Welcome to my new blog. It's built upon an idea I've had for a while: a place to share information about free and cheap things to do in and around Los Angeles.
There's already plenty of information out there about the big-ticket shows, the headliner concerts, the swank new restaurants and the latest hot clubs... But I can't afford those things, except as an occasional splurge, and neither can a lot of people I know.
This is a blog for the rest of us: the non-Beautiful People, the below-the-line crew, the ordinary folks living in Tinseltown alongside the big spenders, but not among them.
Luckily, there are a lot of things to do in L.A. that don't cost a lot of money. The problem is finding them and even knowing where to look. My mission will be to sift through all the community calendars, museum newsletters, organization web sites, etc. and post the most interesting events for you to check out. I'll also be on the lookout for cheap but good eats around town.
And what better occasion to kick off this endeavor than Chinese New Year? Yesterday was the first day of the Year of the Rat, but the celebration in Chinatown begins tomorrow. The Lunar New Year Festival will take place at Broadway & Cesar Chavez from 10:00 am until 8:00 pm, with the 109th Annual Golden Dragon Parade scheduled from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. The festivities continue on Sunday from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm.
The Vietnamese also follow the lunar calendar, and will celebrate Tét (New Year) with a three-day festival this weekend in Little Saigon. The Southern California festival is the largest Tét Festival and the largest Vietnamese cultural event outside Vietnam. The event starts today at 2:00 pm and continues through Sunday in Garden Grove Park. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for children.
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Fun, interesting and off-beat things to do that don't cost a lot of money.
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3 comments:
What an appealing idea - and there's no one better than you to do it.
Excellent idea. To anyone new to this blog and Diana's world--I would trust her to come up with the best adventures, any day!
Diana, I am so excited about this! Do you remember how you kept us entertained in San Francisco finding cheap and free things for us to do all the time? I was forever grateful to you. And we had a damn good time! Thanks for doing this again for us!
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