January the 3rd was the last day to check out Mission Inn's Festival of Lights. This late 18th century hotel decks itself out with lights and enough animatrons to give Disneyland the run for it's money every year for the holidays. Here's a tip, go run in and up the elevator before the sun sets so you could explore the hotel otherwise security will just keep you in the lobby. It's well worth the adventure.
Aside from that, there are various outdoor vendors serving hot chocolate, donut holes, and pictures with Santa, live bands, an outdoor ice rink and other such shinanigens. I like this time of the year because it looks like the entire community comes together at this old hotel.
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To celebrate the coming of my birthday, a friend and I went to the Menagerie on University for a drink. To describe this bar and the bars around Riverside, here's a conversation with a bartender I found on Yelp, "There aren't very many bars in the Inland Empire. This place is the equivalent of winning the gold medal at the Special Olympics"
Being the novice drinker that I am I can't rate their drinks for you but that's what Yelp is for! The environment was chill for a Sunday night and the bartenders were friendly. We finished off the night talking with friendly strangers trying to tie cherry stems with our tongues. How'd we do? We failed. 2nd time's the charm!
Only decent photo I could find on the web.Painting the scene, sensual and censored pictures of naked girls and guys were everywhere, 5 large projectors played music videos, middle aged crowd, and there is a large neon misspelled sign, "Fabulaus" which seems to be the icon of the place. I'd recommend this place to friends. By the way, I think it's fair to warn you that there is a rainbow flag parked right by the entrance :P
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