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August 21, 2008
Venice Beach has a lot of stylish people, here is a small sampling of what you might see....
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Black Leather Jacket with Metalic Print,Shirtless,Heavy Leather Boots Sockless, Black Shredded Scarf with a dual purpose of also being a Headpiece,Cropped Pants, Large Thick Round Eyeglasses all pulled together with a Bright Yellow and White Leather Belt....
Continue Reading "STYLEist: Downtown After Dark"August 19, 2008
Flickr user riptheskull, or Dave, uploaded a slew of vintage postcards from California. On his off time, he goes to flea markets, auctions, yard sales and Ebay to try to build his collections, according to his profile. Some his recent finds were of Los Angeles......
Continue Reading "Photos of the Day: Vintage Los Angeles"Wool Black Fedora with Feather, Unbuttoned Black Sport Coat, Hand Painted Jeans with Personalized Graffiti, Hand Painted Shoes to Match Hand Painted Jeans, Untucked Dress Shirt with Brown and White T-Shirt all held up with an Orange Belt....
Continue Reading "STYLEist: Los Angeles Skater"August 18, 2008
What do you think? Part One in a Series Spotted at the BOXeight gallery opening in downtown this weekend, who pulled it off the best? One...white outfit, Two...long plaid coat or Three...brown gingham shirt/grey blazer....
Continue Reading "STYLEist: 'I think It's Art, I think It's Fashion' "Advertisement: LAist Continues Below!
August 17, 2008
Torontoist featured video of an absolutely insane series of explosions at a propane facility in the north end of the city last weekend.Despite an eventful week at the Olympics, Phillyist focused on local, Philadelphia teams.Seattlest, freshly aware of their "Junior High Readability Level," implemented a new weekly feature spotlighting a local they’re totes crushing on. First up, a guy they met at the Seattle Tattoo Expo.LAist reported on a protest by bicyclists in Santa...
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When you read something you like on LAist, we love it when you hit the "recommend" button, and we love it even more if you put your two cents' worth in the comments. Getting a dialog going with our readers and making sure we're giving you content you can use are top priorities for us. Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist So here are this week's top posts, as endorsed by you via the recommend feature, or...
Continue Reading "This Week's Most Commented & Recommended"August 16, 2008
Unless you've got a 6-11 year-old girl in your life, you've probably managed to avoid the notorious American Girl Place at the Grove (and you consider yourself lucky, indeed). Oh, you've heard tell of their ostentatious parties for little darlings and their little darling dollies (that's around $90 a pop to sip tiny cups of tea and get matching hairdos for each girl and her girl doll) but you've steered clear, right?* LAist Featured...
Continue Reading "Found in LA: The Downside to Being an American Girl"
In parts of the USA and Canada the native 'big cat' is the cougar (mountain lion, puma) which is also known as the 'panther.' However, the puma isn't actually a big cat, despite its size, it is simply the largest of the Lesser Cats as it cannot roar like the leopard, lion and tiger. In other regions of the world the 'panther' is a term to describe another, and official 'big cat,' being the darker...
Continue Reading "Weird Los Angeles: Mystery Big Black Cats"
In 2007, Curbed LA named Hollywood and Highland the ugliest building in Los Angeles. From many (if not most) angles, they have a point. But In the center of this ode to modern consumerism is a secret, a reference to the glamor and debauchery that are Hollywood's past. It started, as all the best secrets do, a long, long time ago. In 1916, D.W. Griffith made Intolerance, his response to the widely maligned Birth of...
Continue Reading "LAistory: The Ugliest Building in Los Angeles"August 15, 2008
Scott Schuman, the man behind the popular blog, The Sartorialist, is in Los Angeles this week on vacation. So far, he's only posted two photographs, but says there will be more LA shots in the new September GQ. Why Schuman do what he do? He explains in his bio: "I started The Sartorialist simply to share photos of people that I saw on the streets of New York that I thought looked great. When I...
Continue Reading "The Sartorialist visits Los Angeles"We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on LAist. Sobieski Vodka, the #1 premium vodka from the land where vodka was born. Cafe' Tacvba, playing August 22nd at The Greek. RareDaily, where you can sign up for their LA nightlife newsletter. American Apparel, where you can buy tank tops, T-shirts, and bikinis. If you're interested in advertising on LAist or any other site in our network, check out our online...
Continue Reading "Thanks to This Week's Advertisers"Who would you pick as the best dressed in todays STYLEist photos?...
Continue Reading "STYLEist: A Stroll Down Rodeo Drive"August 14, 2008
With all the talk of China and their lack of human rights standards, it is nice to see a local Los Angeles business that goes above and beyond to uphold human rights, environmental, and animal rights standards. The Vegan Collection just officially launched their online vegan shoe store this week. Currently only selling one type of business shoe (in two colors), we had a chance to buy a pair of test ones back in April....
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Every day LAist will be sharing wishes from Wish Tree for Pasadena with you. Yoko Ono's Wish Tree for Pasadena is an interactive installation at Colorado One. The Wish Trees will remain there until November 9 when it will join other wishes from around the world at the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island, off the coast of Reykjavík, Iceland One of the best things about of Wish Tree is that you get to peek...
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August 14, 2008
Spotted window shopping, she appeared to have escaped from the window display then she started posing!...
Continue Reading "STYLEist: Shopping Mannequin?"August 13, 2008
Every day LAist will be sharing wishes from Wish Tree for Pasadena with you. Yoko Ono's Wish Tree for Pasadena is an interactive installation at Colorado One. The Wish Trees will remain there until November 9 when it will join other wishes from around the world at the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island, off the coast of Reykjavík, Iceland One of the best things about of Wish Tree is that you get to peek...
Continue Reading "Wish for a Day: 08/13"These guys all had an individual style, which one stands out to you? * the guy in the shorts designed his shorts using zippers etc. they were amazing and one of a kind...
Continue Reading "STYLEist: Guys with Style"August 12, 2008
Every day LAist will be sharing wishes from Wish Tree for Pasadena with you. Yoko Ono's Wish Tree for Pasadena is an interactive installation at Colorado One. The Wish Trees will remain there until November 9 when it will join other wishes from around the world at the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island, off the coast of Reykjavík, Iceland One of the best things about of Wish Tree is that you get to peek...
Continue Reading "Wish for the Day 08/12"Just in case you need a good laugh today... (thanks Rory!)...
Continue Reading "Video of the Day: Gov't Infected Water in NorCal"Does your granny have style? Style lasts forever--they either have it or they don't....
Continue Reading "STYLEist: Project Granny"August 11, 2008
If you are seeing what we're seeing when you log into your Google Mail account, you're not alone, and no, the "errors" aren't your fault. What to do? Well, you can go to the beach, take a nap, follow the grumbling session on Twitter and throughout the blogosphere, or take a chance on the GMail HTML interface, which is still functioning for some users. UPDATE: GMail is back up after a couple hours on the...
Continue Reading "It's Not You, It's Google: GMail Down For Millions"