We will be in LA for a long a weekend, next weekend (Jan 16 - 20, 2013) visiting friends and are looking for suggestions for neat, quirky, or hidden (little known) places and experiences in LA/LA Area. Zen Gardens, Boutiques, Galleries/Gallery Openings, LA Cuisine, Street food,
Flea Markets, Vintage shops,
DJ gigs etc.
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posted by specialk420
on Jan 12, 2013 -
18 answers
Are there any real-life historical examples of the Small Town With A Terrible Secret horror trope? Towns where long-term, ongoing crimes (or unsavory religious practices one supposes) where purposefully covered up and kept hidden from the outside world and any attempt to investigate them resulted in the investigator being detained, thrown out, or killed?
posted by The Whelk
on Jan 4, 2013 -
35 answers
I loved the "show me the hidden side of L.A." question. But I'm gonna be visiting its mild-mannered southern cousin, San Diego. Show me the hidden side of THAT!
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posted by julthumbscrew
on Aug 10, 2012 -
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How can I go off the beaten path in London as a tourist? What are your favorite local spots?
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posted by gregoryg
on May 25, 2012 -
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I'm curious about the hidden hierarchies and pecking orders that exist in the world around us. Can you give the inside scoop about who outranks whom? Examples within.
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on May 24, 2012 -
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My wife thought
Last of the Mohicans had a scene where the heroine was buried alive to protect her from an Indian raid, with only a reed to breathe through. I just watched the movie, and didn't see anything like that. Is she thinking of another movie, or a (very) different cut of the film?
posted by bullitt 5
on Feb 13, 2012 -
12 answers
I discovered
Crystal deodorant a few months ago. I had tried literally every other unscented deodorant on the market and could not find one that held up all day. It turns out that the damned rock you rub on your pits is the greatest deodorant ever, and it had been on the shelf the whole time.
What other miracle products are sitting on the shelves at the market, unnoticed as I pass them by in favor of products that are more well known or have bigger advertising budgets?
posted by Balonious Assault
on Jan 26, 2012 -
68 answers
I like secret compartments! My car has one. I just found a vintage handbag with a hidden umbrella compartment. What are some more things - besides the obvious hide-a-key rocks and hollow books - that have unique secret compartments? Please list/link to specific examples!
posted by katillathehun
on Jan 9, 2012 -
39 answers
With a digital photo frame is it possible to specify the order photos are displayed? I'd like to have a random set, interspersed with occasional strings of ordered photos.
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posted by verisimilitude
on Nov 16, 2011 -
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Should I stay in this relationship? Over the course of the past year and a half, I have repeatedly (approximately 5-6 times) discovered that the person I hope to spend my life with has kept information from me. I just don't know that it will ever get better, and am so much in need of an objective set of eyes, please.
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posted by lucy40
on Sep 11, 2011 -
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A question in two parts: What kind of hidden camera setup should I purchase? Also, would taking said hidden camera into a job interview be illegal?
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posted by rybreadmed
on Sep 2, 2010 -
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The world is boring. It needs more buried treasure. What things could I bury as treasure - things with great and lasting value, yet could be obtained cheaply? (Eg, a spirits/wine chest could be inexpensive to buy, but eventually become a treasure worth finding after enough years have passed. Superstar backstage passes are useless as treasure (they expire), but are an example of something of great value that doesn't cost much money to obtain - if you can find a way to obtain them.)
How can I assemble epic genuine treasure on a budget?
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posted by -harlequin-
on Jul 3, 2010 -
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I'm struggling to remember the title of a book I read in the 1980s, which had a real-world twist: hidden within the narrative was the location of a spot in the USA where some sort of treasure or reward money was located.
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posted by squid patrol
on Oct 26, 2009 -
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I'm going with my family down to Italy from around Oct 18-30th, including a week at a farm house in Ancona (looking forward to that, for sure!). We'll also be in Venice for around three whole days in the beginning and end of the trip (we fly in/out from Venice).
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posted by avocade
on Oct 11, 2009 -
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I'm trying to archive, in PDF form, a series of Web pages where the content won't expand unless I click "more" dozens and dozens of times to reveal each hidden item. Is there some time-saving Firefox add on--or other tool--that could do this for me automatically? It's a Javascript thing...
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posted by Kirklander
on Mar 7, 2009 -
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Help me to detect hidden cams/microphones in a room. I have reason to believe that my friend's house has been bugged by her ex-husband and im looking for easy ways to find and remove these bugs.
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posted by kampken
on Mar 4, 2009 -
13 answers
What are some places "off the beaten path", I can explore in urban environments? For photography, and my own amusement.
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posted by sixcolors
on Dec 15, 2008 -
14 answers
how can I write with "Marlett" windows XP default system font ?
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posted by Baud
on Feb 15, 2008 -
5 answers
Mac OS X filter: In terminal, if I go to / and ls, I see a bunch of folders that are hidden in Finder, for example /etc, /private, /sbin, and so on. How do I add a folder to that list?
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posted by jon4009
on Oct 24, 2007 -
8 answers
I just moved to Verdun, (Montreal), Quebec. Any current or former inhabitants have any hidden gems they can share?
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posted by hector horace
on Oct 18, 2007 -
9 answers
I was trying to click and highlight a couple of lines of text in Firefox and the whole paragraph disappeared. What just happened?
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posted by dubadubowbow
on Oct 13, 2007 -
8 answers
I restored my Picasa data from a backup after a crash. Now none of the previously hidden photos are still hidden. Can I recover this automatically somehow?
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posted by grouse
on Mar 27, 2007 -
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How can I set Mac OS X so that it doesn't create .DS_Store, .Trashes, and ._* files on USB drives I work with?
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posted by odinsdream
on Aug 23, 2006 -
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For reasons that don't particularly make sense I believe that someone is spying on me with a camera hidden somewhere in my room. Ignoring for a moment the fact that I'm clearly nuts, what exactly would the law be on this (I live in the US)?
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posted by Astragalus
on Dec 14, 2005 -
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I just got a new TV and a six speaker home theater audio system. The front and satellite speakers are small and sort of designed to be wall mounted. I want mount them (at about chest level) without obvious speaker wires.
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posted by aspenbaloo
on Apr 2, 2005 -
9 answers
