Staycation Weekend

Sometimes the best vacations are the ones where you don't go anywhere and you just lounge around your home and neighborhood. These are the vacations that you don't require a recovery week to recalibrate yourself. There's no jet lag, no budget bending spending (at least for those with will power), and the benefit of enjoying things you might never take note of otherwise. That said, let me tell you about some fun events for the final days of July and the start of August. Perhaps you could use a few tips about how to enjoy time right here in the LA/LGB/OC areas.




My Picks this week:

• Thu, Jul 29 - Sun, Aug 1 - L.A. Live: X Games 16 - $9 and up
• Fri, Jul 30 - Sun, Aug 1: South Bay Beaches: International Surf Festival
• Sat, Jul 31 - Sun, Aug 1 - Marine Stadium: Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival
• Sat, Jul 31 - El Dorado Nature Center : Artisan Craft Fair
  
• Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays: Long Beach Area Farmers Markets
• Finally going to see Inception at the AMC Marina Pacifica or AMC Pine Square
  

Other Events this weekend:

• Sat, Jul 31, 12 - 4 pm - Venice: Westside Food Fest
• Sat, Jul 31 - Sun, Aug 8 - Huntington Beach Pier: Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing

Free in August

• Tue, Aug 3 - Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits - Free First Tuesday
  
• August 7: 2nd Annual Long Beach FunkFest in Downtown Long Beach
• August 14-15: Fee-free days at more than 100 U.S. National Parks
• Through Aug 15 (Wed - Sun) - Costa Mesa: Orange County Fair - FREE and up
• Multiple Dates: Target-Sponsored Free events in LA and Orange County
• Multiple Dates: Free Concerts in LA and Orange County
  

Spend-a-little August

• Aug 3 - Aug 15 - OC Performing Arts Center: In the Heights - $20 and up
  
• Sat, Aug 7 - Sun, Aug 8 : Marine Stadium: Powerboat Sprint Races - $15/day
  
• Sat, Aug 7 - Sun, Aug 8: Rainbow Lagoon: Long Beach Crawfish Festival - $13 to $25
• Sat, Aug 7, 8 pm - The Grove of Anaheim: International Dance Festival - $20 and up
  
• Sun, Aug 8 - Queen Mary: California Boricua Festival- A Puerto Rican Celebration - $20
• Runs through Fri, Aug 13: Discounted Late Nights @ Aquarium of the Pacific - $11.95

Film-related Events:

• Sat, Aug 7 - Manhattan Beach - Free Movies @ the Beach: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

• Visit my other blog for more film-related fun: Confessions of a Netflix Addict

My Wishlist for upcoming events:

• July 30 - tickets on sale for October show - Born to Run Tour: K-OS with Shad and Astronautalis. $18

K-OS


SHAD


ASTRONAUTALIS (feat. POD)


Money Already Spent

• Les Nubians @ The Conga Room - Thursday, September 16 @ 8 PM