Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires
As the James Brown impersonator Black Velvet, Bradley spent years performing at hole-in-the-wall dives. Then he made it big with his original music, delivering sweet and sweaty soul to newly converted...
View ArticleDavid Lynch Has a Music Festival, and You May Now Lose Your Mind
Circa 1194 B.C., Helen of Troy’s face launched 1,000 ships. Yesterday, David Lynch’s creative genius launched 1,000 (times 1,000,000) tweets. It was announced on June 21 that the king of indie street...
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5 Phenomenal Hotel Gift Shops You Need to Visit (Even if You Aren’t Spending...
I shop everywhere, but my browse of choice is easily the hotel gift shop. Whether they’re nestled in the bowels of a five-star compound or situated in an ultramodern lobby adjacent to the concierge,...
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The Prettiest Rooftops in L.A. for Looking over the World and Pondering Your...
According to science there’s a direct correlation between your level of happiness and whether or not you’re currently on a rooftop in Los Angeles breathing in the cool evening air and as you gaze out...
View ArticleThese Staycation-Worthy Hotels Put Any Airbnb Cottage to Shame
This piece originally appeared as part of our Be A Tourist in Your Own Town guide, in the December 2017 issue of Los Angeles magazine. Want to sip a kumquat old-fashioned in rarefied air? Or maybe take...
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The Ultimate Guide to the Most Instagrammed Spots in L.A.
This piece originally appeared as part of our Be A Tourist in Your Own Town guide, in the December 2017 issue of Los Angeles magazine. If you see something cool and don’t Instagram it, did you even see...
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The 5 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Weekend
The Museum of Selfies April 1-May 31 A post shared by Museum Of Selfies (@museumofselfies) on Nov 8, 2014 at 10:31am PST This is not an April Fools’ joke: The Museum of Selfies opens in Glendale on...
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People Shelled Out $1.7K to Take a Selfie with Kim Kardashian West
Stormi Webster’s first birthday party was a fiesta for the history books. But one member of the KarJenner clan was conspicuously absent for Kylie’s daughter’s over-the-top bash Saturday—Auntie Kim....
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7 of Downtown L.A.’s Best Rooftops for a Summertime Hang
The weather is finally warming up, and there’s no better place to enjoy it than several stories about the madness on a DTLA rooftop. From bars to pools to bars with pools, here are a few spots where...
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As Ace Hotels Turn 20, a Look Back at One of the Best-Known Brands in Travel
Ace Hotel is still tiny compared to the global mega-chains, but the boutique brand’s influence on how we travel far exceeds the size of its footprint. Now–after 20 years, numerous properties around the...
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