimes at 8pm. capiche flyerSaturday attend “It’s Easy Being Green” at Ocean Views Farms Community Gardens, a free workshop about greening your gardening practices. 9:30am. Apparently it’s all about the worms. ItsEasyBeingGreenSaturday come shop for bargains at a giant garage sale, proceeds benefitting a brave soul fighting breast cancer. 4346 Stewart Ave, 90066. 8am -on.

Sunday, another Abbot Kinney event: the Fall Fashion Jamboree, from 1-4pm. Kids’ fashions from Twirls and Twigs, introducing their new boys’ line of toddler clothes, live music from Jambo, fun for the whole family. At The Pod Photography, 1219 1/2 Abbot Kinney.invite--jamboree

Have a great weekend, Mar Vista!

Mar Vista Weekend Plans

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Friday and Saturday nights celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Ocean View Haunted House, courtesy of Insane House Of Pain. Free and open to the public 2 nights this year, from 7 -10pm. Scary!

Sunday at the Farmer’s Market is their annual Day of The Dead celebration, with music, theater and great food. See you there!Day of the Dead Spanish
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