Top-Tens, Top-Fives, TopFAVs of the LaLa Ladies will have you sampling only the best of the best of what you might crave, want or need to experience in this vast city of dreams and aspirations.
This article was first posted in Resident Magazine, January 2018. Elevate your travel game this year with products and services that put a spring in your step and a smile on your face. You deserve it, right? Check out these new travel gizmos. BRING THE EXPERIENCE ROBB Vices The luxe magazine ROBB Report now offers ROBB Vices, a member box around $80 a … Continue reading Step Up Your Travel Game in 2018
If you live in Los Angeles, you are most likely familiar with D’Amore’s Pizza with locations in West Hollywood (open daily until 4 am), Malibu, Westwood, Thousand Oaks, Tarzana, Camarillo, Calabasas, and Canoga Park. The founder Joseph or “Joe” D’Amore is a super personable guy, just like most Italians we know, greeting and talking to each customer, serving them, and introducing us to one of … Continue reading D’Amore’s, the nation’s best “healthy” pizza
Sometimes you want to go on vacation where pampering and relaxing are your only worries. Mexico is the perfect easy getaway just a couple hour flight from Los Angeles. The Grand Velas in Cabo is a resort we are still talking about, and we wish after three nights, we could have stayed long after our checkout time. Grand Velas in Cabo San Lucas Never did we … Continue reading The Grand Velas, the pinnacle for all-inclusive luxury
Stalwarts of the Los Angeles food press descended upon an out-of-the-way public cooking space in Monterey or Highland Park — somewhere off the 110, between Downtown and Pasadena (writes the provincial Westsider) Wednesday evening to sample dishes from Crateful, a meal-delivery company and catering service that specializes in rich, hearty, chef-made, healthy, freshly cooked dishes. Chef Luciano Pellegrini specializes in creating delicious, perfectly balanced meals … Continue reading Something to be ‘Crateful’ for this Thanksgiving
This article was first posted on Resident Magazine online, November 2017. As I get older, I prefer a more unique hotel stay, one that feels like it might be my own home or villa. Now with AirBnb and Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd., enjoying a luxurious uncommon property is totally possible. Recently, I learned of Leading Hotels of the World, a category of independent, … Continue reading Staycation: LA’s 4 Leading Hotels of the World
This article was first published on Resident Magazine online November 2017. Just a few hour drive from Los Angeles in the new convertible Buick Cascada, we changed up our Malibu ocean views for a relaxing blissful desert weekend in the Palm Springs Valley to celebrate our recent marriage. Due to my husband’s hectic work days, he couldn’t wait for a restful mini ‘moon’ without a … Continue reading LA Escape: Desert Romance at Indian Wells
In deLEARious, a crazy and quick-witted comedy put on by Open Fist Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theatre, the talented cast simultaneously tells the stories of King Lear, Shakespeare writing King Lear, and even the writing of deLEARious itself- try to keep up! King Lear, with seemingly never-ending duplicity and role-changing characters, can be hard to follow. Open Fist’s take, which tells the story using different … Continue reading Review: ‘deLEARious’, will keep you laughing and learning from 60 A.D. through 2017
Got a few days to unwind and soak up Malibu? Los Angeles’s beach city provides 27 miles of coastline. Known as “The Bu,” the Mediterranean climate may be one of the most desirable destinations in America. Instead of always going to the well known spots in this laid back California enclave, try some less scene-y jaunts, or secure a beach where it’s only you and … Continue reading Take the road less traveled in Malibu
Goldie Malone’s Cabaret Speakeasy brings every young starlets Hollywood dreams to life, with amazing storytelling though the use of music while channeling a 1940’s glamour Hollywood vibe. Although you might immediately think “musical” (ugh) this is far more than that!….this is an experience. Lisa Alvarez, the shows creator, uniquely uses contemporary music to tell this story, yet doesn’t detract from the intended 1940’s speakeasy vein. … Continue reading Goldie Malone’s Cabaret Speakeasy
The crowd gasps suddenly- one of the Crazy Chickens, in his bright red plumage costume and beaked mask, launched Chocolate Caliente through the ropes, past the security guards, and into the front row seats. “Is he alright?” we all collectively think. For a moment, even Drew Carey and his fellow commentators are speechless. And then our attention is drawn back to the ring, where the other … Continue reading Unmasking the LuchaVaVOOM Experience
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