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Harper Collins Needs New Cover Art!

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

What the f*ck? Does Harper Collins think that readers have collective memory loss? Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated came out in this paperback edition in 2003 by HP (the hardcover in 2002 by Houghton Mifflin with the same cover art but in black and white); HP just put out Lizzie Post’s How Do You […]

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Tags: LIT

Custom Fit + Lips at Rebecca & Drew

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Rebecca & Drew make fantastic button-down shirts, dresses, and other tops that are sized by bust size and length (32A regular - 38DD long). Enter ‘GIELLA’ at checkout and get gratis shipping and a free customized lipstick from Giella custom blend cosmetics. The lipstick customization goes on over the phone with someone at Giella, which […]

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Tags: BEAUTY · FASHION

Neighborhood Opens on Abbot Kinney

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Just in time for Abbot Kinney’s ‘First Fridays’, new clothing store Neighborhood (which I mentioned in my Abbot Kinney post back in April) has opened, as chronicled by Daily Candy today.

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Tee Off at Polkadots & Moonbeams

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Guess it depends on how much the tees are to gauge how great of a deal this is, but through June 5th get 20% off your second tee purchase at Polkadots & Moonbeams.

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Tags: SALE · FASHION

Event: Sugar on La Brea

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Oh god, another how to wrangle a man book, this one by Cindy Lu called The Four Man Plan, very depressing. I wouldn’t be mentioning it at all if there weren’t an event in the ‘hood, at Sugar on La Brea, involving the how-to: signed copies will be given out with every purchase for the […]

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Event: Jib & Genoa Trunk Show at Il Primo Passo

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Jib & Genoa will be showing its summer 2007 line of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and rings at shoe spot Il Primo Passo on Saturday, June 2nd from 10:00AM-6:00PM. The line ranges $120-$450, so at 10% off for the day - well, you can do the math. The line is nature-inspired and very romantic in hand-cut […]

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Tags: SHOES · SALE · JEWELRY · EVENT

Event: 10th Annual Art & Design Walk + More High-Priced Condos

June 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Before you get raucous on Sunday at the Los Feliz Street Fair (see post below), take a stroll down Beverly, Robertson, and Melrose in West Hollywood for the Art & Design Walk on Saturday, June 2nd (4:00PM-8:00PM). Highlights include cool chairs by FIDM grads at Walker-Zanger, a designer table exhibit at PDC, an auction to […]

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Tags: ART · DESIGN · REAL ESTATE · FASHION · DRINK · EVENT · EAT

Event: 16th Annual Los Feliz Street Fair

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

It’s a fest-of-us for the rest-of-us in Los Feliz! Vermont is blocked off from Hollywood to Franklin for gluttony (lots of walking and eating), drink (wine + beer garden), shopping, and the ever-exciting pony rides on Sunday, June 3rd (11:00AM-8:00PM) for the 16th annual street fair. Just don’t spend all your time in the beer […]

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Tags: EVENT · DRINK · MUSIC · EAT

Event: James Perse Sale

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Stock up on lounge-y hang-by-the-beach wear for the whole fam. As much as 70% off James Perse women’s, men’s, and baby Saturday, June 2nd from 9:00AM-5:00PM at Siren Studios in Hollywood (6063 W. Sunset Boulevard).

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Tags: SALE · FASHION

Event: A List Sample Sale

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

A List Sample Sale is having a one-day sale Sunday, June 3rd from noon-5:00PM at 420 N. Orange Drive. A List doesn’t specify exactly what will be available but it will be all women’s wear, sizes 2-10, and shoes in various sizes. On its site, A List has its list of vendors and supports, which […]

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Tags: SALE · FASHION · EVENT