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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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Dine with a View: Yamashiro Hollywood Farmer’s Market

Yamashiro Hollywood celebrates 100 years this year. The name Yamashiro translates as “Mountain Palace” in Japanese. In 1911, the Bernheimer brothers began construction of the hilltop mansion to house their priceless collection of Asian treasures. Hundreds of craftsmen were brought from the Orient to recreate the replica of a palace located in the “Yamashiro” province mountains near Kyoto, Japan. Yamashiro sits 250 feet above Hollywood Boulevard and was completed in 1914. … Continue reading Dine with a View: Yamashiro Hollywood Farmer’s Market

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ClassPass Heats Up our LA Fitness Routine

ClassPass has arrived in LA with a fitness fury! For $99, ClassPass gives you access to 10 fitness classes a month at an endless amount of fitness studios all over LA. After New York and Boston’s success, LA LA Land has been added to the list thanks to the adorable Founder Payal Kadakia. ClassPass is constantly adding fitness studios too. It’s such a great deal … Continue reading ClassPass Heats Up our LA Fitness Routine

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Top 5 Culver City Spiked Lemonade Festival FAVS

We took a whirlwind tour through the restaurant-lined streets of downtown Culver City this past month during their Third Annual “Spiked Lemonade Tasting.” You could seriously spend all summer long tasting your way through this incredibly varied “gastro-hub” and still have more exciting hot spots to experience by the fall. Each and every venue we entered had a unique decor, vibe and titillating options for … Continue reading Top 5 Culver City Spiked Lemonade Festival FAVS

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Davey Wayne’s – As Groovy As It Gets

  Hollywood bars. Just the mere mention of them makes everyone in this town cringe. Despite all of us at some point or other having a great time at one in this great city, the mention of “Hollywood bars” in general brings up immediate negative emotions… Being on “the list” to get into the place.  $15 drinks. Cheesy people. $700 bottle service. Unfriendly people trying their … Continue reading Davey Wayne’s – As Groovy As It Gets

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Ceremony by Wolvesmouth

I have a curse of always wanting to get to the toughest reservations in town. It’s all about supply and demand. Sometimes I do not want something until I have been told that I can’t get it. This phenomena is multiplied many times over when the tough reservation is also (gasp!) a secret experience not generally known to the regular public! So when I first heard about … Continue reading Ceremony by Wolvesmouth

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Mastro’s Ocean Club, the New Sexy Spot in Malibu

Malibu has really upped its game. You now don’t really need to leave the Bu with this addition to the new fast growing food circuit on the breathtaking PCH. The old Chart House where I enjoyed taking my dad years ago, has made a huge decadent revamp to become the sexiest, sauciest new cliff hanging spot, Mastro’s Ocean Club. Every table in this mature spot … Continue reading Mastro’s Ocean Club, the New Sexy Spot in Malibu

Unknown's avatarMelissa Curtin3 Comments
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Top 5 Inspirational Books for Summer

If you have ever been blown away by a book and wanted all of your friends to read it, then look no farther than our motivating LaLaScoop List. If a book alters your thinking, makes you a better person, inspires you to change or do good, than Just Read. Read your summer away. 1. The Code. The Power of “I Will” by Shaun Tomson We … Continue reading Top 5 Inspirational Books for Summer

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Kevin Morris Gives Us a Taste of White Man’s Problems

Successful and revered entertainment attorney Kevin Morris has published his first fictional book, a compilation of short stories entitled White Man’s Problems. His colleague and business partner Kevin Yorn, along with Gaby Morgerman (his wife) and Alex Kohner hosted a lovely backyard book party Tuesday evening, June 3rd for Kevin Morris, at Kevin Yorn’s home. Kevin Morris, a highly respected, entertainment industry staple, is also known for representing and brokering groundbreaking … Continue reading Kevin Morris Gives Us a Taste of White Man’s Problems

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