LA: What to do Before Summer Ends

MAKE IT COUNT.

It’s official y’all, summer comes to end September 22nd, and yeah.. we’re bummed about it. Hence our Summer Bummer playlist from last week. Even though we’re ugly crying, there are still plenty of things left to do before autumn begins. For those who live in Los Angeles, we put a little list together of activities you NEED to check out!

DAY TRIP

Take a trip to Temecula Valley and visit the wineries and vineyards. Here are a couple of our favs:

Wilson Creek Winery | Image Credit

Wilson Creek Winery and Vinyard; 35960 Rancho California Rd, Temecula CA 92591
Make sure to try the White Cabernet, you’ll die for it. If you can schedule a tour to learn all about their specific grapes and how they extract their wine, you’ll become obsessed with learning more.

Thornton Winery; 32575 Rancho California Rd, Temecula CA 92591
Okay, so you gotta go here and try the cheese boards – so good! And they offer sparkling wine flights, which is always a good idea.

You can also book a lot of fun tours through affiliates like Destination Temecula Wine Tours and Experiences for more locations without having to worry about driving ; )

SUMMER SEASONAL MENUS

Élephante is the new hot spot in Santa Monica that offers some of the tastiest Italian cuisine. Perfect for a nice dinner or to enjoy the lively atmosphere later on in the night! Get down!

Commissary at The Line in Koreatown is probably the coolest greenhouse you’ll have food at this summer. Surrounded by greenery and enjoying fresh grown goods is probably one of the best ways to to curb summer cravings before we enter fall.

The Butcher’s Daughter is a plant-based restaurant, cafe, juice bar and “vegetable slaughterhouse.”  They chop, fillet and carve fresh produce into healthy vegetarian dishes and press them into pretty juices. If you haven’t been this summer, you gotta go.

What better way to milk summer than ice cream? Salt and Straw is probably the best ice cream around, the flavors here are insanely delicious and super seasonal! The year round flavors are delicious too but definitely take advantage of the season flavors while you can.

MUSIC

Kaaboo Music Festival in Del Mar
September 14-16, 2018
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd Del Mar 92014

The Paranoyds (@yostazyo)
August 24, 2018
No Parents, Junkie 8pm at 1720 E 16th St (Warehouse)

The Future is Female: A concert celebrating female composers
September 4, 2018 at 7pm
The Wiltern; 3790 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90010

Mac DeMarco at Teragram Ballroom
August, 26 2018 at 8pm

New Moon Sound Bath
August 26, 2018 at 6pm Free
Santa Monica beach

If you’ve never been to the Greek Theatre you better get to it. We’d definitely recommend checking out Leon Bridges on September 11!

POOL PARTIES

Mondrian’s Skybar
May 26 – Sep 1
Pool Parties every Saturday 1-6PM

Ace Hotel, Downtown
Every Sunday 1-6PM

Hollywood Roosevelt
Every Friday and Saturday 10AM-2AM

OUTDOOR MOVIES

Eat See Hear screens films outdoors with food trucks, local bands, and high-definition audio visual projection on a 52-foot screen. We’d definitely see Selena on September 1st @ 5PM.

Also we’re into checking out Silverlake Picture Show‘s showing of Get Out on August 30th.

FOOD FESTIVALS

Los Angeles Taco Takeover $49-79
September 15, 2018 1-8PM
La Plaza De Cultura Y Artes; 501 N Main St Los Angeles, CA 90012
Alright, so we’re super into this. Cool down, and sip on 10+ creative Cuervo Tradicional cocktails from your favorite masters of mixology. The best local restaurants will be bringing their A-game, serving original tacos and Latin-inspired dishes for the chance to win your vote. As the judges, it’ll be your job to pick the winning dish and drink. But since it’s an evening dedicated to tacos and tequila, you basically win just by attending!

Taste of Los Angeles
August 31 – Sept. 2, 2018
Sponsored by the Los Angeles Times, The Taste has a Friday soiree, a Saturday tasting & dinner, and a Sunday tasting & block party at Paramount Pictures.

PopUp Dinner LA 2018 $38
August 25, 2018 at a secret Location (Los Angeles, CA)
We heard it’s a beautiful picnic, a vibrant gathering and a dance party under the stars. Ummm, yes plz!

Community Tribute to Jonathan Gold
August 26, 2018 at 5:30pm

OUR VERY OWN BRUNCH CRAWL

WINSOME; 1115 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90012
A casual neighborhood restaurant with a menu that brings the best of LA’s diverse flavors under one roof. Go here if you freakin’ love eggs.

Maple at Descanso Gardens; 1418 Descanso Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
This is a cute place to go to and have a nice and tasty brunch and also visit the gardens! Don’t miss the beignets. 

Cliff’s Edge; 3626 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
An outdoor, leafy, romantic patio makes this one of the most popular long standing brunch spots in Silverlake. Kick ass brunch cocktails, if that’s your thing.

Neighbor; 1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd Venice, CA 90291
Loungey furniture and greenery, who can ask for more? The morning menu fits nicely in its surrounds with items such as avocado toast, crispy chicken sandwich, and heirloom rice bowl.

FIN

There you have it fam, all the activities you need to do to enjoy the last ounce of summer. Hope you enjoyed! Let us know what y’all think and what are you doing to finish summer strong in the comments.

xo, Team Freck