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PLAN AHEAD
April Calendar
LAUSD Spring Break 4/2 to 4/6
May Calendar
Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day & Memorial Day weekend.
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.
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Green Beer, Bagpipes and the L.A. Marathon
 SATURDAY St. Patrick's Day. Scroll below for our list of favorite Irish pubs where you can get your fill of GREEN BEER.
SOME ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN BEER & BAGPIPES:
SUNDAY the LA MARATHON - Good to know whether you're planning to be out and about anywhere near the route or if you want to watch the marathon on the street along the route, you 'll find all the information you need HERE.
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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GET YOUR GREEN ON FOR ST. PADDY'S DAY AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE IRISH PUBS IN LA By M.R. Hunter
 Looking for a wee bit o' dram or a stout Guinness for St. Patrick's or anytime this year? Then check out our list of shamrockin' pubs to get you started.
Whether you like your tavern dark and slightly divey or hoppin' with darts and big screen TV's, there's a four-leaf clover here for just about anyone. Wear green to avoid being pinched and celebrate the holiday with an Irish toast.
Slainte agus saol fada agat! (Health and long life to you!).
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THE JOKBAL WAS NO JOKE AT JANGCHUNG-DONG WONG JOKBAL
By Abby Abanes
So what exactly is Jokbal? Basically, it's a braised pork foot and shank and apparently, one restaurant serves the best version. Jangchung-Dong Wong Jokbal is a satellite of a renowned braised pork foot specialty restaurant in Seoul.
Several years ago, the owner of the Seoul restaurant came to Los Angeles, bringing with her a sample of the braising liquid she uses. She proceeded to train her nephew-in-law on how to make jokbal properly. With that knowledge, Jangchung-Dong Wong Jokbal came to be.
As is standard in many Korean restaurants, the meal starts with an array of panchan...
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SWEET HARTS: STILL SWEET & OPEN FOR BUSINESS
By M.R. Hunter
A sweet spot to play with the kids.
 Sweet Harts has become the go-to place for play dates and parties, attracting more than just tiara wearing tykes with its romantic chic atmosphere and signature chocolate frozen yogurt as well as specially created pastries from local bakers.
Usually, when a store closes its doors it's gone for good. After two very promising years on the corner of Woodman and Ventura Boulevard, the little ice cream parlor Sweet Harts took a surprising sour turn. America's sweetheart and co-owner Melissa Joan Hart bowed out from her store after scheduling difficulties (she lives on the east coast) and an embarrassing public lawsuit. In a blink of an eye and wriggle of the nose, it seemed like it was all over for the popular confectionary store in Sherman Oaks...
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SHOTGUN FAMILY PORTRAIT, SOCAL, 1959
By Charles Phoenix
I love a beautiful Family Portrait.
It's especially wonderful when everyone's clad in warm weather woolens and cool cottons, it's dark outside, there's a beanbag ashtray sneaking into the picture and...
Junior's got a gun!
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Eyestrology - This Week's Event Forecast
By Cici Psy-Chic
 Happy birthday to these celebrity Pisceans & Aries: Flavor Flav (3/15), Kurt Russell (3/16), Glenn Close (3/17), Hal Linden (3/18), Gary Oldman (3/19), Reece Witherspoon (3/20), Chaka Khan (3/21).
We'll have many a fantastic idea but some trouble getting them off the ground. Mercury's retrograde will see us learning how to implement new strategies even if we cannot fully express our thoughts. Take a break this Saturday for St. Paddy's and share shamrocks with loved ones.
PISCES - Well Runs Deep
ARIES - Resolution
TAURUS - Plot Holes
GEMINI - Machiavellian
CANCER - Half Full
LEO - Thick of It
VIRGO - Messenger
LIBRA - Balance the Conflict
SCORPIO - Extreme Turnabout
SAGITTARIUS - Methodical Approach
CAPRICORN - What's Right
AQUARIUS - Commodity
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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