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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.

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House of CB Los Angeles opens on Melrose with glam fashion

London based fashion label House of CB celebrated their Melrose opening June 15, their first US Flagship store in Los Angeles with a party hosted by Khloe Kardashian. We arrived surrounded my super gorgeous girls all very Kardashian looking, wearing cutout strappy dresses in blush and cream. Some pranced around in silky tops and body con dresses with V’s straight to their belly button. We wish … Continue reading House of CB Los Angeles opens on Melrose with glam fashion

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Franco on Melrose, an Italian intimate affair

Just off La Brea and Melrose lies a restaurant called Franco on Melrose that may have not been on your radar, but head through their unassuming front kitchen (New York City reminiscent) to their delightful airy back patio restaurant with twinkly lights and charming intimate bar. The La Brea Melrose hustle soon melts away. On a Thursday evening the seats filled up and we couldn’t … Continue reading Franco on Melrose, an Italian intimate affair

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Chef Fernando’s art-centric menu at Ray’s pairs well with LACMA

Executive Chef Fernando Darin dazzled us all night long with an endless slew of exceptional dishes at Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s 5 year old Ray’s and Stark Bar named in honor of film producer Ray Stark (“West Side Story,” “Lolita,” “Funny Girl,” “Annie,” and “Steel Magnolias.”) It was hard to pick our favorite bites from his new art-centric menu, but the Italian in me loved the … Continue reading Chef Fernando’s art-centric menu at Ray’s pairs well with LACMA

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3rd Annual Imagine LA Ball benefits Homelessness

“The Imagine Ball started simply out of a passion to help get everyone involved in helping this cause and in the matter of only a few years it is has become a powerful fundraiser that brings both money and awareness to help fight homelessness.”  – John Terzian, h.wood Group Co-Founder and Imagine LA Co-Chair   Last Thursday, May 5, 2016 Entrepreneur Randall Kaplan and The h.wood Group’s John Terzian with Imagine … Continue reading 3rd Annual Imagine LA Ball benefits Homelessness

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8th Annual Night of Beauty to help you find Love

The 8th Annual Night of Beauty, presented by Three Day Rule is back! Enjoy beauty touch-ups, pampering, and shopping from the industry’s top brands at this exclusive GNO = girl’s night out. Single and ready to mingle? After your beauty spree, take your new fab self to the bar, where a sea of single men will be waiting for you. The beauty portion is open to singles and non-singles. … Continue reading 8th Annual Night of Beauty to help you find Love

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The Most Unique Mother’s Day Gift- Interchangeable Heels

Mother’s Day is here and we have the best present idea. It is important to get your mother something that is unique and creative. Tanya Heath Paris- Los Angeles has the answer for you! Give your mother the most fashionable and innovative present. Make travel, outfit changes, and style easy for your mother with Tanya Heath interchangeable heels. The TANYA HEATH Paris’ retail approach is … Continue reading The Most Unique Mother’s Day Gift- Interchangeable Heels

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Travel Gear Favorites

Sometimes it is the little things that help you survive a road trip or multiple planes or living out of a hotel. Besides Pete Yorn’s latest album playing off my laptop in my hotel rooms for over a month and nice little soaps and throwaway toothbrushes, often it is travel gear and gadgets that help you get through the perils of transportation via planes, trains, … Continue reading Travel Gear Favorites

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Wolf Bites on Melrose

Wolf Dining LA is drawing a packed howling hungry crew each night and after watching famed Executive Chef and Owner Marcel Vigneron literally build the restaurant from the ground up (as we watched in awe of not only his culinary creativity but his construction skills on social media), his new Melrose Avenue space was the first place we had to dine when returning to Los Angeles. Chef … Continue reading Wolf Bites on Melrose

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Reconceived – LA’s 3 new culinary twists

“Life moves pretty fast,” Ferris Bueller told us. Nowhere is that more true than the L.A. dining scene. OK, that’s probably not true, but it really serves the purposes of my article here, so I’m not going to, like, retract it or anything. Like pop-up restaurants, bursting on the scene before pulling the inevitable Houdini act, the brick-and-mortar world is nearly as equally ephemeral. And … Continue reading Reconceived – LA’s 3 new culinary twists

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