Shopping
Westsiders take note. You don’t have to go all the way Downtown to experience Little Tokyo. This little strip of Sawtelle Blvd is the mini Westsider destination for all things Japanese. You can easily walk the short stretch of Sawtelle Blvd that is chock full of Izakaya & Japanese cuisine ready to broaden your horizons beyond […]
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 […]
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 […]
Apparently, the new hipster hangout of choice is one of the many nouveaux German Taverns popping up around the City of Angels. Maybe it is the array of beers on tap that draws them. Perhaps it is the delectable selection of wursts. There are several beer halls to choose from: Wurst küche (Downtown and soon […]
I feel like everyone I know is looking for that ONE GREAT FIND. There is something primal about “the hunt.” That elated feeling when you find that amazing vintage brooch that completes your look or that mid-century Eames lounge in perfect condition is part of our DNA. I mean, obviously that is the same feeling […]