THE FIX is a new coffee shop in Echo Park – serving up coffee drinks, pastries and gelato. There is a large yard with seating and tables to lounge about and/or work. Sunday nights provide free movie screenings, a popular trend in LA (guerilla movie viewing in parking lots, etc.) No cellphone service though. Boo!

WILDNESS is a fun, gender bending club night at the THE SILVER PLATTER in Macarthur Park. The bar is usually a Mexican tranny bar, but WILDNESS takes over with afro and disco dance beats. The crowd is jammed with gays, straights, guys, girls and guys dressed as girls.

FULL FRONTAL DISCO takes place the first Sunday of every month at the Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown. A perfect venue for everyone to dress up in their best “costume” and lose it on the dance floor to disco beats. Recently spotted at the club night: Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, bringing excitement to our east side eyes.

THE LOCAL is a restaurant/deli in the Silver Lake/Echo Park border. Although a bit pricey, the food is delicious and the aesthetic is unusually fun – the place used to be an antique furniture store.