Google, you’ve been hacked: Google Glass can be utilized in myriad ways, especially for event planners. Feeding event information and up-to-the-minute updates and reminders via Glass could be both effective and budget-friendly. Event planners could easily keep tabs on their entire event. Guests can capture photos, stream live tweets, Instagram and Vine videos and even scan…
L.A. Weekender: Music, movies and art
Image courtesy of hyena reality at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Why hello Friday, pleasure to see you again! The theme for this Weekender is music, art and relaxation. There are plenty of free concerts and enjoyable outdoor activities for the whole family. As usual, we have a list of fun ideas for you to try, whether you’re in…
A splash of summer (Recipe)
July. A month full of vacations, beach days, BBQs and sweltering, suffocating heat. There are plenty of ways to beat the heat, and as huge advocates of relaxation and creativity, we found an icy cool drink that is really quite perfect. Introducing Watermelon Raspberry Lemonade. Photo courtesy of Gourmande In The Kitchen A perfect mixture…
Fairplex Insider x Dress-Lace Store Color Block Style Lace Dress
This Fairplex Insider x dress-lace online lace dress comes in a blue color and is a color block style dress, meaning it’s simple and has a nice clean feel to it. It also has a strappy back on the reverse giving it a very creative spin. The fabric is textured and woven and the material…
Event Industry News: Twitter’s 3-D Billboard grabs attention at Cannes festival
Twitter’s 3-D Billboard: Digital billboards stopped being a novelty long ago, but 3-D billboards have not. Last month Twitter used a 40,000-lumens Barco projector mounted on a roof across the street from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. For five hours, a 3-D projection of tweets (using the official event hashtag, #CannesLion) was displayed…
L.A. Weekender: Movies, tattoos and Grease
There’s something about summer that makes you want to soak in every moment of free time. It seems that as soon as Friday evening rolls around, the fun begins. This weekend is no exception. There’s plenty to do, in whatever neighborhood you call home. Image courtesy of dan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net 1. Cinema on the Street:…
3 Food and Beverage Trends to Try This Summer
Afternoons by the pool, leisurely walks in the evenings, vacations, outdoor adventures, rooftop happy hours watching the sunset… In the words of Sublime, “Summer time and the living’s easy.” Here are 3 food and beverage trends to try this summer in between all that relaxation and fun in the sun: 1. Burger Madness Trendy burger…
Typing “the” is too much effort
“And” is the fifth-most used word in the English language. Apparently typing/writing “and” is something of a hassle, thus the ampersand (&) was born and has been used properly and improperly ever since. Now restauranteur Paul Mathis is attempting to seal a similar fate for the most commonly used word in the English language: “the.”…
Event Industry News: 4th of July celebrations and mishaps, Vine strikes back, Facebook launches Graph Search
4th of July in California: KABOOM! was a sold-out, loud and American proud success at Fairplex on the 4th of July. Monster trucks and motocross dominated the evening with flips, jumps and stunts to please the whole crowd. The show ended with a large fireworks spectacular that lit up the sky over Fairplex in red,…
Happy Independence Day!
Fairplex would like to wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Independence Day! Whether you’re celebrating with us at Kaboom! or spending time with your family elsewhere, we wish you a safe, memorable and fun 4th of July. Have a good one!

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