Cheap Coffee

If you're shopping around Beverly Hills one afternoon and need a pick-me-up, head to Momed, a little coffee house/bistro where from 2:30 to 5:00 every day, coffee drinks are 1/2 off.

Cheap Hollywood

Here's some cheap digs if you're looking to come to Hollywood over Thanksgiving weekend. Arrive Friday and leave Sunday for $112/night through this deal at hotels.com at the Beverly Laurel, which may not be the Four Seasons, but the Four Seasons doesn't include a two passes for Madame Toussaud's when you book.

Cheap Glee

If you're a Gleek in Santa Monica this Sunday the 6th, mean old Jane Lynch will be at the Santa Monica Main Library giving a talk and signing her new autobiography from 2:00 to 4:00. Tickets are free, but it's recommended that you get to the library's MLK auditorium early.

Cheap Halloween

If you want to take the kids for some pre-Halloween fun but you don't want the expense of a theme park, think about EEK! at the Greek on October 30. It's a "scary" symphony at the outdoor venue, but the free part of the event is a Trick or Treat Village outside the theater that will be having a costume contest with prizes. The Village opens at 5:30 and parking is free.

Cheap Beverly Hills

The happy hour from 5-7 Monday through Friday couldn't be any happier at the Mosaic Hotel in Beverly Hills. Enjoy $5 to $7 drink and food specials next to the pool while deciding on what to do next for the evening.

Cheap Art

To celebrate the big Pacific Standard Time promotion, the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA will be Free this Sunday, October 2. See Under the Big Black Sun, which showcases California art from 1974 to 1981.

Cheap Movie Classics

In Santa Monica on Wednesdays, at the new Santa Monica Place mall at the end of the Promenade, they're showing classic movies on the deck at 7:00 through October. American Grafitti is tomorrow night, and on October 5th North by Northwest will be shown with a special appearance by one of the stars, Dyan Cannon.