Welcome to the weekend. It?s Easter Weekend, so things are a little slow on the things to do front. There?s the weekly food truck Friday in NoHo, you can bet on the ponies at Santa Anita Derby, drink suds at the LA Beer Festival, drink wine with Rex Pickett (author of Sideways), and put on your best fantasy garb and head for the Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
Friday, April 6
NoHo Dine Out
North Hollywood (5-8pm)
The NoHo Dine Out Fridays features live music every Friday including a half a dozen food trucks, local arts and craft vendors, dog adoptions and more! For directions and a current list of featured vendors check out there web site.
Saturday, April 7
The Santa Anita Derby
Arcadia (12pm)
It?s the 75th running of the Santa Anita Derby! The $750,000 Santa Anita Derby is the last major and most important stakes for 3-year-olds heading to the Kentucky Derby from California. See this year?s up and coming stars before they move on to Kentucky and the Triple Crown Trail. All fans in attendance will receive a Derby Day T-Shirt! Admission prices start at just $5.
LA Beer Festival
Los Angeles (12-3pm & 5-8pm)
The LA Beer Festival returns for another day filled with beer, food, and music. Tee event will feature dozens of international and domestic beers, LA?s most popular food trucks, and two great bands. There are two different event times, a day time and night time session. Tickets are $40 and can be had here.
Rex Pickett Sideways Tasting
Downtown LA (7-9pm)
Join Rex Pickett, the humorous and witty Author of ?Sideways? and ?VERTICAL? for a sit down tasting and laugh out loud discussion about life after Sideways, how Vertical came about, and what is next! Host Ian Blackburn will pour and educate on a great list of brands during the discussion, including Sea Smoke and other wines featured in the movie. Learn about Rex?s SIDEWAYS drink along play coming soon. Tickets are just $30, get them here.
Renaissance Pleasure Faire
Irwindale (10am-7pm, Sat & Sun)
The 50th anniversary of the very first Renaissance faire is upon us, with the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire celebrating its Golden Jubilee through the weekends of April and May. Grab a turkey leg and see such faire favorites as the Poxy Boggards, the Dread Crew of Oddwood, Moonie and Broon, the joust, the puritans, and of course Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I in the village of Port Deptford, abutting the Santa Fe Dam. Tickets are $25/adults, $15/children ages 5-12 (aged 4 years or younger are free). For more information and a full list of entertainment, check out their web site.
Sunday, April 8
Continuing:
Silver Lake Farmers? Market
Silver Lake (8am ? 1pm)
The Silver Lake Farmers? Market offers more than just fresh, local produce. Customers can also find vintage clothings, jewelry, music, and snacks, giving it more of a flea market vibe.
Sunday Suppers at Cecconi?s
West Hollywood
An elegant Sunday Supper that will feed up to four for just $50? Cecconi?s in West Hollywood has you covered. Chef Andrea Cavaliere brings classic Italian comforts such as wood-oven fired artisanal pizza, a hearty bowl of pasta and seasonal salad to the dinner table on Sundays at Cecconi?s ? all with a sophisticated setting and price that?s hard to beat. Wine specials include a bottle of house red or white for $25. And if you have an additional guest in your group, add a pizza or pasta for just $12.50.
Weekend Flights at Rosso Wine Shop
Glendale (5-8 p.m.)
A new wine theme each week. Whether it is their Old World favorites or Pinot Noir from Russian River, they mix it up and keep the price reasonable. Visit www.rossowineshop.com for more details. They also have wines by the glass available at the bar, along with some select beer picks by the bottle, if the wine flight doesn?t work for you. Cost is around $10.
Maxwell DeMille?s Cicada Club
Downtown Los Angeles (6-11 p.m.)
Travel back in time to the glamorous days of Hollywood?s golden age of nightclubs every Sunday at the Cicada Club in Downtown. Featuring the finest vintage dance orchestras and entertainment, Maxwell DeMille?s Cicada Club is unlike any night on the town you have ever experienced. Vintage or evening attire encouraged. A dinner reservation will guarantee your table for the entire evening. To see who?s playing each week and for more info check out their web site.
Wine Pairing Wednesday at Upstairs2
West LA (7:30 p.m.)
Upstairs 2, located above the massive Wine House, offers a four-course dinner prepared by chef Todd Barrie every Wednesday, paired with four wines from around the world selected by sommelier Marilyn Snee. Each week will showcase a different wine region, and there will be a brief discussion of each wine and its pairing. The cost is only $55 per person. Make your rezzy here.
Upcoming:
April 22 ? Wally?s Wine is presenting its Napa/Sonoma All-Stars Tasting 2012 from 1 p.m.-4 p.m on April 22. Nearly 100 wineries from California?s premier wine-producing regions will be available for this tasting. Visit www.wallywine.com for more info and tickets. Our new favorite winery Alpha Omega is in attendance too. Oh sweet nectar of the gods.
April 28 ? The 10th Annual Grilled Cheese Inventational will take place on April 28 at a location yet to be determined. One thing is for sure, if you love cheese and grilled slices of bread, this event is for you. The Grilled Cheese Invitational (GCI) is the largest, craziest, and most exciting Grilled Cheese cooking contest in the country and is the best thing to happen to sliced cheese since sliced bread! The GCI promotes an almost scary pursuit of perfection in a Grilled Cheese Sammich and allows for amateur and professional chefs to compete side-by-side in the hopes of becoming a true Grilled Cheese Champion. Sign up to compete or just get tickets to attend now!
June 10 ? Taste of the Nation-Los Angeles returns on June 10, 2012, taking over The Lot in West Hollywood for an intimate encounter with Los Angeles? top culinary talent from 1-4 p.m. The city?s premier tasting event will showcase local restaurants such as Culina, Whist, BLD, Border Grill, Ray?s & Stark Bar, SimonLA, ink.sack, Lukshon & Father?s Office, and Picca and Mo-Chica, along with Angelenos? favorite bars, wineries, and craft breweries. Guests who purchase access to the special VIP area will enjoy delicacies from Waylynn Lucas? Fonuts and UMAMIcatassen?s PIGG by Chris Cosentino, all to benefit the country?s leading anti-hunger organization, Share Our Strength. This year, Share Our Strength is proud to introduce the first Taste of the Nation Passport, allowing foodies from near and far to take advantage of the West Coast?s breadth of culinary talent. 100% of ticket proceeds from Taste of the Nation Los Angeles 2012 will benefit Share Our Strength.
June 9-10 ? Another great event we attend every year, Spend the afternoon on the streets of the Historic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Make your plans now to experience over 500 Wines, Spirits and Beers, Lifestyle Exhibitors, Gourmet Food Trucks, Educational Classes in Wine and Food Pairings, Scotch, Sake and more at the 7th Annual WineFest. Enjoy great live music while you shop the wide array of Lifestyle Exhibitors from Wine Accessories to Oils and Vinaigrettes to Art and Clothing. Plus nosh and mingle with fellow Wine Lovers. Tickets are $75. Get your tickets here.
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