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		<title>UPDATED: Tuesdays are the new black</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Meinert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling frazzled already, and it&#8217;s only Tuesday? If you&#8217;re looking to take a load off after work or just like to enjoy a drink on a weeknight (because who doesn&#8217;t, really?), there are specials aside from a normal happy hour that you can partake in. If you&#8217;re in downtown Los Angeles, you can head over [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Feeling frazzled already, and it&#8217;s only Tuesday? If you&#8217;re looking to take a load off after work or just like to enjoy a drink on a weeknight (because who doesn&#8217;t, really?), there are specials aside from a normal happy hour that you can partake in.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re in downtown Los Angeles, you can head over to The Association for its Twitter Tuesdays special, which <a href="http://shopeatsleep.com/2009/08/10/first-impressions-association-bar/" target="_self">I recently told you about</a>. And if you&#8217;re clear on the other side of town, try out Viceroy Santa Monica&#8217;s Taste of Tuesday, which <a href="http://shopeatsleep.com/2009/05/21/viceroys-got-drinks-and-eats/" target="_self">I&#8217;ve also mentioned before</a>.</p>
<p>But there&#8217;s more!</p>
<p>The Westside Pavilion mall in West Los Angeles has a <a href="http://www.westsidepavilion.com/events.asp?id=14270" target="_blank">$20 Tuesdays event</a> every week. For $20, you can get a Landmark Theater movie ticket, a  glass of wine and an appetizer. And there are $20 deals at select retailers throughout the mall. But hurry; the deals are done at the end of  August.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also an evening-into-night happy hour at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica. <a href="http://shuttersonthebeach.com/?offer=dishes&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=socailmedia&amp;utm_campaign=facebook_events" target="_blank">Tapas Tuesdays</a> in the lobby lounge features live music, and $7 tapas and wines from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. And with a view of the ocean, how can you go wrong?</p>
<p>Know of more Tuesday goings-on? Let us know if the comments.</p>
<p>Update: Just saw another Tuesday deal, this time from <a href="http://twitter.com/DailyGrill" target="_blank">Daily Grill</a>. Say &#8220;Twitter&#8221; to your server after 4:00 p.m. on Twitter Tuesdays and receive 20 percent off your dinner check.</p>
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		<title>First impressions: The Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Meinert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I checked out downtown Los Angeles&#8217; The Association bar last week for the first time, and I was pleasantly surprised at finding this hidden gem (just about literally &#8212; it&#8217;s right next door to Cole&#8217;s, but I&#8217;ve never noticed it before and passed it by this time because there&#8217;s no sign!). Esther of e*starLA and [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I checked out downtown Los Angeles&#8217; The Association bar last week for the first time, and I was pleasantly surprised at finding this hidden gem (just about literally &#8212; it&#8217;s right next door to Cole&#8217;s, but I&#8217;ve never noticed it before and passed it by this time because there&#8217;s no sign!). Esther of <a href="http://estarla.com" target="_blank">e*starLA</a> and I stopped by the bar for its Twitter Tuesday special: $2 off cocktails from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and a free plate of cheese, crackers and grapes from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. I love free bar food!</p>
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<p>The Association&#8217;s decor is what I like to call Shanghai Chic: flowery carpet, Chinese-style wood screens, leather couches and low light. It&#8217;s a little too dark for me, especially when you arrive when it&#8217;s still light out and leave when it&#8217;s still light out. The eyes take a while to adjust. But I digress &#8212; on to the drinks.</p>
<p>I had an Indian Summer, a mixture of vodka, elderflower liquor, grapefruit and lemon. At $8 (normally $10), it was a good deal as it was served in a large (wine?) glass. It had a nice light flavor, though I found the grapefruit a bit overwhelming and therefore was disappointed that I couldn&#8217;t taste the elderflower, which I&#8217;ve been obsessing over lately. Esther&#8217;s Mumbai Fizz, made with rum, bourbon, pineapple, lemon, egg white, cardamom and ginger beer, seemed better balanced to me, with all the flavors distinct yet complementing each other well. Surprisingly, even the pineapple worked well in this one, which normally is too sweet for me.</p>
<div id="attachment_1002" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1002" title="img_1360" src="http://shopeatsleep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/img_1360-225x300.jpg" alt="Indian Summer" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Indian Summer</p></div>
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<p>All in all, The Association is a pretty decent option if you find yourself downtown. Even though the drinks are large, I&#8217;d like to see slightly lower prices, maybe for a weekday happy hour, which the bar currently doesn&#8217;t have (hint, hint). In this economy, no happy hour? Really?</p>
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