We have our winner for our $50 rat out your boss competition!

Ever had a boss that had a saying that drove you insane? To compete, people had a chance to write their favorite (or least favorite) phrases that their boss says. You voted and not someone walks away with $50 to hopefully do whatever they choose! (I find gin normally helps me ignore people).

And the winner is…

Contestant #5, Trang Huynh with…

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During these hot summer days, there’s nothing quite as refreshing as a nice chilled coffee beverage. Blended or iced, it just hits the spot when you’re trying to cool off. Recently Coffee Bean has launched their new Non-Fat Yogurt Ice Blended drink for the summer.

And being the lovingly generous people that we are, we’ve decided to give away four gift certificates, worth $40 each, to The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

We asked you to leave your favorite joke below and the winners have been picked. Congratulations to….

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Here we go again! Your (almost) weekly give-away to the Hollywood Bowl! What do we have for you now? Reggae Night baby. Oh yeah. With artists UB40, Beres Hammond, and Barrington Levy. This will be the seventh time the Hollywood Bowl has put on this event and every time it’s enjoyable. And don’t tell me you all haven’t sung along to “Red, Red Wine” or “Can’t Help Falling in Love” at some point in your life.

One of my favorite parts about the Hollywood Bowl is that you are allowed to bring in your own picnic baskets and wine into the Hollywood Bowl. All you have to do to win is leave a comment below with you favorite Hollywood Bowl picnic basket and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win two tickets to the show. The winner will be announced Wednesday July 30rd on LA.CityZine.

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Here comes another one! Gnarls Barkley will be playing the Hollywood Bowl Sunday July 27th at 7:00pm and we’ve got your tickets right here! Leave a comment below with your favorite Hollywood Bowl memory (under 50 words please) and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win two tickets to the show. The winner will be announced Wednesday July 23rd at noon.

Gnarls Barkley is one of the most awe-inspiring, creative, soul performers that you can see today. When they play the energy is contagious. They will be playing songs from their gleefully anticipated album, The Odd Couple as well as many old favorites. In the spirit of supreme unpredictability and unbridled musicality, Gnarls Barkley share the bill with rising Senegalese star Fallou Dieng; indie rock’s favorite free-form philosophers, Deerhoof, open the show.

If you just can’t wait, you can buys tickets here.

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CANDLEBOX will be celebrating the release of their new album, INTO THE SUN (Out 7/22 on Silent Majority Group/ILG) with a record release show at The Viper Room on Monday, July 21st. Space is limited, very few tickets will be given away at the door, but no worries! We’ve got two tickets for you right here! All you have to do is leave a comment saying why you deserve to win and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win.

Doors for this very special event will be open at 8:00pm. Candlebox’s 2008 lineup features 3 of the founding 4 members…founding members that have led Candlebox to sell over 6 Million albums together. The original Candlebox songwriting team of singer Kevin Martin and guitarist Peter Klett along with original drummer Scott Mercado have been reunited and Into The Sun marks the band’s first new record in ten years.
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This Sunday, July 13, at 7:30pm at the Hollywood Bowl, the Los Angeles Philharmonic brings you Bizet’s Carmen. LA.CityZine will be giving away two tickets to the winner of our drawing. All you have to do is leave a comment below saying why you want to go and you’ll be entered to win! Carmen is one of the most passionate operas performed today. Denyce Graves, sultry performance in the title role is being applauded everywhere. And just to add a little sugar on top, all proceeds go towards the Los Angeles Philharmonic Musicians Pension Fund, which helps many local LA musicians.

The winner will be announced at 9am on Friday July 11th! So enter today! Make sure to leave your e-mail address so that we can contact you if you win!

For those of you who just can’t wait, you can purchase tickets at HollywoodBowl.com or call (323)850-2000.

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“My moon, my man, so changeable and such lovable man to me…” Oh Feist, you’re so feisty. That song was stuck in my head for months and I still enjoy it! Feist will be in LA headlining at the Hollywood Bowl on July 20th and we have two tickets for you right here. All you have to do to enter is come up with the best five words to describe the Hollywood Bowl and you’re in! We’ll be announcing the winner July 14th at noon on LA.CityZine.

Many of you know Feist, the Canadian singer/songwriter who goes by her last name and started her career with the all-girl punk band Placebo. Over the past few years, her music has spread like wildfire. She is probably the only female vocalist of this decade that man and woman alike enjoy listening to. Also playing that night will be Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Pacifika, two up and coming groups that are amazing live.

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For three days the Hollywood Bowl will be celebrating Independence Day and the Dodgers 50th Anniversary with the July 4th Fireworks Spectacular: A Ball at the Bowl with the LA Dodgers. There will be amazing fireworks displays, appearances by Dodger super stars, and music by special guest Randy Newman. LA.CityZine has your free tickets into this event on July 2nd at 7:30pm! All you have to do is leave a comment below saying why you want to go and you will be entered to win two tickets to Hollywood Bowl on July 2nd.

Leave a comment soon because the winner will be announced June 30th at 5pm!

If you would like to buy tickets for another night you can do so here. Tickets range from $10-$114.

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Gilberto Gil and Devendra Banhart will be performing June 29th at the Hollywood Bowl, and we’ve got your tickets right here. If you’re looking for some new music that you probably haven’t seen before you have to check out these guys. Both Gil and Banhart are guaranteed to bring something new and enjoyable to the Bowl next weekend and all you have to do to win tickets is sign up for our newsletter and then leave a comment below saying why you want to go. Once you do that, you will automatically be entered in a drawing for two tickets to the concert and the winner will be announced at noon on the 27th!

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First of all, thank you to all of the amazing cafes that competed in our coffee competition. We sought out the best coffee shop Los Angeles and found a number of astounding cafes all over the city. Every single one of the cafe’s listed in our coffee competition is a great place to visit for amazing atmosphere, talented Batista’s and of course, a great cup of coffee. We decided the only way to judge who has the best cafe in Los Angeles was to ask the people. And although many of you love your own cafe, there can only be one winner. The people have spoken. Our winner is….

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First of all, thank you to all of the amazing cafes that competed in our coffee competition. We sought out the best coffee shop Los Angeles and found a number of astounding cafes all over the city. Every single one of the cafe’s listed in our coffee competition is a great place to visit for amazing atmosphere, talented Batista’s and of course, a great cup of coffee. We decided the only way to judge who has the best cafe in Los Angeles was to ask the people. And although many of you love your own cafe, there can only be one winner. The people have spoken. Our winner is….

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Thank you to everyone who voted in LA.CityZine’s Coffee Competition. The winner of the coffee competition will be announced at noon today along with their prize. But! In the meantime, we would like to announce the winners of the competition’s $30 gift certificates! Everyone who left a comment for their favorite cafe was entered in a drawing, and if your number was picked than you’re the winner! So here they are, our winners:

• Abbott’s Habit: Ronne
• Swork: Doug Locke
• Infuzion: Paul Butter
• Intelligentsia: Jeff Holmes
• Joni’s Cafe: Michael
• LA Mill: Travis
• Novel Cafe: Shana
• Sabor y Cultura: Barry Morril
• Funnel Mill: Cindy

Thanks for playing! Sign up for our Newsletter to find out about more competitions coming up on LA.CityZine.

Currently you can enter two win two tickets to the Hollywood Bowl Competition to see Gilbert Gil and Devendra Banhart on June 29th!