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LA's Priceless Things To Do This Week: September 8th-14th

This week's Priceless Things To Do will have you shaking up your diet, dancing to the best song ever and entering the wizarding world of Harry Potter. There's only 52 weeks in a year, make sure this one is priceless!

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Take In Taco Tuesday

Date: Tuesday, September 9

Why have a regular old Tuesday when you can have a Taco Tuesday? Head down to Calle Tacos on Hollywood Boulevard for some of the finest tacos in LA. Calle offers an added incentive every Tuesday as they offer $0.99 tacos with your choice of marinated pork, shredded pork, beef or chicken. Calle Tacos also features an actual taco truck parked within an open garage adorned with wall murals of historic pop culture icons. You'll be hard pressed to find a better mix of flash and substance than this LA eatery. 99 cent tacos are available from 11:00 a.m. to midnight but the store doesn't close up shop until 2:00 a.m.

The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Diagon Alley At Universal Orlando Resort - Day 2
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Enter The World Of Wizardry

Date: Wednesday, September 10

You don't have to run through platform 9 and 3/4 to get to the world of Harry Potter, you just have to go to the Hollywood Museum. The museum now features a collection of authentic acquisitions from the Harry Potter film franchise. The exhibit boasts an extensive collection featuring the ultimate broom used in the Sorcerer's Stone, a collection of Potter's wands, a black wand box signed by Maggie Smith and Dumbledore's purple hand wand in it's dragon skin box. Other items on display include signed blueprints of Hogwarts, photos, posters and even a pair of Daniel Radcliffe's tennis shoes. The exhibit is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. this Wednesday and costs $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $5 for kids.

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Shake Things Up

Date: Friday, September 12

Summer is almost over but that doesn't mean it's too late to cool down with a nice chocolate milkshake. This Friday is National Chocolate Milkshake Day, so take a trip over to Ruby's Shake Shack on E. Coast Highway in Newport Coast for some sun, sand and shakes. Ruby's offers chocolatey options like the classic Hershey's chocolate shake and the deluxe double dark chocolate chip. The chocolate turtle shake is also strongly recommended, served in a tall glass oozing with caramel and chocolate sauce plus a metal tumbler inside equipped with even more milkshake! Ruby's has been a staple in Cali for over 30 years and still delivers the same quality handmade shakes they started serving back in 1980. Ruby's is open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.

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Dance To The Best Song Ever

Date: Saturday, September 13

Harry, Zayn, Louis, Niall and Liam are coming to the Rose Bowl this Saturday for their "Where We Are Tour." This boy band has sky rocketed up the charts ever since they got their start together four years ago on the British reality singing competition, The X Factor. Since then, they have put out three studio albums generating three number one singles and a combined 12,732,412 copies sold. The set-list contains 19 tracks, including "Live While We're Young," "Little Things" and "What Makes You Beautiful." After the show stick around for a four track encore performance featuring "Story Of My Life" and "Best Song Ever." 5 Seconds of Summer and Jamie Scott serve as opening acts and tickets start at $65.

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Pluck Some Deals At The Rose Bowl

Date: Sunday, September 14

This weekend is the second Sunday of September and that means the return of the Rose Bowl Flea Market. LA's best flea market is a sprawling utopia for casual and expert budget shoppers alike. For $20 you can beat the crowd and begin shopping at 5:00 a.m. If that's a little too early you can also pay $15 at 7:00 a.m., $10 at 8:00 a.m. or just wait until 9:00 a.m. for the usual $8 fee. Preferred VIP parking is available right by the entrance or you can park for free if you don't mind a short walk. The food court offers pizza, hot dogs, cheese burgers, french fries and almost any other kind of carnival style food you can think of. The exact items/vendors are different every time the market sets up shop but you can count on a vast selection of jewelry, shoes, electronic equipment and even custom handmade art. The box office is open until 3:00 p.m. and last minute shopping is permitted until 4:30 p.m.

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Matt Weiss is an associate producer for CBS Local's Best Of and Travel sections. Follow him on Twitter.
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