If you’re like us, your 2012 was so fast-paced you didn’t have much time for sitting down with a good book. Sadly with the proliferation of tablets, however cool they may be, real book reading – and even coffee table book collecting- is becoming rarer and rarer. We LOVE books and we did manage to [...]

Now that the election is over, it’s time to stop bickering about politicians and start ranting about other things –people– we encounter on a day-to-day basis, here in Los Angeles. Angelenos spend a lot of time our cars and it comes as no surprise to anyone that we’re at the top of the national traffic [...]

We got into a little debate on Facebook this week. A photographer pal posted that “LA doesn’t have a fashion week,” calling the shows “embarrassing” and likening the events as “a month long student showcase.” He’s not alone either. Many of our more serious fashion-minded pals have called LAFW a “joke” and “not worth their [...]

Carmageddon. By name, it sounds like a cheesy 80′s schlockfest, by media myth, it was to be every LA commuter’s worst nightmare. With the city on high alert and grid locked from end-to-end, residents were going to be left stranded and abandoned in forced stagnation. With roadwork, detours, and freeway closures stemming from much needed [...]

If ever there was a month to celebrate fashion, September is it. With Fall issues of our favorites magazines weighing in heavier than ever, it’s time once again to take our noses out of the glossy pages and into the glamorous real world of Fashion’s Night Out. This Thursday, Sept. 6 the fashion capitals of the [...]

In the first of a regular HSS guest blogger series in which we invite Hollywood’s movers and shakers to share a few of their favorite things in the city, we wake up your tastebuds with club impresario and DJ Jason Lavitt’s best breakfast spots. If anyone knows the importance of a good morning meal, it’s [...]

Hard to believe the colorful collision of Mexican wrestling and burlesque known as Lucha VaVoom has been rocking the ring for a decade now, but it has! The variety show, which usually takes place at historic downtown LA locales like the Mayan, recently hosted an action-packed anniversary event, and we were there to capture the [...]

It’s been a week of  (as Sly Stone sang)  ”hot fun in the Summertime,” and Friday and Saturday will be no exception. Outdoor movie screenings, badass designer bazaars, and of course clubbing and elbow rubbing wind up  the weekend that for many also marks the end of late night frolic and freedom… it’s back to [...]

It’s that time of the month again. No, not that time– a much more festive and welcomed time of the month. Tonight the streets of Downtown LA will be swarmed with pedestrians all on a self-guided stroll through the various art shops and galleries. The monthly Downtown Artwalk draws creators and patrons of art, food, [...]

Is the “secret show” dead? Well, in Los Angeles it never really existed. When a big act decides to play a small, unadvertised club here, all it takes is a few vague Facebook posts or teasey tweets to get the word spreading like wildfire. This week, two major acts did away with the pretense of [...]