Citybeat’s remake
The Buzz in LA today is about the redesign and relaunch of LA Citybeat. Five years in, CityBeat plans to relaunch this week with a new design, logo and lineup of columns and features. The most notable addition is that content from Wonkette, the Washington politics website formerly owned by Gawker, will run in print [...]
Celebrating Downtown’s renaissance
The buzz in LA this weekend is all about the Downtown Open House weekend 2008. This weekend is THE weekend to discover what living and playing in all of Downtown LA’s neighborhoods has to offer during the Downtown Open House 2008. On this self-guided tour, you can explore everything from where to live, dine and [...]
Pain au chocolate with a taste of Paris
The buzz in LA today is about Amandine. Amandine is a European country style bakery café featuring a delectable array of freshly baked cakes and pastries, soups, quiche, salads, sandwiches and more! All the food is made entirely from scratch. Breads are baked fresh every morning and it does taste very fresh! Amandine is not [...]
Chaya Brasserie Beverly Hills : “Franco-Japonais delices”…
The buzz in LA today is about Chaya Brasserie Beverly Hills. Located just off fashionable Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, Chaya Brasserie has remained an enduring success for nearly twenty years and has a strong reputation of one of LA’s most reliable restaurants. This Continental bistro with Asian overtones is loved for its exceptionally [...]
Sex and the City the movie: Back in Fashion
The buzz in LA today is all about Sex and the City the movie There hasn’t been a more female gender pop cultural phenomena than the hit TV show “Sex and the City“. Just about every woman I’ve known the last few years own at least one season on DVD, and many of them own [...]
Le Palais des Thes : Tea time is an art
The buzz in LA today is about Le Palais des Thes in Beverly Hills. Le Palais des Thes is a temple to the passion for tea. Unlike fusty English tea shops, Le Palais des Thes is sleek and orderly. Wood and glass let in a lot of light. Large canisters of tea line two walls. [...]
Smart Car, coming from Europe to the US
The buzz in LA today is about the Smart car on the US market. The smart fortwo has been the darling of European cities for some time, and now it’s coming to America, where bigger is often thought of as better. The smart is minimalism, automotive style. Minimal size and minimal fuel consumption. It gets [...]
Artseen 3 A taste of Los Angeles
The buzz in LA this week end was all about the Artseen 3 Auction Gala night featuring A Taste of Los Angeles, supported by the AIDS Research Alliance. Celebrating the Southern California art and culinary scene, this high-profile event gave art collectors and enthusiasts a chance to view, and bid on, an eye-popping selection of [...]
Crispin & Basilio : Fresh Fashion
The buzz today in LA is all about Crispin & Basilio. Crispin & Basilio, designed by Donny Barrios out of Los Angeles, embodies Californian sophistication mixed with the ease of a more continental approach to cool. Fresh design and indescribable quality makes Crispin and Basilio a “must-have” . Crispin & Basilio impresses with a selection [...]
Happy Birthday Israel!
The buzz in LA this week is all about the Israeli’s 60th Independence day. The Israeli Festival commemorating Israel’s 60th Independence day will be celebrated this year on May 18, 2008. This community wide event initiated 18 years ago has become a well known, and prominent event in the greater Los Angeles area. The Festival [...]
Gorgeous + Yummy = Boule Bakery
The Buzz today in L.A is all about Boule Bakery. With its high ceilings, pale blue walls and display cases and its total candy look, Boule has earned its place among L.A.’s chic shops and restaurants. What sets this thoroughly modern pâtisserie apart is that the superior confections are equally as stylish as the décor. [...]
Reprise by Joachim Trier
The Buzz in LA today is all about the movie “Reprise” directed by Joachim Trier, Lars von Trier’s nephew. Two aspiring novelist in hip young Oslo scribble their way through success, fears, doubts, rivalries, failure, love and friendship. Erik and Phillip are trying to make it as writers. Erik (Kloumen-Høiner) is rejected by publishers as [...]
California Video Show @ the Getty Center
The buzz in LA today is about the California Video Exhibit at the Getty Center. Co-organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J.Paul Getty Museum, the exhibit traces the development of the medium from the 1967 release of the Sony Portapak, the first portable videotape recorder, to the present day, and includes single-channel works [...]
