April 11 – 13 Held over four days in the heart of Hollywood, the TCM Classic Film Festival is a place where movie lovers from around the world can gather to experience classic movies as they were meant to be experienced: on the big screen, in some of the world’s most iconic venues, with the...
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LA Weekly’s ‘Essentials’ Foodie Event Recap
As some of you may be aware, if you follow me on Instagram and such, I had the pleasure of attending LA Weekly’s Essentials event yesterday held Downtown at the LA Mart, where 50 of LA’s most “essential” restaurants came together to honor our incredible foodie culture and share a unique dish with the events...
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Porter & Plot Wine Adventure At the Petit Ermitage
The magic words: “there will be wine”. The added bonus words: “and you’re going on a wine tasting adventure. Wine passport included.” Last night I had the pleasure of tasting global wine makers Porter & Plot’s Rose, Pinot Grigio, Red Blend, and Pinot Noir at the positively gad damn j’adorable Petit Ermitage hotel. This was...
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Day Date Discovering York Boulevard | Highland Park
January 26, 2014November 2, 2018FOOD (+ BEVERAGE), FUN, Trending : LA Shoppingby Caroline @ Love & Loathing LA
York Boulevard in Highland Park was recently named “LA’s Coolest Street” by Condé Nast Traveler, and Condé Nast Traveler seems pretty trustworthy, right?, so this massive honor of a title naturally sparked my curiosity to find out how, why, and what the fuss was all about. I’d never heard of “York Boulevard” pre LA Mag/ Condé Nast...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… | Down n’ Dirty French Fries
French fries. Synonyms include: happiness, tears of joy, hangover cures, drunken nights out, giving zero fucks, everything that is good in the world, proof there is a God, etc. I’m on a roll with this “indulgance” thing this month and there’s no better city and no better time than now to get down and dirty...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… Places Just For Dessert
My sweet tooth is out of control. There’s some people who say that, ‘they have one too’ but then follow that confession with ungodly words like, “oh but I don’t like cake.” or. “I have the biggest sweet tooth too! But I don’t like sour things” … see, this is where me and the...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… | Most “LA” Places Where Drinks and Debauchery May Ensue.
LA is known for hush-hush hideaways where only the well connected and wealthy find entertainment and 2013 proved to be quite the year for a few of these local high-profile watering holes. Standards for being what we may consider to be “totally LA” are most certainly a speak easy-esque appeal, no signage, guest list...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… | Random and Obscure Activites
December 7, 2013November 2, 2018FOOD (+ BEVERAGE), FUN, Trending : LA Shoppingby Caroline @ Love & Loathing LA
I was inspired to make this list today because a friend who’s staying with me for a few weeks was a little freakishly excited that our whereabouts were in close proximity to the “Museum of Jurassic Technology”. It’s on her list of things she “MUST” do in LA… uh, well, as we can all probably...
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LA’s 2013 Top 5… | Best Trivia Nights
If you habitually sit through commercials in Spanish to watch marathons of Cash Cab on Nuvo TV like me… then this is the list for you. I live with a know-it-all, and I’m a stubborn wish-I-was-a-know-it-all, so you can only imagine the team me and my significant other make in games of trivia, but none...