We’ve told you where to go for costumes and where to look for cool events, but if you lack time (it IS Halloween today, pumpkins) money or desire to do anything monster-size, we’ve got some ideas you just may not have thought of yet… Well, we didn’t see them out and about at this past [...]

When Steve Edelson took over the primo club venue Los Globos on Sunset Blvd. a year ago, the acquisition was met with a mixture of elation (“hooray… a big new Silver Lake club venue!”), envy (many nightlife bigwigs had been eyeing the Latin music hub for years) and discontent (its soft opening had some after-hours [...]

Since its conception 5 years ago, LA-based design house Joyrich has become one of the most recognizable labels to emerge from this city’s fashion scene. From its kitschy storefront facade to its streetwise streetwear apparel, Joyrich has garnered fans both locally and internationally and has helped put a face to the LA designer movement. In [...]

Between Fashion Week and Halloween haps, things at the HSS HQ have been hectic to say the least, and yes, we are feeling zombie-like. There are SO many Halloween themed events, it is truly scary this year. So for this post, rather than bombard you with a million monster mashes, we are simply going to [...]

If you read our Fashion Week wrap up or our plea for LA fashionistas not to give up on the runways here, you may already know that we’ve become big fans of the LAFC. The newly formed collective of designers, marketers and fashion lovers threw what we thought were a couple of LAFW’s most unique [...]

Believe it or not, Los Angeles Fashion Week or rather “weeks” is still winding down! Joyrich had a big bash this weekend, and so did the Los Angeles Fashion Council, plus RAW just did a show and the fashion/art/music/film/hair/makeup/photo /performance collective still has its annual RAWards in a few weeks (we’re a judge!)… But for [...]

Halloween is swiftly approaching, and with many holiday happenings taking place this weekend the pressure is on to craft a flawless look– standing out in a crowd of characters, literally, is no short task. In the tireless pursuit of that perfect costume, we have compiled our list of sure fire Hollywood hotspots for all your [...]

As we state in the first line of our book, Los Angeles’ Best Dive Bars, many -and we mean many- people pronounce the name of this beloved Hollywood bar owned by Mark Smith (formerly North, Edison and Hotel Shangri-La) incorrectly: it is not called the Three OF Clubs; it’s just 3 Clubs, ok? Now that [...]

The “secret” show is never, ever really secret in Hollywood, but when you’re talking about an artist as enigmatic as “The” Artist there will always be mystery surrounding the appearance,  whether it be when he’ll actually take the stage, or who might join him, or if he’ll simply decide to cancel the whole thing if [...]

The stories may be fantastical, but the filming locations of many of the scariest films in history are very real. Places like Haddonfield and Elm Street are demented creations of fantasy filmed right here in Hollywood. Paired with the very real horror stories, with the likes of the Manson Murders and The Black Dahlia, and [...]