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TALES OF DOWNTOWN
SANTASIA Review
THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR
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LA HOLIDAY GUIDE
LA HOLIDAY GUIDE
'Tis the season to entertain, shop, see a Nutcracker, ice skate, throw snowballs at the beach. There's holiday events, entertainment and activities all over town. Visit the Eye Spy LA Holiday Guide for the latest updates.
 
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THIS WEEK in L.A.
 
LA Winter Wonderland'Twas the week before the holidays when all through the town  
people scurried here and there for gifts to be found 
 
The stores were all crammed with holiday fare
in hopes that shoppers soon would be there

He in his truck and she in her car
were stuck in the traffic that stretched near and far
 
To the north, to the south, to the east and the west
the freeways were jammed, the streets were a mess
 
Out in the parking lot there arose such a clatter,
nobody sprang up to look, they knew what was the matter
 
The lot was full, drivers fumed as they sought
a spot to alight so some gifts could be bought

A guy in a Ford hit a Cabriolet
The other cars honked, they were blocking the way

The sun on the windows of all the cars in the rows,
caused the light to shimmer as they came to blows
 
Then what to everyone's wondering eyes should arrive,
a really big bus pulled up in the drive
 
And shoppers hopped off lively and quick
as they went to the shops to choose and to pick
 
More rapid than autos the metros they came,
and we saw them and watched them and called them by name
 
The dash bus, the rapid, the local and the metro,
from rail, from the busway, by gas, by electro
 
They go here and go there and go all around
When they meet with an obstacle they go underground

Toward Downtown, Pasadena, the Valley and Long Beach they flew
Loaded with passengers, their stuff and a bicycle or two

I heard the riders exclaim as they drove out of sight,
"What a great way to go and avoid traffic blight!"

-- Andrea Kirk with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore
 
L0TS OF recommendations for places to go and things to do for the holidays in the Holiday Guide and on the Eye Spy LA Calendar.

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I AM A CHINESE WOMAN...LIVING IN A JEWISH WOMAN'S BODY by Nancy Mills 

Tales of Downtown
 
Don't laugh. It's true. 
Yesterday, I had a wonderful healer come over to my historic loft to do a clearing. Her name is Carolyn Jacques and she's goooooood. 

What's a clearing you might ask? It's a ritual to get rid of any evil spirits in your place. You know the ca-ca that might be hanging around from generations.

Why would I do this? Oh, the list goes on and on - but cutting to the chase, I CAN'T SLEEP in downtown. And it is driving me NUTS. I already wrote about how noisy it is here, but it is getting to the point, where I am a desperate woman and I was beginning to think it was more than the noise...
  
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editor's note: ever wonder what it's like living downtown? Local writer Nancy Mills blogs about her adventures living the "loft" life in Downtown L.A. at talesofdowntown.com 
SANTASIA: WHIMSICAL, SIDE-SPLITTING FESTIVE FUN AT THE WHITEFIRE THEATRE by M.R. Hunter 
 
SANTASIARudy, the red-nosed mobster had a very short fuse and if you ever crossed him, he'd put out a hit on you. All of the other elves liked to strip and spank around. They even let Santa bounce, bounce and get jiggy with it. Then one Pulpy Christmas show Vincent and Jules came to say, "What does Santa Claus look like? Does he look like a bitch? Then why did you try to fuck him like a bitch?" Then Suzie got her Easy Bake Oven as a penguin learned to fly, Santasia: A Holiday Comedy returns in its hilarious 10-year anniversary.
 
Part spoof, part sketch comedy and a whole lot of laughs makes this irreverent holiday show a must-see...
 
Read the FULL REVIEW
You'll always find the latest events & activities plus commentary about where we've been at eyespyLA.com - updated daily.
 
WISHING YOU AND YOURS A HAPPY AND JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON!

-- Andrea Kirk ([email protected])