Jorge Luis Borges once said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” Taking a page from Borges himself, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, with its poetry readings and thousands of books for sale, is a worldly utopia for bibliophiles. The festival will be held from April 12-13 at…
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Roosevelt Hotel: A Hollywood Classic
The Roosevelt Hotel is unique in the fact that is has a rich history and is still a hotspot for both tourists and locals in Hollywood.
LA, Her Way: Fashion Designer Trina Turk
Since she launched her own fashion line in 1995, Trina Turk has grown her company into an iconic brand of California-inspired women’s clothing.
Safari Inn Hosts True Romance Fest
Fans of the cult classic True Romance will gather at Burbank’s Safari Inn in May to pay tribute to the film.
How To Shop LA Like A Celebrity
This Spring Break: Discover LA with a Top Stylist’s Guide to Shopping Like a Celebrity: Noone knows LA fashion better than celebrity stylist and E! Network style expert Nicole Pollard. As the founder of Beverly Hills based styling firm, LalaLuxe and a Los Angeles native herself, Ms. Pollard is no stranger to shopping for celebrities.…
Tony Yanow Champions LA Craft Beer
Tired of the 270 rainy days per year of his hometown Vancouver, Tony Yanow and his wife packed their bags and headed to sunny Los Angeles in the late 1990s, but it wasn’t until 4.5 years ago that Yanow took the plunge and opened up Tony’s Darts Away in Burbank, a pub specializing in craft beer and sausages.
Highlights From SXSW
South by Southwest is a little like those Vegas travel commercials, except instead of gorgeous models filling every elevator, it’s a shirtless Justin Bieber with a police escort and two bodyguards twice his size. Like Vegas, it’s limitless debauchery and sensory overload, and every day ends up stretching from noon until the early morning hours…
Still Trending: Cupcake Bakeries in Beverly Hills
When Joan’s on Third opened on the west side of 3rd Street in 1995, that part of town didn’t have much going for it. Since then, the area between The Grove and Cedars-Sinai hospital has grown into a hub of gourmet restaurants and laid-back cafes, boutiques, art galleries—and cupcake bakeries. In fact, there are so many cupcake bakeries lining this street a cupcake crawl can be organized to sample all of them.
LA Chef: Vernon Cardenas of State Social House
Certified Sake sommelier, lover of French and Italian cuisine and former executive chef of BOA Steakhouse, Chef Vernon Cardenas has more than two decades of experience in in the restaurant industry and it shows in the dishes he creates as executive chef of State Social House. Chef Vernon was born in San Diego, spent his…
LA, Her Way: Jesse Draper of the Valley Girl Show
Combining her love of business with her gift of gab, actress Jesse Draper started the Valley Girl Show in 2009. In the beginning, the Silicon Valley native filmed her talk show during six-month breaks from The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon, but she now dedicates herself full-time to interviewing guests on the Valley Girl Show and corresponding regularly on the Katie Couric Show.
