Tag: Los Angeles

• Paris Photo LA

  It’s not every day that you can celebrate Paris in New York and LA at the same time, but thanks to the Paramount Studios NY backlot, you can!  Paris Photo Los Angeles made its debut this weekend.  For 17 years Paris Photo has cemented a strong presence in the photographic art fair market and it…

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  April 28, 2013

  Art/Culture, Collecting, Contemporary Art, Design, Photography, Street Art

  Andy Warhol, Art Cars, Art Fairs, BMW, Concept Cars, Ed Ruscha, JR, Los Angeles, Paramount Pictures Studio, Paris Photo, Paris Photo Los Angeles, Photography

• C’est Si Bon! Le Fooding Comes to Los Angeles

  Chris Rock once said that women need three things: “Food, Water and Compliments”. Clearly the man hasn’t met me because I need art, good music and a fabulous handbag…  At a “Le Fooding” event you can get all of the aforementioned (minus the handbag–well, maybe they’ll be a swag bag… I digress.). Ever since I…

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  March 18, 2013

  Art/Culture, Food, Music

  Arrested Development, Carolynn Soence, dining, Food Festivals, Geffen Contemporary, Josef Centeno, Kogi, Le Fooding, Le Grand Fooding Crush, Los Angeles, Ludo Lefebvre, MOCA, Paris, Roy Choi

• Forecast Calls for “Media Showers” @ MOCA

  I couldn’t help but chuckle when I went to MOCA yesterday to see the Herb and Dorothy Vogel “50 Works for 50 States” collection and came across the above piece by Mark Kostabi.  It’s been a few months since we’ve had some consternation-induced MOCA news, and just when you think you’ve let just enough time…

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  March 9, 2013

  Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Museums

  Eli Broad, Los Angeles, Michael Govan, MOCA

• The Last Bookstore-A Literary Wonderland in DTLA

  Today I spent the afternoon in the most eclectic store I’ve ever seen in Los Angeles.  (Yes, that is saying a lot).  The Last Bookstore can be found in a converted Crocker Bank on 5th and Spring.  If you are too young to remember Crocker Bank, here is their logo (still on the Spring St.…

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  January 13, 2013

  Art/Culture, Music

  Bank District, Books, Community Activism, DTLA, Gallery Row, KPFK, Los Angeles, The Last Bookstore, Used Books, Vinyl

• Social Media Week: Recap

    Social Media week just wrapped (September 19-23), and I was able to attend a couple of events that really got me thinking about my blog.  I learned a few important things: 1.  I need a Twitter account 2.  Content is King 3.  “Engagement” and “Exclusivity” draw users and build loyalty Examples of these lessons…

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  September 26, 2011

  Fashion, Food

  dineLA, dineLAsocial, FabFitFun, FFF Spotlight Event, Giuliana Rancic, Hotel Oceana Santa Monica, Jonathan Gold, Katie Ann Rosen Kitchens, Los Angeles, Ludo Lefebvre, Social Media Week, Starry Kitchen, The Palm