Sloane Berrent

Sitting at home catching up on work, there is nothing better than taking a little break to watch one - any one - of the Pinker Tones' videos because they just rock it out. Enjoy!...

There is nothing like combining fashion and philanthropy. Tomorrow night, the Los Angeles flagship store for Martin & Osa is have a launch party for the opening of their store in Century City. The stylish fashion company has generously donated $5,000 to Step Up Women's Network and the event will feature shopping (optional), cocktails and bites, and time to mingle with friends and to meet new people. While Step Up Women's Network is for...

Yesterday, another LAister, Jessica Pauline asked about Hollywood shortcuts. A few people gave suggestions, such as the now "not-so-much-a-secret" Fountain but other commentors plain old said, "I'm not giving up my secrets to you greenie." I was reading over the comment and got to thinking... In a town like Los Angeles, a good short cut is like a good dive bar. You don't want the hipsters to take over your secrets and blast them...

Out of sheer luck, and man was this lucky, I popped home in the middle of the day today to make lunch and grab my wallet which I had mistakenly left at home in my mad rush out of the house this morning. I turned on Ellen, which I've seen maybe once before ever, and she showed a clip from this Japanese talk show which loosely translates to "Human Tetris." Basically there are shapes...

Halloween only comes once a year. We all know what that means for many of the beautiful people in Hollywood. Time to show it off! I was invited to a slamming party this past Saturday night (one of the hosts in the genie you see below). As for the other 200 people? Never seen 'em, save a few, but I'll tell you this, I started off taking pictures of people's faces and then it...

BarCampLA-4 is here! LAist has been a friend, attendee and proponent of BarCamp since the beginning and this time is no different. What is BarCamp? Here is their definition (it's really the best): BarCamp ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. If you like, it can be overnight, like camp! BarCamps - and...

I'm really looking forward to StartUp LA which is kicking off today! It's a conference and an un-conference together. The idea came from a BarCamp LA session (which by the way is next weekend) and it's to bring together start ups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and let us all mix and mingle. For more information and to register click here....

On nights like this, when the whole state seems to be on fire, my family back East thinks this would be a perfect time to tell me that Thanksgiving might be a little untraditional this year (what does that mean?) and my new business seems to be writing itself pages and pages of notes and to-do lists the second I turn around, well it's no wonder my mind can't settle into any kind of...

LAist had the opportunity to catch up with Jacob Soboroff, Executive Director of Why Tuesday to talk about WT, their upcoming projects and politics. Jacob has worked as a part time advance man for NYC Michael Bloomberg and briefly played the same role for presidential candidate Howard Dean. He moved back from NYC to his hometown of Los Angeles last year, when I first met him, and since returning has video blogged for LA...

I am not going to mention Ann Coulter's visit to LA this week or the location. To be honest, I am at a loss for words with THAT woman. I mean does someone ever anger you so much that your nose just twitches and your head shakes side-to-side like a horse swatting a fly and shivers are sent through your whole body? Yup, that pretty much sums up Ann for me. I went to...