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1. Meet us at Mitsuwa

A weekend afternoon, a camera and some cold hard cash: witness as we storm Mitsuwa Torrance.

Open? F.O. sho'…well, kinda

2. Launch party: Father's Office 2.0

Helms Bakery gets the ultimate nightlife upgrade

Are your pants on fire, or are you just happy to see me?

3. Hot date? Icon-mmx-pick

Outdoor firepits with all the cuddle-worthy fixings

Eggs in one 'dolsot'

4. Your day in food court: Koreatown Plaza

Seoul-searching on an empty stomach

This? Or your Ikea card table?

5. Table for 20, please Icon-mmx-pick

The biggest, grooviest, elbow-roomiest places to seat a party in L.A.

These hip kids aren't intimidated. OK, they're Korean.

6. Hot stuff at Koo's Sweet PanCake

The evolution of L.A.'s perfect winter street food

Least subtle—Chocolatt

7. Think inside the box

Pulse-pounding, bodice-ripping passion from L.A.'s master chocolatiers

High times

8. The buzz at LAMILL

A tour so grand, the rest of the fantastic gadgets, food and coffee is right here

The cherry on top of our holiday wishlist

9. Peek inside: Desserts by the Yard

A tasty sampling of our favorite photos and recipes

Cranberry orange tart: Susina Bakery

10. Alternative fall desserts

Beyond the humdrum pumpkin pie

Fred 62, 3:02 a.m.

11. From dusk 'til dawn: Friday

The graveyard shift at our favorite 24-hour haunts

Mel's Drive-In, 1 a.m.

12. From dusk 'til dawn: Saturday

Another night in the life of restaurants that don't sleep.

Screw the fork. I'm going in

13. Cupcake crawl

Supercreep samples sweets

She's obviously excited about her load of six

14. The great pumpkin snatch

How many bulbou-licious gourds can one carry? Let us count the ways.

D.I.Y. Oktoberfest

15. Wieners, boobies and beer: 15 Oktoberfest essentials

Our guide to rocking out Oktoberfest...in the comfort of home.

Headshots, firecrackers and $2 PBRs: it's a starving artist feast!

16. Luna Park's Starving Artist Night

Comfort food at artist-friendly prices

Big bite of fry

17. Striking oil: deep-fried @ the L.A. County Fair

We couldn't resist the clarion call of deep-fried fair food and all the redneck-rad activities of the 909.

Posing with arthropods at the Lobster Fest

18. Proof: Lobster Fest y'alls

Photographic evidence of a festival that paired steamed crustaceans with Indie 103 music

Rainbow brite

19. MMX LA @ the Boule Atelier launch

Rasta-colored pastries and firemen spice up the Atelier's elegant shindig.

Brasserie, just 'like that'

20. Come see, Comme Ça

The French invasion has begun: a look inside L.A.'s new brasserie.

Yep, still creepy

21. Katsuya Hollywood launch party

We braved the flash mob of scenesters, so you wouldn't have to.

Opening act

22. A day in El Mercadito

Feast on the sights and sounds and flavors of the not-so-little El Mercadito.

Kick-off Nisei Week

23. Kick-off Nisei Week

Electric Parade, eat your heart out. Witness this most lit-up samurai.

Do you mind if I take another?

25. Crumb to crumb: two new cake shops

Vanilla Bake of Santa Monica and Silverlake's Lark Cake bake off.

Good choice. We'll stick with the single Ice Kiss

26. Summer freezes over

Tasty ways to chill out this season

Gift for you: Sweet scallop present

27. Views from the top: Takami

Takami is a high-rise star in the making.

Taste at $5 a pop

28. Taste of Tuesday @ Whist

Coaxing our post-summer blues at the season's tastiest patio party.

Baywatch without the Hoff...Thank goodness

29. What a beach!

Soaking in the rays with L.A. sun-worshippers.