What to wear for a tennis match at one of the city’s most modernist marvels? In the madness that’s been my life, my mind cannot help but drift to this question, as this Saturday’s annual fundraiser benefiting the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, becomes ever more a reality. […]
Posted in architecture, Art, Event, Los Angeles, Sports
La Vie en Rose wasn’t always a blog. It started out in print many moons ago. So when I had the opportunity to see it in ink again and in a sumptuous glossy magazine that I can hold or download (on iTunes, of course!), I was game. […]
Posted in Fashion, Los Angeles, Media, Photography, Style
At the nexus of this week’s whirlwind is the grand opening of our new outpost of A+R. A storefront twice the size of our Abbot Kinney location, this one is located at 171 S. […]
Posted in Design, Event, Interior Design, Los Angeles, Style
There have been some pretty special evenings breaking bread with friends during these last red-hot weeks of summer, but none more as sui generis than the Dîner en Blanc, the pop-up dinner picnic that finally launched in Los Angeles Saturday before last and has spread over 5 continents to some 15 cities worldwide. […]
Posted in Food and Drink, Los Angeles, Style
Who doesn’t like a free pass?
If you didn’t receive the A+R newsletter inviting you to this weekend’s Dwell On Design show, then do yourselves a favor and sign up now so you don’t miss another one. […]
Posted in Current Affairs, Design, Interior Design, Los Angeles, Media, Style, Web/Tech
Enjoyed a divinely decadent meal tonight at Black Hogg, the self-styled gastropub here in Silver Lake, opened four months ago by Eric Park, a chef who truly paid attention working the trenches at New York’s celebrated Eleven Madison Park and The Spotted Pig. […]
Posted in Design, Food and Drink, Los Angeles, Style
Facebook promises to connect us with the past as much as the present. While some old associates are better left way in the past, I admit I’ve been thrilled to reconnect with others whom I once upon a time spent so much of my life. […]
Posted in Fashion, Los Angeles, Music, Style
I love a book I hate to finish. Ry Cooder’s “Los Angeles Stories” (City Lights), the maiden novel by the guitar whiz and roots music champion, is the latest book to merit that ranking on my reading list. […]
Posted in Books, Los Angeles, Music