LA Auto Show Kick Off Party

If you know LA, you know its car subculture, after all, it was the car industry that got rid of LA's public transportation back in the day. But for those that don't care about history but about the newest and the best cars coming out, the LA Auto Show has been around since 1907, not in its current form, but in a less showy incarnation.
Nowadays, the AutoMobilty LA is a four day press and VIP event that lets the press experience the LA Auto Show without the riff raff, with drinks and special tours given for further comfort.

Another one of the privileges press gets is attending the Kick Off Party, in which there were no stops pulled! All kinds of food were available to try, meats, pork, chicken, beef, desserts, fruits, even donuts! And drinks, there were open bars all over the place as well! For entertainment you had Cirque De Soleil style performances, dancers, jugglers, DJs and a Cuban band playing. This was the place to be!

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California Vegetarian Food Festival

On Sunday November 13, Vegetarians, Vegans and food conscious and curious individuals congregated at Raleigh Studios in East Hollywood for the California Vegetarian Food Festival. For a Sunday event, the CVFF was well attended, with people lining up and waiting patiently for doors to open at least half an hour before showtime. Once inside, they were welcomed by vendors, music and talks from dieticians and food experts, all revolving around living a vegetarian lifestyle.

For more information on the festival:
http://cavegfoodfest.com/

La Feria De Los Moles Media Event

             La Feria De Los Moles comes back to Los Angeles for its 9th year this Sunday, October 9 to La Placita Olvera from 10:00am to 6:00pm. La Feria De Los Moles is an opportunity to experience one of Mexico's tastiest treats, mole. Mole is a traditional sauce from Oaxaca and Puebla, and mole can be spicy or sweet, with Feria having a Oaxaca vs Puebla mole contest, there can be only one winner, the public!

Besides the food, La Feria also offers other attractions, there will be two stages, contemporary music and traditional dances as well as an activities area where games for the kids, photo ops, art expositions, textile workshops and more traditional activities will be on hand. Mexican Blues legend Javier Batiz will be performing on the main stage, and he gave was also present during La Feria De Los Moles Media Event this Wednesday, October 5.
Along with Adriana Argaiz (Consul of Communities) and Gilberto Luna (Appointed Consul) from the Mexican Consulate, the President of Union de Poblanos en el Exterior (UPEXT) Lourdes Juarez and also from Puebla featured La Feria Chef Fernando Hernandez, winner of 'Mole de Caderas' contest, Zacatlan de Las Manzanas representative Marc Antonio, traditional Puebla and Oaxacan dresses, the media event gave an idea of what is to come Sunday:

Javier Baliz talks about music, his life and La Feria (Spanish)

If you love good food, traditional Mexican food, make a trip down to La Placita this weekend. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 2:00pm!
La Placita is in downtown, right next to Metro Red Line Union Station, it's easy to get to and no need to worry about parking!
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 For more info, visit La Feria De los Mole's website: www.feriadelosmoles.com

KCon 2016

If you walked by the Staples center this weekend, you may have seen a mini food festival going on at LA Live. Lots of Korean delicacies from local and known vendors were available as part of KCon, which took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from Friday, July 29 to Sunday July 31.

What is KCon? Well, it's a celebration of all things K-Pop!
What is K-Pop? Hmm... well...

For those not in "the know", and from the look of the attendees the target audience is girls from 12 to 17, "K-Pop" is "Korean Pop", which, as its name describes, it's a musical style that, if you've ever been to Koreatown in Los Angeles, you'd know. Their music videos are always blasting as you're eating your All-You-Can-Eat BBQ, and if you haven't... what do you have against BBQ? Well, for the vegetarians out there, here's what KCon was all about!

Created in 2012 and expanding to NY and  Japan last year, the convention lets fans of the genre close to their stars, having different groups performing throughtout the three days such as Block B, Gfriend, TTS, BTS, Monsta X, as well as panels such as "A Day in a life of a Kpop youtube Superstar", "Korean celebrity inner beauty secrets", "How do you Hallyu" (beats me as well, should've gone to check out the answer). Movies were also shown, but the fact that they used a curtain to divide a room that had panels with the screening room, and that they didn't dim the ligths, made watching a movie unbearable, as you could hear the sound of panel next door.

Now if any of that doesn't grab your attention there's also the exhibit hall, where the sponsors sell/give away/demonstrate their products, with the target audience being the main focus as 60% of the sponsors were for beauty products. They also had some dancing contests, you could try some sauce on dumplings, take a 360 photo, experience VR, but, principally, buy K-pop products. There were dancing lessons as well as a small stage for some featured bands.

This is KCon in a nutshell, and from the look of the long lines and the excitement in the faces of the young girls at the Convention Center, it was also a fun time.