An annual free event put up by the church, the Lights display and show is a family friendly, safe…read moreChristmas event on top of a hill where the church resides. Visitors are greeted by colorful and festive lights as soon as they approach the entrance. There's plenty of security, some armed that watch over the crowd. Staff in yellow jackets will direct visitors. Overall, it's pretty well organized and a friendly group. The main attraction is the light show that takes place every 1/2 hour. This year (2019) the story was about Jesus accompanied by music and synchronized light show. It's pretty good. Next to the light show is set up like a little village. One tent allows kids to do crafts. Others have hot cider or cocoa. Members are dressed in biblical characters and offer to tell stories of God. There's also a sign that points to the Cafe. It's essentially a carnival style trailer that sells drinks and snacks with a limited menu. This year, there are also tables set up that sold everything from cupcakes to skewers. We tried their chicken and bbq pork skewers, and they were all good at an amazing price. Sadly, I overheard someone say this is their last year. There are donation boxes placed throughout, as well as garbage bins. So be generous and responsible, make a nice donation and don't litter. There are even staff members that bring photo lights and offer to help you take family pictures. The Lights on Miracle Hill is a great way to spend an evening if you're not driving too far. Need to know: You'll need to park in the surrounding neighborhood. There is no public parking lot. There are no valets. You'll just have to drive around and look for a spot. You may get lucky, or if you aren't lazy, go farther than where others aren't willing to go. Homeowners's driveways are marked by cones. So obey them and don't block anyone's path. Even though they have heat lamps, dress warm See my photos!

FREE FREE! Had this Christmas light show bookmarked for the longest and finally made it out today…read more Winter wonderland is how I would describe it. The show starts 10 minutes from the actual time they announce online. Giving people who are running late, some leeway. The music, songs and the church itself is breathtaking. If you come early enough, you can grab a seat, otherwise your standing but honestly there are no bad seats/standing area. At the end of the show, there are volunteers that will take pics for you & even hold hand held lights up to give you the perfect selfie/pic. It does get packed, so come early to find parking. Also, reserve free tickets online 1st, there were two lines, one with tickets, one without, the one without was long. They also sell food, balloon lights, drinks, hot chocolate and areas for kid activities. Can't wait to come back next year and make this a yearly tradition. P.S. also, a lot of the homes put cones on the sidewalks to block people from parking right in front of their house. They can't do that, its public right of way, so just move the cone and park.

Bad experience ever, we bought the tickets at the internet and after that when we got there we have…read moreto still have to make this long long line to go inside, Plus there was so many people that you couldn't walk at all , very bad experience and no organized at all, never again never. Oh! And we're was the cherry blossoms,? Los Arboles estaban pelonescero Star here

The trees were beautiful, but there weren't very many. Wish there were more. But the entire park is…read moregorgeous!

You have to visit! This space is so uniquely cute and spacious. It's Alice and Wonderland meets…read moreCandy Land. The lights are simply beautiful, the themed rooms are so fun! I especially loved the live show; such talented individuals. There was a contortionist, a juggler, hula hooper snd and a guy that spins a large metal box in the air! There was so much to see and do and the concessions stands were not that bad. Take the family or go on a date, either way you'll have a blast!

This was such a cool experience! I didn't expect it to be soooo big! There were so many different…read morerooms to take pictures in and so so many different things out side to look at and take pictures of! So fun! There was a lot of people but it was so spread out it didn't feel that crowded! Definitely recommend going here!

My husband heard about this on TikTok or Facebook, so we decided to check it out. It is a Farmers…read moreMarket that is held every Friday from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. They block off the streets, and there's plenty of parking nearby. There are lots of food booths (mostly Mexican food) and several other booths selling a variety of items. Taquiza Sinaloense immediately caught my husband's eye, and he ordered a soft taco with chorizo and potato. It was delicious! I wanted to walk around the entire place before ordering more food from Taquiza Sinaloense. There was a really nice lady there who told us that their food is the best, and she said she knew we'd be back. She was right! Although other booths had appetizing food, it just didn't compare. Their presentation was beautiful! We each ordered a plate, which included rice, beans, and our choice of two items. The guy who helped us was so nice and let me sample a few items before I made my decision. My husband ordered chile verde and beef. I ordered chipotle chicken and this amazing mixture of chiles, corn, and cheese. OMG! It was incredibly delicious! Each plate was $14, which is a great price since we both had leftovers. We will definitely go back. I will try to order food from different vendors next time. If you decide to check this place out, make sure to try Taquiza Sinaloense! You won't be sorry!

I really liked this market/festival. We've been here once before and initially stumbled across it…read morewhen going to another highly rated Yelp restaurant called Domestic, which was pretty much right next door. This is a smaller market/festival that seems to cater a lot to the local neighborhood crowd, but it's active and there are a variety of street vendors, which mostly seems to sell various types of Mexican food, but I didn't see everything, so there might be foods from other countries as well. When we went, there wasn't any music, but maybe that starts later and we didn't really stay long since you can walk through the whole market pretty quickly. But if you live nearby and want something to do on a Friday night, this isn't a bad place to check out.

This place totally exceeded my expectations! The Cal Poly Pumpkin Festival is huge - way bigger…read morethan I thought it would be. There's something for everyone: a giant pumpkin patch, gorgeous sunflower fields, a fun petting farm, and tons of great food and activities. The sunflower fields were one of my favorite part -- absolutely beautiful and perfect for photos. The petting farm was such a cute touch too (the sheep definitely stole the show). You can tell the students really put their heart into making the whole event feel welcoming and organized. We also stopped by the Farm Store on our way out and stocked up on fresh produce, wine (they grow their own grapes!), and some amazing pumpkin bread.

Attended CCP Pumpkin patch festival this year and had a good experience on the day of my visit…read more Upon entering the main entrance, there were signs for the Pumpkin patch/Corn maze/ Petting zoo/ Sunflower area, and a scheduled list of small business vendors participating in the CCP vegetable garden. Got there when the event first open, crowd was too massive and was able to take some really great pictures in the Pumpkin area. The petting zoo was really fun- Goats and herds of sheep were walking around the petting area awaiting to be fed (really liked the cleaning station near the exit for easy hand washing), animals were really mellow- which created a fun environment for kids. Agreed with some reviews; the entrance fee is a bit pricey, though I did enjoy this festival

Happy to get 4 free admission tix courtesy of Yelp. Yay!…read more On a Friday night after 7pm, the line was easy breezy. My fiance and friends perused the options of food and along the way, a few beverage vendors offered us free samples. The watermelon drink was noteworthy. All 4 of us opted for different vendors. My choice was the truffle veggie burger and bottled water for 14. Super tasty burger. Pleased they have vegetarian and vegan options. My fiance opted for a Hawaiian plate at Shootz. He said the loco moco was solid as was the spam musubi. Friends opted for a noodle and veggie bowl topped with an over hard egg. The other dish chosen was chicken + waffle. The consensus was all 4 star meals at an average $15/plate. I would not have gone to Panana had it not been for the free admission tix. The Filipino food vendor offered up $6 unlimited drinks so the fiance ended up getting refills on melon drinks (tasty and not too sweet) and just one mango drink. (too sweet) The entertainment could use some improvements. The poor rock band on stage did not get much attention while the dancers from Venice were doing their thing below with the crowds around them. They also could have had more table to eat at. Fortunately, our group had a table, although the lady w/a child before us failed to throw her trash away. We did it for her after she left. It was a family friendly event as some children and parents walked around in costume. From the photos, I had braced myself to be among crowds but, for Friday night it was a non-issue. Thanks Yelp WLA for a perk just local to us in Torrance!

Thank you Yelp for tickets to Panana Night Market! I was happy to hear Panana Night Market was back…read moreat Del Amo Fashion. They had different vendors this time and I was curious to see how they were. This go-around there was a Filipino vendor via the Kapamilya Restaurant. They had various bbq sticks and street food. Combos with two items were $10. I got to try the chicken bbq stick and it was ok. It's a bit more pricey than outside Filipino food. QQ-Ball 2016 offering Taiwanese puffy cakes was also a new vendor. They had a special $5 puffy cakes with ice cream. I tried this with cookies and cream and this made for a nice dessert. I wanted to try their character puffy cakes (they had Hello Kitty) but for $7 for 4 pieces and no ice cream; I thought the special $5 was a better deal. Another new vendor was YouMe Hot Dog; offering sausage and mozzarella hot dogs. I have to say this was my favorite! It looked very simple but the batter was delicious. It is definitely one of the best corn dogs I've had ever. This was only $5. Sutekiya Catering was also new and they were offering the cutest bear curries for $10. This was definitely instagram worthy. Mr Bully 909 was a vendor that was there the last go-around but I didn't get to try it. For this visit; I finally got to check it out. I got their Korean bbq ribs along with their bulgogi cheese fries for $15. This was actually another entree I really liked. I loved how the ribs were tender and meaty. The fries were also quite tasty. Overall as many have mentioned; food can get pricey. I am very happy to have received complimentary tickets via Yelp because then I could spend money for more tasty dishes ;). Thank you Yelp!

Hooray for another new free con at Frank's…read more Cosplay Con was CROWDED. They had to have a shuttle service and everything. Loads of people coming from every which was just to meet Stan Lee. While I was taking a break, catching up on "Saga," a woman sat down next to me and we started chatting. Apparently she'd driven down from Seattle for this. I was astonished. Though Uncle Stan's health and recent canceled appearances might have been a factor, it's amazing that these free little cons aren't just attended by the locals anymore. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and all the cosplayers who came were great. Other than a costume contest near the end of the day, there wasn't really any programming, so you were either there for signatures (Stan, J. Scott Campbell, Rob Liefeld, etc) or you were just checking out what people were wearing. There were several known cosplayers and groups there with booths: the 501st, Mandalorians, Avengers Initiative, Ivy Doomkitty, Krystal Method, and so on. People were dressed as all sorts of things: superheroes, stormtroopers, Walt from "Breaking Bad," a female Daryl from "Walking Dead," Stay Stuft with the 10th Doctor in tow, and members of KISS among other things. Great job putting this together, guys. Keep it up!

Took advantage of Pomona $1 day yesterday to go to the fair with my daughter, my annual fair buddy…read more We stayed from 11:45 until 2:00, checking out the exhibits, eating Dippin' Dots and garlic Parmesan fries with thousand island dressing from Fresh Fry's, and having fun people watching. So glad they decided to change the month of the fair to May from when it used to be in September! Yesterday it was sunny, but not too hot, with an occasional lovely breeze. By the time we left it was starting to get more crowded. If you get a chance to visit the LA County fair before the end of May, be sure to check out the Millard Sheets art building, which has a cool exhibit, and also a hands-on cardboard crafting room for kids and families alike. You can build your own miniature cardboard vehicle to race down the cardboard runway they have just outside of the art room. In the exhibit hall with the artwork of school children, the theme is agriculture and they have several fun interactive exhibits: a giant bubble making station, and remote controlled robotic vehicle that you can "drive" around, and some punching robots that you can fight against one another (it was down when we visited). Check it out! Highly recommended!

I haven't been to one of the fairs in years, so it was a nice to see how it is now. We went on a…read morecloudy Sunday and I have to admit it was nice to not be sweltering under the sun. The experience is exactly what I remembered when I last attended one 10ish years ago, but it does feel smaller than before. In any case, it's a fun place to go with your family (like I did this time around) or a date with your special someone. Many carnival games and rides for all ages, bbq and deep fried foods that fairs have been famous for (a lot of food items with pickles?), petting zoos, animal interactions, pig races, and a bunch of shopping stalls. One thing that really bothered me was how some of the sales people at the stalls go over line to get you into their stalls. I was stopped numerous times by sneakers cleaning people who wanted to demo and sell me their products. I was ok with them trying to get my attention, what I wasn't ok with was one of the stalls had one guy who came out to me while i was standing in the middle of an aisle and sprayed my 2nd time worn Balenciaga tracks without permission. They are new, I don't need you spraying chemicals and scrubbing on my new shoes! Now I had to stand in his station to clean off that one shoe. Once he was done cleaning that one shoe, he tried to point out the difference compared to my other one... they looked exactly the same after his product dried off 20 seconds later. I was quite annoyed. Except for the above moment, the rest of the day was pretty cool. I had a $22 funnel cake that was the size of a small pizza, and I was pretty good. I couldn't finish it (not even sure two people can), but it tasted like strawberry and custard donuts.

This place has such beautiful vibrant displays. We didn't…read moretry any food. But we did come to celebrate a family members birthday on a random spontaneous night and glad we chose to come here. Took about 2 hours to go thru the whole display but it's lovely. Definitely coming back again with more friends to share the experience with them.

12/15/2019 The last time there were any light festivals…read more This is one that I have gone to and seen great displays of lights. It's a good comparison with the one I saw at the LA Arboretum. What you want to do is walk around first then come back for the performances. I enjoyed the dragon on the floating water. Different dragons and monsters to ride for photos. I think I would come back here with a group. Definitely a good date event.

I went to the Yokocho Ramen Festival last year (2013) in Torrance, and it was a disaster. While the…read moreconcept was great, the venue was small, the lines were long, and many vendors ran out of food while people were still waiting in line. I was disappointed, and left hungry. Fast forward to this year. I actually found out about this on accident a few days ago while at a local coffeehouse owned by a Taiwanese couple. They had a flyer for the Ramen festival which guaranteed 2 for 1 admission. Intrigued, I looked at it, saw it was going to be held at the Pomona Fairplex which is near my place in La Verne, so I figured I would give it a try. I really liked how there was NO LINE whatsoever to get in - granted, I went around 4:00 PM, but I walked right in. The lines to get ramen were maybe 3 or 4 people deep, that's it. So much better than the 45-60 minute wait last year! There were eleven vendors on hand, from Tokyo, Osaka, Fukushima, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. Ramen Vendors ----------------------- Wakamusha/Tanatsumono from Fukushima, Japan Toyama Black Shoyo Ramen (Iroha) from Toyama, Japan Satsuma Ramen (Shin-Sen-Gumi) from Kagoshima, Japan and Los Angeles Kohmen Ramen from Ikebukoro, Tokyo, Japan, Hiromau Ramen, fusion ramen champion from Toyama / Las Vegas Burger Ramen by Keizo Shimamoto from Los Angeles Tsujita Ramen from Tokyo and Los Angeles Monta Tonkotsu Ramen from Las Vegas Norio Ramen from Namba, Osaka, Japan Men Oh Ramen from Tokushima, Japan with a store in San Francisco Hide Chan Ramen from Hakata, Kyushu, Japn There were additional food carts as well, such as a Takoyaki stand, Okonomiyaki, and Steamed Pork Rolls. Also, there was a fluff ice truck - so very good! It's basically frozen cotton candy with condensed milk and your choice of toppings. I chose the "Candy Factory" option - strawberry fluffed ice with condensed milk, mini gummy bears, and sprinkles. Don't judge, it looked and tasted divine. I had two ramen bowls, and tried a third (my father's). I will review the two I chose first. I only chose ramen I could not order here in the United States. My choices were Wakamusha/Tanatsumono and Kohmen. Wakamusha & Tanatumono - A collaboration of two leading ramen shops in Fukushima, Japan. This was a mild miso broth with chicken. This was a special treat because this combination of ramen was only available at the event! They used a 100 year old house miso recipe, Horaiya's koji miso. To say this was delicious would be an understatement. Served with corn, sprouts, scallions, miso and chicken, in a chicken broth, plus of course, the noodles, this was my favorite of the two ramens I tasted. Khomen (Koumen) - In 2010, the Japanese TV show "Shittoko" selected this as their Fusion Ramen champion. Hiromaru Ramen started as a small noodle shop in the middle of a rice field in the small town of Toyama, Japan with just two people: Mr. Kawai, and his mother. Mr. Kawai was a world class track athlete competing for Japan's national team, but for economic reasons, he chose to switch his career to making ramen in Japan. He worked day and night to provide his customers with the best organic noodles. Soon, word of his ramen spread, and his business grew. To meet his customer's overwhelming demands, he started a catering Ramen truck. Kawai has continuously put effort into developing new and creative ramen, and he has more than 100 different ramen recipes. Hiromaru, in Japanese, means, "from Japan to the world, full of the love of Ramen". Ok, history lesson over. I chose Khomen, because they added a chili paste to the broth to make it spicy. I'm not an expert on ramen, and I'm not able to describe the different flavors between the two in a way which would do it justice. I will say the broth was a Spicy Jukusei broth, and it was served with noodles, scallions, pork, seaweed and bamboo. It was really good. I probably loved this broth more than Wakamusha's broth. My father tried ramen from Norio, which heralds itself as the Number one local favorite in Osaka. The broth was Tonkotsu with chicken and served with noodles, chicken, scallions, bamboo and seaweed. It had a mild flavor with a creamy consistency, but that is standard with traditional Tonkotsu broths. It was tasty, but not my favorite. All in all, the event was handled much better this year, however I was disappointed to see it didn't seem as popular as last year. While having less people is good so people do not have to wait, I certainly hope it doesn't scare away vendors from doing this again next year. P.S. Parking is $10 at the Fairplex, so if you can carpool, or walk, it'll save you money! Also, you will need cash to get in, and most of the vendors are cash only (although some have Square).

Saw this festival listed under Yelp events and decided to go and check it out. It was held at the…read morefairplex in Pomona in one of their many buildings. The parking was $10.00 and was fairly close to the destination. There was a guy handing out buy one get one entrance fee coupons and since I love a good deal I was excited for the $5.00 discount. You were given the option to buy food tickets for the ramen at entry or inside. I bought two at $8.00 each. They also gave us free Pocky's...bonus again! Upon entry their were vending booths, not very many but I wasn't really expecting them anyway. They had plenty of tables set up and a large screen where they showe anime. After the anime they had a performer singing the hits and she was actually pretty good...no karaoke. They also had a car show with some souped up rides which were fun to look at. Just outside the building was where the ramen vendors were set up. We scoped out all the vendors before selecting our bowls. I went with Tsujitas booth, it was excellent up until I saw a hair in my ramen...yuk! I also tried the ramen burger ($15), now that is one item I would buy again. The burger had bacon and eggs in it with a really nice sauce. Overall it was pretty great, I wish it was bigger though. Hopefully they continue to grow. Can't wait for next year.