Happy New Year. Welcome to a world of pain. After the holidays, all we can ever think of is ‘how the heck am I gonna fit in those skinny jeans again’. I know. It’s February. I celebrate Chinese New Year – what do you want from me? I have your solution though. Physique 57. This […]
Oh Christmas Tree. I can’t stay mad at you. In honor of the holiday season, I would like to introduce you to my Christmas Tree. I am in love with this tree. I have always been a bit contrarian in that I never saw the appeal of a live tree. I, in fact, really liked […]
If you missed Unique LA’s Holiday Show, don’t fret. Renegade is this weekend…and it’s FREE. Head over to The Cornfields, aka Los Angeles State Park, and find that unique gift that eluded you last weekend. Yes, Renegade is for all you holiday procrastinators who didn’t take advantage of Black Friday or have only been shopping […]
Looking for that perfect gift for your person of interest who has friggin’ everything? Well, lucky for you, my favorite circus of local hipster-handmades is coming to town! Unique LA is now a huge deal and has morphed into the STATE OF UNIQUE which produces shows in NYC and SF as well as our fine […]
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you spent the day with people you love and ate your fill of savory and sweet. I brought two dishes to Thanksgiving: bacon scalloped potatoes, to take a few years off your life and a kale brussel sprout salad to add some of those years back to your life. Thanksgiving […]
More local. More hip. More California. This is a Pop Up store just in time for the holidays featuring emerging local designers in the LA scene. Here is your chance to discover new fashion and support local designers. Graffiti Beach was formed to showcase new talent in fashion, music and art. They strive to give […]
Yesterday in Culver City was the Indie Arts and Crafts Festival: Patchwork. It is exactly what it sounds like, independent artists and crafters get together to pimp their wares. However, this is not your grandma’s craft fair…not that your grannie’s not cool… but these are hipster crafts with buzzwords like ‘up-cycling’ and ‘sustainable’ in their […]
If you don’t want to try one of the many LA Environs activities this Halloween — high tail it out of town. Starting tonight there are many hipster activities happening in our neighbor to the east, Palm Springs. For Lifestyles of the Hip and Fabulous, there’s the ACE HOTEL and Swim Club. Tonight: Thursday […]
Prepare to be transported to a different time. A time when rum runners were king and speakeasies were the place to be. Let me introduce you to your new ‘blind tiger‘ – The Spare Room. More highbrow than the seedy blind pig establishments, The Spare Room resides in the historic Roosevelt Hotel. It houses a […]
Spoonflower, the home for custom fabrics, has a new design contest up! It is for custom fabric to make your own LUCHADORE mask. Thanks to a tip from my friend Autumn, I was all over this! I included pics of some of my favorites. But go to Spoonflower to VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE. You might […]
