Mary Catherine Hamelin
M Cafe de Chaya
Eating well and healthy is going to be very easy in this town, especially with the opening of M Café, the latest offshoot of hotspot Chaya. Shigefumi Tachibe has created a menu rooted in macrobiotics but flavored with everybody’s favorites, and caught our eye with the perfect place to catch up and grab a [...]
Beechwood
Being trendy doesn’t have to mean a steady diet of cigarettes and Red Bulls. Sweet potato fries, anyone? Peanut Butter Truffle Tart with homemade cracker jacks? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Venice’s new Beechwood Restaurant is serving up comfort food so good you’ll have to be carted out in a pair of sweatpants (with an [...]
Sprinkles Cupcakes
As a girl who loves planning parties, it angers me to feel like I don’t have the time I used to for flower-picking and crafting hand-made decorations, much less one of my super-delicious cakes.
Step in Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly Hills to come to the rescue, creating drool-worthy cupcakes perfect for parties such as a surprise [...]
Crustacean
Let me start by saying that I do not eat fish, so I had no business being at the beautiful restaurant Crustacean in Beverly Hills the other day. However, when I heard about its famous garlic noodles and under-floor koi pond, I had to see what all the fuss was about.
The term “Euro-Asian fusion” [...]
Pinot Hollywood Martini Bar
For a taste of old-school Hollywood, order one of the A-list martinis at Pinot Hollywood Martini Bar outside Sunset Gower Studios. Here lies a dimly lit haunt that will not disappoint. You’re sure to catch old men caressing young ladies and old ladies caressing young martinis in this “very Hollywood” joint. I [...]
Amoeba Music
What? You haven’t heard the latest hip-hop album to come out of France? Okay, me either, so I headed up to my new favorite record store of all time, Amoeba Music, on Sunset. With everything in stock, from Britney Spears to Brit Pop, you will always find what you want, and my guess is, probably [...]
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