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Sponsor
The Conscious Life Expo
February 10-12
An eclectic community of visionaries gathering together for a 4-day explosion of collective consciousness. Featuring visionary Gregg Braden, British psychic Lisa Williams, Jen Young Freedom Band, Elijah and The Band of Light, Amitahba with White Dove, astrologer Susan Miller & over 150 programs.Three Healthy Living Exhibit Halls, Business Summit, Music Fest & Conscious Film Festival.
$20 Advance/$25 door
LAX Hilton Hotel
5711 Century Blvd., Los Angeles
www.consciouslifeexpo.com
1-800-367-5777
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USEFUL LINKS
VALENTINE'S DAY
Everything you need to know to plan something special this year - updated daily.
Eye Spy LA is all about exploration, discovery and trying new things to do.
Here are some opportunities to try something different at a discount or sometimes even for free. DETAILS
GOOD EATS in L.A.
Recent food adventures. Places to go when you want to chow down around town. DETAILS.
GOOD TO KNOW GOOD TO GO Read our reviews of current productions we recommend: Cirque du Soleil's OVO Casebolt & Smith in O(h) Who's Your Daddy Cirque du Soleil's IRIS Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
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First Friday, Saturday Movie Magic & Super Sunday
Warm Up Your Feet Before You Warm Up Your Seat Before you settle on the sofa with your Super Bowl snacks: Walk among the dinosaurs at First Fridays @ The Natural History Museum, cruise through Franklin's Movie Magic Movie Locations or get your blood pumping before kickoff at the Redondo Beach 34th Annual 10k/5k marathon. Whew!
Show Some Love
Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Don't get caught without a sweet for your sweetie. Find something unusual on our Shopping page or plan ahead by visiting our Valentine's Day Calendar. XOXO!
Film Buffs
The Eye Spy LA FILM page is always a great place to find film experiences that are beyond the blockbuster cineplex and often include after discussions with film makers. Below are pre-Valentine Day films perfect for sharing popcorn and cuddling.
There's more of course. See all of this week's Editors Picks or view the full Eye Spy LA Calendar
TIP: you can find events and other things to do near you - you'll find neighborhood and regional calendar links at the bottom of all Eye Spy LA web pages.
Happy Weekend! --Andrea Kirk (editor@eyespyla.com)
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Whole Hog Family Dinner at Scuola di Pizza
By Abby Abanes
As a Filipina, pork is a definite food love since it does play a good part in Filipino cuisine. So when a friend asked if I wanted to check out the Whole Hog Family Dinner at Scuola Di Pizza, I jumped at the chance and when I saw the menu, I was even more interested.
For those of you unfamiliar with Scuola Di Pizza, it's part of Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza and is a private dining room with an open kitchen and seated family-style dining. It can be rented for private events, but it's also used for cooking classes and themed dinners open to the public. Currently, Chef Chad Colby is the one who teaches the classes as well as cooks the Whole Hog Family Dinners every Saturday night. Considering that he won Cochon 55, the heritage pig competition in Los Angeles last May, I knew we were in good hands...
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VAN DE KAMP'S COFFEE SHOP, SOCAL, 1962
By Charles Phoenix
How much do we all love it when a big fake mini-golf course Dutch windmill spins over a classy, glassy corner coffee shop somewhere in SoCal's sleek suburbia. Its old world charm meets mid-century mod and the match is mesmerizing.
Van De Kamps started in downtown Los Angeles in 1915 peddling potato chips. The next year a potato famine forced them to diversify into baked goods...
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Eyestrology - This Week's Event Forecast
By Cici Psy-Chic
 Happy birthday to these celebrity Aquarians: Christie Brinkley (2/2), Maura Tierney (2/3), Alice Cooper (2/4), Jennifer Jason Leigh (2/5), Natalie Cole (2/6), Ashton Kutcher (2/7), Nick Nolte (2/8)
It's going to be quiet week before things start heating up again. We'll be investing our time to domestic matters-a little pre-spring cleaning is in order. It won't hurt to attend to our own personal appearance either. A day at the spa, a massage or a new hairdo could work wonders.
AQUARIUS - Nesting
PISCES - Spit and Shine
ARIES -Coyote Ears
TAURUS - Happy Middle Ground
GEMINI - Travel
CANCER - Pop Up
LEO - Raining Riches
VIRGO - Ask
LIBRA - Play Both Sides
SCORPIO - Good Challenge
SAGITTARIUS - Big Bold Step
CAPRICORN - Effort
Read your full EYESTROLOGICAL forecast
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ABOUT EYE SPY LA
Eye Spy LA has been the online Local's Guide to L.A. since 2003. Content is written, edited and maintained by locals and focuses on local and nearby events and the local creative community.
Editorial policy: Eye Spy LA editorials are stories written about places, entertainment and events that we go to. The opinions are those of our editorial staff and the writer of the piece. Calendar listings are ads posted by the people producing events and activities in the local area. Each week we pick and recommend events and other things to do based on our experience or sometimes because they look particularly unusual, unique or in some other way interesting. We do not recommend them based on any fees they may or may not have paid us for advertising.
You'll always find the latest events & activities plus commentary about where we've been at eyespyLA.com - updated daily.
Andrea Kirk, publisher (editor@eyespyLA.com)
EYE SPY LA CONTRIBUTORS:
M.R. Hunter - editorial and reviews
Mark Share - reviews
Kelly Hargraves - dance and reviews
Abby Abanes - food adventures
Charles Phoenix - retro slide of the week
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