FOX 11's food and fun expert Mar Yvette searches the Los Angeles area for some of the best places to eat, drink, shop and have a great time. Featured guests then swarm our FOX Television Center parking lot every Thursday morning between 9am and 10am on Good Day LA, creating a big party as one jam-packed segment known as the Weekend Roundup!
Here's more information about the guests we featured:
Fried Chicken Festival
The festival was created by Joshua Lurie of Food GPS and marketer Helen Springut. The two brought together nine of LA's top chefs to prepare their versions of the old-fashioned down-home comfort food for the festival.
Participating chefs include: Josef Centeno of Baco Mercat and Bar Ama, David LeFevre of M.B. Post, Mary Sue Milliken of Border Grill, Matt Molina of Mozza, Bryant Ng of the Spice Table, Jazz Singsanong of Jitlada, Marcel Vigneron and Haru Kishi of the Coop and Ricardo Zarate of Picca and Mo-Chica.
The festival runs from 4 to 8 p.m. at "The Coop" (the Gonpachi space on La Cienega). Tickets are $55 per person. Each ticket gets you a piece of fried chicken and a side dish from each chef.
The Queen Mary
'Diana: Legacy Of A Princess' Exhibit: Princess Diana will forever be remembered for her beauty, classic style, compassion, and charitable works. And even today, she continues to be an icon of inspiration to millions worldwide.
Diana: Legacy of a Princess sprawls over 13,000 square feet of the Queen Mary's Sun Deck and captures Diana's true essence, showcasing a priceless collection of her gowns and other cherished memorabilia.
Diana: Legacy of a Princess chronicles Diana's private and public life from her days as a student at university, to her engagement and historic marriage to Prince Charles, to her reign as Princess of Wales and her extraordinary charity work, to her untimely demise. This very personal and rare exhibit includes many never before seen items and offers a more in-depth and up-close look into the life of a Princess everyone thought they knew.
Located in the Sun Deck Gallery (Bow, Starboard Side) Open daily from 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. The last timed entry is from 5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Note: Photography is not permitted in the exhibit. To ensure prime viewing hours, purchase tickets online HERE.
Sri Lanka Day
Sri Lanka Day is an annual one-day event presented by Sri Lanka Foundation at the world famous Third Street Promenade of Santa Monica, California showcasing Sri Lankan musicians, dancers, food and businesses. Since the first event in 2006, Sri Lanka Day has grown to become the largest event promoting Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan culture in U.S.A. In 2010, Sri Lanka Day attracted more than one hundred thousand visitors.
A stage near Broadway has performances from 10.00 AM to 10.00 PM, while more than twenty booths along the Promenade offer the best and most unique Sri Lankan foods, goods and services to the visitors attending Sri Lanka Day. At 4.00 PM, the "Pageant of Lanka" parades through the Promenade with beautifully dressed Sri Lankan performers and theatre elephants. There will also be a Costume Parade with traditional and colorful Sri Lankan clothing.
Sri Lanka Day will be held on Saturday, August 25th 2012, 10.00 AM to 10.00 PM at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.
