Patchwork Long Beach! November 29, 2009

Come out on Sunday, November 29 for Patchwork Long Beach, co-hosted by We Love Long Beach. Vendors will include such local favorites as The Outfit and The Kids are Alright. Get a head start on your holiday shopping!

Things to be excited about! Week of October 19-25

(me and larry mullen jr. holdin' hands)

Saturday, 10/24: California Native Plant Sale, El Dorado Park, 7550 E. Spring St., Long Beach, 9:30am-2pm. Fee: $7 for parking. More info here.

(Agoura Spunky Monkey Flower)

October 19-November 20th: We Love Long Beach Thanksgiving Food Drive!
10/4-1/31/10: Wayne Thiebaud

(Three Machines, Wayne Thiebaud, 1964)

Wednesdays - Sundays
12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Pasadena Museum of California Art
490 E. Union Street
626-568-3665
$7 for adults

And in the "best news ever" file-

Sunday, 10/26: Since I won't be carrying my very pregnant-with-twins self to the Rose Bowl on Sunday (long lines, far-away bathrooms, parking lot nightmares, etc.), I am thrilled U2 will be live-streaming their concert on youtube , beginning at 8:30pm. We just saw "It might get Loud" on Wednesday, and I'm well looking forward to seeing them play live, now from the comfort of my bed. Ahhhhh!

Did you RSVP for the Swell Season in-store at Fingerprints tonight at 7pm? Yep, it's sold-out. Be sure to take pictures and tell me how it goes. Glen and Marketa do sing so lovely together...

Great Day with We Love Long Beach.

The weather was perfect, the people were lovely, the cupcakes delicious. All in all, a wonderful time to be together, getting to know our neighbors. Heartfelt performances by Sam Outlaw, Two Guns, with assist by the enchanting Beth Balmer, and Jessica Dobson's Deep Sea Diver. The Bro Futurists provided some great art, and kids got interactive with gumdrop sculptures and tie-dye yurts. Graham St. Press silkscreened your choice of shirts on site - hello Ryan and Randy! Scott Jones and Robin Jones have cultivated an amazing community in We Love Long Beach - if you haven't had a chance to come out to a WLLB event, check out their website for the calendar of events here.

Oh, Hallloooo new friends!!

Free Show and Barbecue - Deep Sea Diver!

Hooray! We Love Long Beach is at it again! They are throwing a free barbecue with music and live art projects tomorrow at Marine Park, with our friends Deep Sea Diver! Come out for a good time and a chance to gab with your neighbors.

We Love Long Beach - Dinner Party/Fundraiser at the Acapulco, Thursday 4/23, 5pm-9pm

Come out and join us for dinner at the Acapulco tomorrow night, because we really do love Long Beach! 25% of total sales will be donated to help We Love Long Beach do all the great things it does. See you tomorrow!

Free Breakfast in Long Beach! Today from 9am-11am!

We Love Long Beach, Press Telegram article, 1/5

"I want to give people an excuse ... to get to know each other," said Scott Jones of his Long Beach get-togethers. With sister Robin, left, and firefighters helping, 500 came to a summer barbecue..."

read more here!

for more info on We Love Long Beach, check out their website. We Love Long Beach's next Dinner Party is at Smooths on Pine, 1/29. Find out more info on their Facebook Group.

The We Love Long Beach Book Club meets monthly at various locations in Long Beach. Keep up to date on meetup. Next book club is 1/20 at C&C Internet Cafe, on 500 Pine Ave, J100 (right on the corner), featuring Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson. Ivan and I have a copy of the 70's biopic, Where the Buffalo Roam, that he got for a dollar. We love Bill Murray, but the movie is pretty awful, just in case you were wondering if you should watch it or not.

We Love LB BBQ - Saturday, 9/27, 1p-5pm

Here's a little viddy by the effervescent Jon Palsgrove, from a We Love Long Beach picnic earlier this summer. As always, Good Times!

Props to Scott Jones, for helming the We Love Long Beach project. Good work, Scott!!!

(you may want to pause the bossanova radio to the left, prior to viewing)