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The Eiffel Tower looms over a table at Tartine Bistro. DINNER Brown Bag Burgers 440-801-1122 I ordered the Original Brown Bag burger, which comes in at a perfectly acceptable $5.19, and added a large order of fries , which turned out to be enough to feed three people.

OK, so it's December and that means it's the fast-track to Christmas was a requirement, but there was a deep suspicion that not observing the ritual of watching Miracle on 34th Street at least once could cause Christmas not to happen at all.

We all know "It's a Wonderful Life" and the Ralphie-cutesiness of "A Christmas Story" but here are a trio of lower-key yuletide movies to check out.

West Hollywood may have that annual spooky spectator spectacle known as the Halloween Costume Carnaval, but for the ultimate Tinseltown trick-or-treating experience, you can't beat Toluca Lake.