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Entries from LAist tagged with 'hotspots'

February 1, 2008

What are your favorite breakfast spots in Los Angeles? Who's got the best cup of coffee? The yummiest pancakes? The thickest slabs of bacon? Who's overrated and who's overlooked? We're determined to find out -- so wake up with us, won't you? Enjoy L.A.'s Best Breakfasts!!!...

Continue Reading "Wake Up LA: LAist Eats Breakfast "

January 19, 2008

Hmmm...Where does Los Angeles rank in the nation when it comes to internet access? Just how "wired" are we in Los Angeles? A Forbes.com survey took at look at several factors, including the "percentage of Internet users with high-speed access, the range of service providers within a city and the availability of public wireless hot spots" and determined how all of the cities in the country measured up. Think we're pretty wired? Think again. Los......

Continue Reading "LA's "Wiredness" Measures Up to Be Kind of Wired-less"

January 11, 2008

US Figure Skating champion Christopher Bowman, 40, was found dead yesterday in a room at the Budget Inn in North Hills. The former child actor and successful figure skater in the late 80s and early 90s was also known for his powerful struggles with alcohol and drug use. His death is being investigated as a possible overdose. A fire that took place last night at San Jose Edison Academy, a West Covina charter school, is......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: On the Rocks, With a Twist"

December 21, 2006

Alexandra Le Tellier is the Managing Editor of LA.com, the swanky, chic, stylin' website about LA. LA.com just delivered a five-part Best Of guide to LA's newest and retooled hot spots of everywhere from spas to Philly cheese steak spring rolls. But we wanted to know more. We wanted to get inside the head of Alexandra. To where she lives. What she's passionate about personally. You know, the dirt! What we discovered is that......

Continue Reading "Alexandra Le Tellier's Personal Top 10 in LA of 2006"

August 17, 2006

So the saying goes, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." But what happens when Vegas is actually in Santa Monica's Barker Hangar? A week from Saturday, Sin City invades the City of Angels via a food and wine gala that is slated to include food and wine tastings amdist more than forty casino-style gaming tables and the music of DJ Five Star. Close to 40 top local eateries and 80 wineries will be......

Continue Reading "Drink: Eat: Play--Vegas in LA"

May 25, 2005

Last night we attended the launch party for Tu Ciudad Los Angeles, a new lifestyle magazine targeted at 30-something, upscale Hispanics with above average household incomes. The party was held at the historic and plush Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with great music by Go Betty Go and Los Amigos Invisibles. Plus, an open bar, which we feel is always a good idea at events like this. Tu Ciudad is published by Emmis Communications, which also......

Continue Reading "3, 2, 1, Launch"

January 28, 2005

New to Los Angeles? Looking for a way to make a long-lasting impression on all the cool, hip and happening folks spending their hard earned cash on living the life? Fed up with billboards and normal television advertising as a way to get your own personal brand forcefed upon as many Angelenos as possible? There is a solution. An insane solution, but a solution nonetheless. LAist was stunned and amused to find this eBay......

Continue Reading "Things That Make You Go Hummm..."

January 21, 2005

Earlier this week, LA.Com's nightlife newsletter, Plus One, gave their list of favorite local hot spots and while we might quibble with their favorite nights at most of the venues we can't much complain. Spider Club continues to be our favorite location to drink with friends, star watch, and dance. We just like it on Mondays when Morty is spinning 80s all night. The crowds have waned a bit and we're not sure how......

Continue Reading "We Be Clubbin'"

September 10, 2004

It has been a massive six or seven weeks in the making via HBO's complicated episode-per-season equation. It has kept some of us on the edge of our seats while others have simply sat back wondering, "When's something good going to happen?" Either way, HBO matriarch "Six Feet Under" ("The Sopranos" is, of course, the patriarch) and it's snotty little second-cousin twice-removed, "Entourage", wrap up this weekend in, most likely, a not-so-neat little bow.......

Continue Reading "Finale Weekend"

August 6, 2004

The weekend overfloweth with all kinds of interesting events to keep our dear LAist readers busy. Continue reading below to get the skinny on hot spots for Saturday and Sunday. SATURDAY Summer is fruit season—this summer being an exceptional year for fruit trees—and The Huntington Library & Gardens in Pasadena is hosting a special gardening workshop this Saturday from 1:00–4:00 PM. "Tropical Fruit Trees" will teach gardeners at any level how to grow exotic......

Continue Reading "Barbed Wire Love"

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