This is Orbitkey. Orbitkey is a handsome strip of leather that keeps your keys organized and snug so you don’t soundlike a toolbox falling down a flight of stairs every time you run to catch the morning train. We believe theword you’re looking for is “ingenious.”
THIS LITTLE FIGGY A Pig Roast on the Other Side of Fig You think you know Fig. Then Yousef Ghalaini pump-fakes and spit-roasts a whole suckling pig and prepareswhole grouper tonight on an absolutely enchanting secret patio behind the restaurant. And you wonder if youreally know anybody at all.
Friday
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS An ’80s and ’90s Party at, Where Else, the Zoo If you can’t let your hair down at an adults-only, ’80s and ’90s-themed party at the zoo, then humanity mayhave no hope. Only those brave enough to don baggy jeans, eat food truck barbecue and nod their heads tosome insufferable Backstreet Boys song will know. Report back.
AT LARGE Someone Order a 10-Pound Donut? Fact: Things come bigger in the desert.Fact: Like the 10-pound, foot-tall donut delivered to your room with milkshakes as part ofthe new “DoNut Disturb” package at JW Marriott in Palm Desert.Fact: It’s for people who really enjoy donuts.
Saturday
GARTEN STATE Let Oktoberfest Begin… Wirtshaus kicks off Oktoberfest this Saturday with a day of keg-tapping, contests in stein-holding andGerman costumes, live traditional music and lots of lederhosen. And they’re doing this for six weeks. Donot even attempt to keep up.
BULL MARKET Brunch Gets the Weed Treatment Bull & Dragon has been doing weed-infused dinners since before it was popular. And quasi legal. Anyway,now it’s debuting a series of cannabis brunches in Venice. Each meal includes four courses with mimosas. Andan included afternoon of probably not fulfilling your other plans.
What Else Is New
LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX The Definitive Sexual History of the ’90s Is Here It’s called The Naughty Nineties, and we had anenlightening conversation with the book’s author. Also, in case you missed it: we talked through the pilot of David Simon andGeorge Pelecanos’s new HBO show, The Deuce, and ranked the people causing themost panic in the White House this week. Enjoy.
Hadley Tomicki lives in Los Angeles. He is probably going nowhere on the 10 Freeway this very second.
