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#soLA – Cold and Thirsty, the first cryotherapy and juice wellness spot

#OnlyinLA is a saying that comes to mind quite often. Now just 2 months old Culver City offers the first Cold & Thirsty, a cryosauana plus cold-pressed juice bar. Last week we ventured in to check out the LaLaScoop on this Wellness hotspot, or should we say cold spot meeting the two lovely Founders Brooke and Katie who blended their passions for nutritional and holistic health. … Continue reading #soLA – Cold and Thirsty, the first cryotherapy and juice wellness spot

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Heat up your LA fitness routine with our ClassPass Favorites

Back at it, working out like a champ. SWEAT-ing has been our number one way to start the day, to even wake up and feel good. Recently with more time on my hands, I finally feel exceptional, especially since I can’t remember the last year I was able to work out 4-5 times a week. Thanks to ClassPass we are never bored with our LA … Continue reading Heat up your LA fitness routine with our ClassPass Favorites

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On the Go Glow – 24 hours a day

Sometimes your life is so hectic, you wish you had booked ahead to get that perfect golden LA glow. Now no need to worry with LaLaLand’s 24 hour mobile spray tanning from the adorable Valerie with On The Go Glow, a Signature Organic Solution. No matter your skin tone, they customize the spray tan to make you glow and smile.​​​ When she came to my house, … Continue reading On the Go Glow – 24 hours a day

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highbrow, juicy pop, topFAVs

Shepard Fairey in conversation with Moby

LiveTalks LA brings intimate conversations with writers, actors, musicians, humorists, artists, chefs, scientists and thought leaders in business to the Los Angeles community. Last night’s special conversation at the New Roads School included two well respected LA figures – Moby interviewing Shepard Fairey.  If you didn’t already know, Shepard is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY who emerged from the skateboarding … Continue reading Shepard Fairey in conversation with Moby

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Elmaleh Stars at Hollywood’s Cleo at the Redbury

Cleopatra adorns the walls, her clearly ecstatic nude body whetting patron’s appetites at the well-stocked bar. The images, an art collection remaining from the previous incarnation of the establishment, harken back not only to an ancient past but to a more recent era when in the wake of Howard Carter’s discovery of King Tut’s tomb, Art Deco incarnated the world’s love affair of Egyptology. And … Continue reading Elmaleh Stars at Hollywood’s Cleo at the Redbury

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Get glossy vibrant hair with Joico’s LumiShine

As part of The Emmy Award’s official beauty routines, we were treated to Lumishine by Joico, their new gloss formula that brings vibrancy and shine to your hair for a long lasting, fade resistant color. Just like the celebs donning the red carpet, we left the Andy Lecompte Salon in West Hollywood with blonder shinier locks thanks to Joico’s Celebrity Colorist, Denis de Souza and his haircare … Continue reading Get glossy vibrant hair with Joico’s LumiShine

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Operation Smile Gala Honors Selma Blair, Henry Nguyen, and the Rodosky family

Two gilded seats will be waiting in heaven for the founders of Operation Smile, an international medical charity, which provides free surgeries to children in developing countries who are born with cleft lip, cleft palate or other facial deformities. It is one of the oldest and largest volunteer-based organizations dedicated to improving the health and lives of children worldwide through access to surgical care. The … Continue reading Operation Smile Gala Honors Selma Blair, Henry Nguyen, and the Rodosky family

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Divine Dining at Hyde Sunset Kitchen + Cocktails

The intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights on the eastern end of the Strip, is steeped in local history. It was here, more than 60 years ago, that Googie architecture, with its Southern California-esque ethic, took its name in honor of a John Lautner-designed coffee shop. The aesthetic, extant but endangered, is in so many ways the antithesis of the Gothic cathedral, and yet, … Continue reading Divine Dining at Hyde Sunset Kitchen + Cocktails

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mmm...tasty, soLA

Spilling the Beans About National Coffee Day

A marching band, a horse, a seven-foot-tall blended ice drink mascot and a lot of caffeinated early-risers: It must be Sept. 29. Oh, Sept. 29, for the uninitiated, happens to be National Coffee Day. And no one celebrates the bean-centric holiday quite like Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. National Coffee Day is to coffee-drinkers what St. Patrick’s Day is to drinky-drinkers. One difference between the … Continue reading Spilling the Beans About National Coffee Day

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Best Hiking Spots in Los Angeles

If you had told me 8 years ago that moving to Los Angeles included a city surrounded with breathtaking hiking spots, I wouldn’t have believed you. Los Angeles is the perfect city because you can escape into the wild so easily, from Malibu to Griffith Park. I am constantly discovering new hikes in the mountains and canyons around our city that bring peace and contentment … Continue reading Best Hiking Spots in Los Angeles

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