Sloane Berrent

The big honchos in the upstairs offices are being forced to be nice for one more day this week. First there is Administrative Assistant Day (keep dropping those hints) and then tomorrow is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Founded by the Ms. Foundation for Women for daughters, the program has expanded to include those pesky sons too, no doubt at the bequest of teachers around the country who are hoping for...

Sometimes flirting is subtle, a look across the room and tilting your head just so. However, flirting can also be blatantly obvious and inescapable. It is the latter that I would use to describe "L'EFFLEUR DES SENS, a French Cabaret" now appearing in a limited engagement on Thursday evenings at King King in Hollywood. The production is self-described by saying that it "caresses the senses, arouses the imagination and reinvents the stage as foreplay...

Promotions like this can sometimes seem to good to be true. Hidden fees, lame attempts to force you into buying every possible product that was used. But this one is the real deal and it's going on through this week only so you have to act fast! Spa Week LA is a promotion sponsored in part by Allure magazine and is a great opportunity to try a huge assortment of treatments at multiple spas...

We have heard the news about the deteriorating ozone layer burning a hole that will surely fire death rays and molecules directly at Los Angeles. Today, American Rivers Outreach, a national non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy natural rivers and the variety of life they sustain for people, fish, and wildlife released their study on the 10 most endangered rivers for 2006. And no, the Los Angeles River is not on...

Don't blink the first time you look for The Echo or you might miss it. Sans sign on this stretch of Sunset Boulevard you could be half-way to downtown or Silverlake. But when you do find it, there is every reason to believe you could become a regular. This little sister to Spaceland, The Echo has the same free Monday night thing going on. Parking on most night can be found within a block...

For some it might be hard to imagine an industry where you're washed up by 35, where the car you drive is just as important, or in some cases more so, than what you are bringing to the table and where you can routinely hear you boss use the word "fuck" about 100 times a day just for the hell of it. Oh people, we're so jaded here in Lala Land. And if you're...

The morning starts off typical enough. Snooze three times, a half-asleep rush to get out the door, forgot my lunch on the counter. All of this would be fine if it weren't for the car I was stuck behind for 8 blocks on Santa Monica Boulevard with the "Charlton Heston for President" bumper sticker. There would be a picture if coffee would have been involved first, but alas. If you only chose to put...

It's been a blizzard on the East Coast, winds are picking up across the plain states and well - let's be honest. We're lucky to be here in Southern California, even with the strangely high temperatures and bizarre traffic. One of LAist's sure ways to feel part of our neighborhood and save a few bucks at the same time is to hit up the local Farmer's Market. You can find the closest one to...

If there is a woman we know who could fit the word vagina into any sentence, it's Eve Ensler. Playwright, performer and activist, Ensler is probably best known for authoring the The Vagina Monologues, now a worldwide phenomenon with over 1,100 performances registered around the world this year. She is currently in town performing her most recent play, The Good Body, at the Wadsworth Theater in Brentwood. LAist was there for the red carpet...

Do you remember where you were the first time the Fugees blew up? Their Roberta Flack redo of Killing Me Softly stills reminds this Laister of high school days. Well they've been around since, doing their thang. Separate music careers, attempts at movie careers (Bullworth anyone?) but as most great groups do when they break apart - well eventually they get back together. For the love of the music! Oh the collaboration, the inspiration!...