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Photos from the Wounded Warrior Project benefit at LA Live

fundraiser, LA Live, Los Angeles, Photos, pictures, Rocktoberfest, Southern California, Wounded Warrior Project / 1 minute of reading / October 16, 2012

Monday evening was the opening night for the 1st Annual Rocktoberfest at LA Live, which began with a charity jam with the proceeds from this evenings function going to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Gene Simmons got on stage and played a set with the band along with several others. Wolfgang Puck provided the food for an Octoberfest meal with a California twist. There were lots of celebrities whose names I do not know, but James Gandolfini, Nikki Sixx and Bill Engvall were among those I did recognize. The true stars were the Wounded Warriors that attended tonight’s event. Besides …

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1st Annual Rocktoberfest at LA Live, benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project

fundraiser, LA Live, Los Angeles, Rock & Brews, Rocktoberfest, Southern California, Wounded Warrior Project / 2 minutes of reading / October 10, 2012

Back in April, when I made my first visit to Rock & Brews, I was walking around checking out the artwork decorating the place, I could not but help notice among all the rock and roll images was a lone banner on the center of the main wall. On it was the image of one soldier carrying another, obviously wounded soldier, with the words, “Wounded Warrior Project” below. Upon closer inspection I could see that it had been signed by many people from different branches of the armed forces. I made a mental note to investigate the Wounded Warrior Project …

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Watch Party, Game 2 of the 2012 Stanley Cup at ESPN Zone

family, Family fun, LA Live, Los Angeles Kings, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Stanley Cup, Watch party / 1 minute of reading / June 2, 2012

These photos were taken at the Watch Party of Game Two of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals held at the ESPN Zone at L.A. Live, across from the Staples Center. My son and his family are big Los Angeles Kings fans and since the Kings have never lost a championship game they attended, they decided to make the 100 miles (each way) ride to see if watching the game from across the street from Staples would help or not. Apparently it did, as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in overtime. Anyway, my daughter drove out …

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Holiday Fair at Staples Center

carnival, Christmas, Family fun, LA Live, Los Angeles, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Staples Center / 1 minute of reading / December 9, 2011

When we went to Staples last night, I got spun around and ended up parking by LA Live on 11th Street. To my surprise, they had the street blocked off and an old style carnival set up. I presumed it was some kind of Christmas carnival, but no one that worked there really knew what was going on. Even the security personnel said they had never seen anything like this before and that it had no name that they knew of. Google was of little help, so I think we will call it the GotBaddog Staples Holiday Fair until someone …

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