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St. Patty's Day fun around town
UPDATE, March 17: Scroll down to the Wednesday, March 17 subhead for St. Patty's day fun today and tonight. ++++++++++++++++++ With some of your favorite restaurants, and even the traditional Los Angeles St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival gone a glimmering, it's more important than ever to plan your St. Patrick's Day celebrations carefully. Here's what's happening in the SCV and nearby. Saturday, March 13 Knights of Columbus St. Patrick's Day Race Mike McSkane ...

	It’s Oscar time: Roger Ebert's preview and picks I can't remember a year when it seemed easier to predict the Oscars. Those words may come back to haunt me, but there you have it. Of the top eight categories, seven look like sure things. The only dicey one is best picture, and although "Avatar" may roll in on its record-breaking profits, I think it's a win for "The Hurt Locker."
	Receive your just desserts -- the best sweet treats in the SCV We will accept no appetizers, lettuce have no salads and you eschew the entrées, too - our souls need soothing. Decadent desserts are in order, and Escape's panel of sweet tooths has put together a list of some of the SCV's most popular sugary delights. So, herein, find your "sin." Salt Creek Grille 24415 Town Center Crive #115 Valencia, CA 91355 (661) 222-9999 www.saltcreekgrille.com/valencia.asp Chocolate Ganache Souffle ($12.95) A Salt Creek Grille specialty, ...
	It's hiking season in the SCV Around here, you have to catch "spring" when you can. The combination of winter rains, warm weather and almost-spring has our hills going green and flowers beginning to pop. With some gorgeous days appearing between storms, now may be the perfect time to set boots to the trails in our local hills and valleys. It may not be true spring yet, but hiking season has begun! For the lowdown on the top local hikes and ...
	Very Valentine’s Day: Ideas for those who waited until the last minute If you are one of those people who waits until the last minute to make your Valentine's Day plans, take heart. Here are some relationship-saving ideas, including the kind (Singing Valentine) that allow you to stay home and avoid the crowds. And several of these choices are available on Friday or Saturday so you don't have to worry about getting home late Sunday night.
	Olympic Winter Games are flying in Ski Jumping, Ice Dancing, Slalom, Downhill, Biathlon, Hockey and Curling, Curling, Curling, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will offer 17 days of drama and thrills on the slippery stuff in Vancouver - and NBC's coverage will show you quite a bit of it. Sadly, Curling does not appear on the broadcast schedule. But maybe there will be an "international incident" on the Curling ice that will draw the news cameras there. One can only hope. ...
	Riding the rails in SoCal Years ago Amtrak used the advertising catch-phrase, "there's something about a train" to entice riders aboard. Trains were seen as quaint, nostalgic relics of the past - the freedom of the automobile and the speed of the airplane had nearly doomed passenger trains to extinction.
	Escape's Kid-fun in the SCV Certainly you are aware of the kid-fun available at Six Flags Magic Mountain. However, if your family is new to the SCV, you might be surprised how many other excellent entertainment opportunities await your children locally - both indoors and outdoors. Several of these venues have been offering good times for decades. So here is kid-fun in the SCV.
	It's all going downhill: Escapes for the ski season If you spent the past weekend lying out in the sun and working on your tan, it might be hard to believe that ski season is upon us.

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