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Now that rosé season has hit its full stride, Los Angeles-area rosé fanatics rejoice! After the overwhelming success of the inaugural La Nuit en Rosé event held in 2014 in New York City, followed by an equally successful event in Miami in January 2015, La Nuit en Rosé event, is coming this Sunday, June 21 to the Skybar of the Mondrian Hotel for the first time. This … Continue reading La Nuit celebrates rosé season in LA
Last weekend I spent a cold Saturday at the opening of Emerging, the latest and greatest photography exhibit that unveiled at The Annenberg Space for Photography. Take your time as you enjoy this small space of images for free at one of LA’s many Annenberg public spaces. More than 90 Emerging photographers from around the world bring a fresh perspective with their creative techniques to professional … Continue reading Always EMERGING at the Annenberg Space for Photography
Like a paparazzi’s flashbulb, the gray desert sky lit up, followed several anticipated seconds later by a crackling roar a little too loud for a 5 a.m. wine-and-scotch hangover. For about the dozenth time in the last 24 hours, the heavens broke and rain fell to earth with great velocity. The air hovered around 70 degrees as I sipped my Keurig-made coffee and savored the … Continue reading L.A. Getaway: Scottsdale
Last year, I asked for a frying pan for my birthday. A frying pan. Let me back up. Growing up, I remember my my mother relied heavily on their cast-iron skillets for her staple dishes: Chicken-fried steak, Beef Stroganoff, Beanie Weenies, Liver and Onions, Hamburger and Macaroni and a handful of others. Her Kentucky-born mother used one to cook fried chicken, the likes of which … Continue reading One Man’s Kitchen Essentials
Without hyperbole, I can tell you that my favorite movie experience is the ArcLight, and has been since I first plopped my butt down in one of the theater chain’s cozy seats. And now, this high-quality cinematic milieu is enriching downtown Culver City, home of Sony Pictures and a town rich in film history. Step one foot into an ArcLight theater and you will immediately … Continue reading ArcLight Comes to Culver City
On 1666 McCadden Place in Hollywood I valeted my car and sashayed up a back entrance to a new saucy little lounge space called Confession. Of course everyone has a confession to make in Hollywood, but are you ready to divulge your mischief? This exclusive new lounge will cater to the model, celebrity or taste-maker crowd with a VIP entrance to the right while the … Continue reading A Hollywood Confession
I recently discovered Mama’s Boy tequila at a private fundraiser event. Not a major tequila fan even in shot form, I enjoyed sipping this infused tequila on ice, then mixed to deliciousness in a zesty Margarita. What makes this tequila special is not only the cool black bottle with the yellow skull and a dangling pacifier from its mouth, but the tequila is infused with … Continue reading Mama’s Boy Infusions – Tequila with a twist
Did you know that pistachios have been cultivated as a food source in about 7,000 BCE? Did you know that 99% percent of the nation’s pistachios are grown right here in California? Or that since 2008, the U.S. has been the world’s largest supplier of pistachios? OK, well, did you know that the pistachio is a high-fiber, low-carb food with less fat than any other … Continue reading Nuts About Pistachios
Summer in LA brings free Friday night jazz at LACMA. For the first time ever, you don’t have to worry about hopping back in traffic to seize a bottle of wine and your finest accoutrements to impress your date. Now, with a few less LA stops, you can leave the perfect picnic party planning up to LACMA Café since they now offer sensationally stuffed picnic baskets … Continue reading Order a picnic basket for jazz at LACMA
Simplicity seems easy but it is difficult; very difficult. To specialize in the creation of a single, relatively uncomplicated dish, particularly one that is familiar to diners, requires perfect execution. I have great admiration for small menus. L’Assiette, on Melrose Avenue, is an example of a restaurant built on the premise of perfection. The name itself means, “the dish.” And what is that dish around … Continue reading Can’t Spell ‘L’Assiette’ without LA
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