I didn't know what to expect for paying parking and entry....overall well worth attending...many…read morevendors and choices...informative and friendly people most way through...lines were looking at some places, but overall I would go again and prepay online to save money...

I love this monthly event during summer! It's a chance to check out and sample places on 2nd st, so…read moreyou know what's good and what you dont need to waste your time or money on. A great opportunity to stroll up and down 2nd, dog friendly, live bands and performers on every block.

I love this event. I've been coming to this event every year. Although prices start getting higher…read moreand higher lately. I usually get 12 tickets and I used to try 4-5 dishes but now it is only enough maybe two or three maximum. I try to come as early as possible to avoid the lines because after 7 PM line gets longer. They are also live music throughout the Festival. Fun event.

Never much been a lover of craft fairs, until now. This is how to do it. THIS is fun, kitchy, cool…read moreand trendy all wrapped up into one. This is young and vibrant not old and.....stained wood name carvings and needlepoint Jesus sayings. Sorry Mom, Sorry God. Kiki and I ended up here by first deciding to go to the Swap-O-Rama. This was an event held upstairs at the Shrine where you bring a bag of old clothes, clothes you've never worn, and any scraps of material. Then you go through other people's cast-offs, pick some out and try to come up with ways to fancy it up for yourself. They had seamstresses galore here to help, embroiderers and one little lone guy doing screen printing. It looked like everyone was having a ball sifting through clothing, and patching things together to make something unique. Since it takes awhile to sew, screen print or embroider, the wait for these stations could take awhile, which is why Kiki and I only got some items screen-printed and one item each embroidered. I think I had my hopes up for something a little bit more for the swap, but I was quickly overwhelmed with glee when we went downstairs to the Bazaar Bizarre. There was an insane number of booths where funky crafters displayed their inexpensive wares. They had everything from clothing, to jewlery, to wall art. When was the last time you went to a craft fair that had Ghetto Sock Monkeys, HellaGood Bath products, This is not your Grandma's Quilt, and a booth called Cunt Factory with T's that celebrate the vulva? Sorry Mom. Sorry God. (Well, sorry Mom, anyway.)

A friend of mine, who has somehow made a living out of creating felt-crafted human organs told told…read moreme to go. "You, of all people, will love it." Never being sure what that means, as that sort of thing gets told to me frequently, I went anyway. Oh joy and rapture, I wanted to spend all my money and more on such greatness as Cthulhu christmas ornaments, purses made out of vintage pulp fiction hardcovers (Hell Cats Of The Gutters!), bowls made from old vinyl records, barrettes with squirrels and mushrooms! A great place to shop for gifts. FYI - not all Bazaar Bizarres are created equal. As there wasn't one in LA this past year we headed up to the one in San Francisco. A few cool things but not nearly as high on the scale of excellent as LA.

I love this event, came here last year and had a blast. Came again this year and still had a blast…read more I think the prettiest people in Los Angeles come here and drink (Or is this the wine talking? ) Again, this year they had it at Majestic Halls. Yes that place. The same place where Usher shot his video of " DJ Got us falling in Love" http://www.majestichalls.com/EventVideos.html Great central venue. Because I had something to compare to last year, this is why I would give it 4 stars this year instead of 5. There seemed to be less vendors than last year-Sure I couldn't have drank "over 250 wines" in any given day but I loved the selection last year, including the place in redlands that did the ice slushies. It was refreshing, different, and was much needed to cleanse the pallet. I did wish we had something similar this year. There also seemed to be less "real food" for purchase than last year. This year, the grilled cheese truck was present as well as a "gourmet hot dog" inside the place. I'm wasn't a fan of either one so I opted to walk half mile to Nabeeya (Thanks James for the rec.) for a quick bite. I came back in time to have some sparkling that was in the front. The lines seemed more unorganized this year. Sure most people wait behind the booths but this year, for some reason it felt like people were "driving on the opposite side of the road". If there were lines on the left, I saw people coming from the right. This wasn't too bad because the lines moved rather quickly. The only time it mattered was when the people over the booth were edumacating the public , thus taking time away. The instagram #wineriot was a nice touch. But for private accounts and changing it to public just for a picture, it doesn't work as we waited over 2 hours for our picture. I saw some familiar faces here like Tara Taylor who was over at our favorite Spanish Wines. I saw Erica Nagashima over at #madriasangria . Of course got to chat with James a bit and met his friend Joy. Stopped by the Yelp booth to say HI. (BTW, thanks again @KTB! ) To Morgan, @Morgan1st, I saw you hustling around and I think you guys did a wonderful job.

Definitely the BEST Yelp Elite event I've attended so far (as of 7/22/14). Yes, the event took…read moreplace in May 2014, so it's a review long overdue. Better late than never ;) Brought my lovely +1 from San Diego, and we had a fucking blast. Unlimited wine for 4 hours? With amazing goat cheese (which I usually hate) on the house?! And to mention, short seminars on sake/wine? Met some great people, me and the girlfriend ended up having hot pot dinner with strangers turned friends. What better way to make friends than over unlimited wine & good vibes? Yeee. Plus, I LOVE the fact they had an app called "Second Glass" where you could rate the wine you just had based on stall#, so you won't forget what you enjoyed. I don't know too much about wines, so this was the perfect way for me to remember exactly what I liked, and what I didn't like. Thanks a bunch to Katie B. & Yelp for this AMAZING event! Hopefully I can go again next year :)

What a fun and great event! I just came from the 1st Annual Trucks N' Toys event in San Pedro. It…read morewas a nice event that brought food lovers and food trucks together for a good cause. Folks attending had the chance to bring a toy that would be given to the Boys and Girls Club of San Pedro and Urband Born. I brought a little Good Luck Care Bear - with the hope to bring some holiday cheer and show a little kid that someone cares out there. I hope it brings them a little luck too. There was a booth at the middle of the event that you drop the toys off and they gave a little bag of candy treats to each that brought a toy. There were several food trucks there and I wasn't sure which food truck to go to but the longest line was the Grill Em All Truck and that was the truck that my Yelp friends recommended. It therefore became the chosen food truck that my friends and I went to. I also got to try the Boba Truck and two cupcakes truck (Oh for Sweets Sake and SugarBabies) :). I wanted to try more food trucks but I was way too full after the Grill Em All truck. Hmm it just means that my friends and I will need to go to more food truck events hehe to try out the other stuff. I definitely know I want to try the red velvet flan from the White Rabbit Truck one day. Yelp reviews and photos coming soon ;). Not only was this a great event for a great cause, it was also the event where I finally got to meet my cool yelp friends: Michelle T.,Tony S., Ciara G., Lucy Y., Hugo C. and Isabel F :). Yay! It was so nice to finally meet them :). .

On this surprisingly warm (winter?) day, a group of us Yelpers got together for some food truck…read moreforaging and to donate toys to the Boys and Girls Club of San Pedro. That means warm fuzzy feelings in our tummies AND our hearts! Unfortunately The Comfort Truck ended up changing schedules the day before, because I would have liked to try them - and Nana Queen's wasn't there (at least before 2-ish, when we left). But the crowd-free atmosphere was so mellow that doing an early lunch here was a real pleasure! Seeing some of my fave Yelpsters - Ciara G, Isabel F, Hugo C, Michelle T, Tony S, and Jenn G - and sharing yummies with them - made this event even more fun! I tried stuff from: Grill Em All LudoTruck Tapa Boy Sugar Babies Oh For Sweets Sake Tropical Shave Ice Auto Creamery The other trucks that were there that I didn't try: Vizzi The Green Truck Lomo Arigato Crepe 'n Around Knockout Tacos Dim Sum Truck The Greasy Weiner Shrimp Pimps White Rabbit Truck Louks To Go I don't know what the crowd looked like at 6pm when the event was scheduled to end, but when we arrived around 11am - it was GREAT! * Parking was super easy in the open lot closest to the trucks. * There were tables set up with tablecloths and lots of trash receptacles. * The trucks were spaced far enough apart to not let lines run into each other (if it got that busy). The venue was in full sun on this warm day, so I baked a little - but there was shade to be had a short walk away near the waterline. If all food truck events were like this, I'd go to more of them : ).

I really enjoyed the University by the Sea festival for a variety of reasons, but most of all I…read morethought it makes a great complement to Kaleidoscope. Kaleidoscope (http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/kaleidoscope/) is CSULB's annual open house, a sort of family fun and educational festival held on the CSULB campus every spring. I went to the first Kaleidoscope in 1985 with my family, and I only remember a few things - we got to try this BRAND NEW kind of pizza that had just opened up in Long Beach (Domino's!) - and I remember the science van (http://www.cnsm.csulb.edu/centers/slc/msm.shtml), which was and still is a really cool traveling exhibit of fun, hands-on science exhibits. But CSULB is off on the far east side of Long Beach, and the campus is not all that accessible - I'm not sure how many people from other parts of Long Beach really go out of their way to attend Kaleidoscope. CSULB is sort of its own little planet, which is one reason why Long Beach isn't really a "college town", despite having two colleges in the city. So while Kaleidoscope attempts to bring the People to the University, I think the University by the Sea festival was a good effort in bringing the University to the People. As Vincent described in his review, the day was full of fun classes held at various restaurants and shops in downtown Long Beach, including cooking classes, wine tasting classes, classes in local history, politics, etc. Pine Ave. was blocked off and featured live art, music and dance performances, a Long Beach Armada pitching clinic, and even the ever-present CSULB science van. I saw lots of little kids swarming the science van, their faces full of wonder as they got to play with giant magnets, see live reptiles, etc. - kids that might not otherwise have had such an opportunity to see science in action. I understand Kaleidoscope is important to bring people to the campus for recruitment, etc., but in a way I think University by the Sea is more relevant and did a better job of giving CSULB more of a direct presence in the community. For a first time event, I thought it was remarkably well executed. I had no problem getting to my classes and finding out where to go, and it was great that there was free parking all day at any of the local parking structures. We were there from about 11:30am until about 6:30pm - Vince and I each went our separate ways for the different classes we signed up for. In addition to the formal classes, there were a lot of other things happening on Pine - in between classes I ended up attending a coffee tasting at Starbucks, which was remarkably informative for only a 15 minute session - and I got to attend a brief Beer and Politics (http://www.beerandpolitics.org) meeting, which gave me a good sense of what the group is about and made me think I might attend one of their regular meetings. I even got a short spin on a Segue while waiting in line for the tunnel. Although our main reason for going was to see the Jergins Tunnel, I'm really glad that we participated in the whole event, because it was a very good time. It was one of the more enjoyable street fairs I'd been to in a long time. I hope the event continues to take place on an annual basis.

I went down with my friend today to check it out…read more No, we were not pre-registered for any classes. Based on the descriptions, I hoped we could just walk around outside and look at the booths and view the 'tunnel'. I think the web page could have been more specific in terms of what you could and could not depending on your registration status. There were some things to look at but aside from an ice cream truck, we couldn't find any food vendors. The people at the information booths were not very knowledgeable. They had no idea what we were talking about when we asked about the 'tunnel'. Perhaps if we'd enrolled in classes we would have better understood and appreciated the event. Like Heather N. said, there wasn't that much to look at on the street. I'd give this 2 stars except I won an all day bus pass from spinning the wheel and that made my day. I'm going to use it next Sunday for the Long Beach Marathon.

Fun exciting g for the kids. People and family friendly. You can walk or drive through the…read morecommunity. 10/10

It was cool to see but I expected more for all the hype that I've heard about it. I was expecting…read moremore of a thoroughbred lane like feel and craziness but it's okay. Still cool to see with the little ones.

Love the vibe at this Green Festival! So much entertaining and samples. Sampled all the different…read morekind of drinks and mixes they had. Chips, protein bars, chocolates, FREE swag from some of the booths. Shout out to Yelp. When we checked in, we get a free yelp tote. Yoga Journal had free magazines, swag bag with goodies! Vegetarian Times had free Full bag of gourmet licorice, protein powder and free organic laundry detergent. Sungevity solar was giving away free Popsicles throughout the night and a quarter glued to an embedded paper with wildflower seeds. We plant that piece of paper, it'll grow wild flowers. :-) http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/U-_xKvvHFXZN4Oj0W_4byg?select=2FSLxZ57_pWb2xfJXaPSfg So much I learned about chocolates, lol., environmental issues, organic products. I bought a glass reusable straw, health drink, organic skin care products, bees wax. Overall it was a fun and educational event!

Pretty fun festival. You get to try all the different products that the place has to offer. Lots…read moreof unique places and you get to try lots of samples too!