Best Of
All things must end—that includes 2019. It was the Year of the Pig, the year that we discovered that beer is good for you, cheese can protect you from salt, human bodies can continue to move over a year after death, the Lovers of Modena were men and dolphins are right...
The Most Exciting L.O.L. SURPRISE! POP UP Experience Opens Its Doors
Calling all B.B.s! MGA Entertainment has officially launched its new interactive experience, the L.O.L. Surprise!® LA Pop Up in Chatsworth, CA. Open for a limited time, the stand-alone brand experience is designed to ‘surprise and delight’ fans during the holidays,...
auburn Restaurant Launches New Brunch Menu
If you're in Los Angeles, brunch means everything. What place doesn't have brunch?! Well, if you've been keeping tabs, you can take auburn off of that list. In its newly launched menu, guests can expect a wide range of options, that only Chef Eric Best could put...
Top Ten TV Shows of 2019
Hi everybody! It’s that time of year again, where I post all my favorite movies & TV shows on my Instagram (@sammydumb). If you're thinking “Wow, that Sammy sure does watch a lot of movies and tv!”...you certainly right about that. Let me start by saying that this...
Oh so Grand!
Recently, Zuke Oshiro (SoCal’s travel editor) and myself were invited to get a bird’s eye view of the beginnings of something rather grand. Looking out from the 44th floor of the Wells Fargo Tower, we could see not only helio-pads on multiple rooftops, and amazing...
Holiday Gift Guide
FOR MOM From exerting energy to clean up your room after leaving it in chaos to giving up precious hours of sleep just to help you go to bed when you were afraid of the dark, there's no question that your mom has made the most meaningful sacrifices for you. This is...
Bon Temps Launches Full-Service Lunch with Chef Lincoln Carson
There's lunch, and then there's holiday lunch. During this most wonderful time of year, Bon Temps, one of Esquire’s recently minted Best New Restaurants in the U.S, is providing guests with a new way of experiencing Chef Lincoln Carson’s culinary acumen through the...
Ask the Experts:Travel
If you're travelling with a budget in mind, KAYAK offers a great service: find locations for travel based on location and price worldwide. Here's how it works: Go to the flight section, under "anywhere" click and you wil find explore your options with anywhere search....
A Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide For 2019
Updated 12/13/2019: This list has been updated to include more options for adults. Adults FOOD & BEVERAGE Auburn and Bon Temps PRODUCT: Custom Furniture Line by Klein Agency ABOUT: Design mavens who’ve coveted the furniture at auburn since the LA restaurant...
Cozy Cubcoats Stampede into Los Angeles with Amazon Popup
What’s cute, cozy and taking over Los Angeles? Cubcoats! From online to IRL, the 2-in-1 stuffed animal turned cozy hoodie will be available in-store from November 1st through January 5th at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, CA. As the #1 Best Selling Toy (and...
Japan 47 Artisans: Quietly Spectacular
JAPAN HOUSE, Los Angeles is showcasing the diversity of Japan’s 47 prefectures through a collection of art, crafts, and design created by 47 young artisans (one from each prefecture). The exhibit, called 47 ARTISANS, runs through January 5, 2020, at Japan House...
Coveted Women’s Members’ Club and Digital Network, The AllBright, Moves Into US with First Club Launch in West Hollywood
This Fall, The AllBright, the members' club that celebrates and champions women, opened its doors to the US sisterhood with the launch of its first stateside club. With style and elegance integrated throughout the clubs, The AllBright West Hollywood is aptly located...
Mandarette
Mandarette Chinese Café Seeing as 90 percent of independent restaurants close during their first year, and the rest usually average a five-year life span, Mandarette Chinese Café is obviously doing something right because this year, they’re celebrating their 35th...
Duuple App Creator, Abby Frimpong, Wants to Use Social Media to Change the World
ocial Media is at a point of evolution where the current heavy hitters are creating new and innovative ways to experience their platforms. When you take the premise of social media and flip its purpose to create initiatives that can drive socially...
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AltCar Expo 2019
AltCar is the only event in the United States that gathers every single model of alternative technology (light-duty) vehicle available in one location and lets you enjoy a free test drive. A transportation show dedicated to alternative fuel vehicles, AltCar doesn’t...
Citizen Sprout Eases Holiday Stress with Thanksgiving Pre-Orders
Thanksgiving will be here before we know it, and when it comes to the holidays, we all know a last minute week of planning can go by in a flash. Whether you plan on doing a little cooking, or you need all the help you can get, Citizen Sprout wants you to know that...
Inaugural 100-Course Meal Serves DTLA This December
Do you know what's better than a Christmas present? An early Christmas present! Culinary madman Michael Cirino from A Razor/A Shiny Knife (behind uber creative food & drink experiences like Lunch on the L Train and Cocktails with Drones) is bringing his...
Your Food Trip Around the World Starts Here: Mambo International Kitchen
Co-written by Anthony Stafford How would you describe Los Angeles? Colorful, vibrant, diverse, or perhaps, a multicultural melting pot? If any of those adjectives came to mind, you would be right in believing so. However, when it comes to the "melting pots" of the...
Journey Up the Nile River
TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE July 2019 There are many kinds of vacations—the relaxing, island vacation, the adventuruous trip up the mountains of Peru, the majestic splendor of old churches throughout Europe, and then there is the Middle East. A term coined in 1850s by a...
