Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

— Check out the Lakers 2009 championship ring above! / MixxNews
— Table 8, 8 Oz. Burger Partner Charged With Murder / GrubStreet LA
— Son Omar bin Laden on father Osama / Vanity Fair
— 3-year-old gets prosthetic arm bone / LAT
— Awesome Altadena Works backpacks in-store at South Willard / South Willard
— Sonia Rykiel for H&M [...]

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Loeffler Randall launches ecommerce
— Bistro LQ for $40! / Food Marathon
— Make/Shift Rethinks Vintage for Today’s Recessionista / Trade Talk; previously
— Osteria La Buca Expands Into Retail / Eating LA
— DailyCandy is going to do online sample sale-ing / Racked LA
— LA Didn’t Mind Barneys-Style Bloody Windows / Racked NY
— Billion Dollar Babes hits LA [...]

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— Real Estates—Rendering for 8231-8243 West 3rd Street Complex
— Shops—Nordstrom Rack Opening at Beverly Connection September 24
— Shops—Zara Opening at Farmers Market in August
— Shops—Word of a Mid-August Duncan Quinn Opening
— Real Estates—$1.4 Million for a Barely-Built Home at 6450 West 5th Street?
— Neighborhoods—Spend in the City, West Hollywood Launch ‘WH Insiders’
— Shops—Marc [...]

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Eater LA has the lowdown on chef Laurent Quenioux’s Bistro LQ, which opened last night at 8009 Beverly Boulevard in the former Mimosa space.
On the decor: “The space is simply painted with white and blue walls, devoid of artwork save for a gaggle of hanging glass bulbs that mark the interior entrance.” [...]

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— Eats—No More Mimosa, A Peek at Bistro LQ
— Eats—D’Amore’s Pizza Progress
— Real Estates—8243 West 3rd Street Down for the Count
— Shuttering Shop News—Contessa S. Home Bids Adieu
— Markets—Farmers Market 75th Anniversary Celebration
— Markets—New West Hollywood Pavilions Has a Case of the Uglies
— Shoes—Envying South Willard’s Handmade Sandals
— Fashions—Diavolina’s J Brand Skinny Exclusive
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Marc Jacobs does swimwear for the kids, from WWD
— Julius Shulman, 1910-2009 / LA Observed
— Bebe Sport becoming PH8 / CAN
— All’Angelo’s 5th Century Venetian Tastings Starts July 15 / Squid Ink
— Bistro LQ to open Tuesday at former Mimosa space on Beverly / Thrillist
— Teen Zac Sunderland Sails Around the World Alone / LAist
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There are no more signs of Mimosa’s yellow and green decor at 8009 Beverly Boulevard, as the transformation to Laurent Quenioux’s Bistro LQ is on its way with brown and black exterior and globe pendant lighting inside. It’s tough to read the sign from the sidewalk, but perhaps it’s more effective [...]

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The lottery memorial Michael Jackson tickets, from NYT
— Bistro LQ to open on Beverly in next couple days / Vital Juice
— L.A. Fashion District Braces for Michael Jackson Memorial / WWD
— Crowd Arrive for MJ Memorial; Vendors Already Here / Blogdowntown
— Fourth of July in Los Angeles, Suburban Style / BlackBook
— Runyon Canyon, Navel Piercings, [...]

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After posting last week about chef Laurent Quenioux’s upcoming Bistro LQ taking over Mimosa’s space on Beverly (west of Fairfax) and Suzanne Tracht’s Suzpree to open at Beverly and Ogden (east of Fairfax), the Daily Dish reports that Pastis at 8114 Beverly Boulevard will be closing the first week of June and reopening under [...]

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So, I have a bit of a mash of information that I’m trying to sort out. I’ve heard from both Eating LA and Daily Dish that chef Laurent Queniuox, who recently closed Bistro K in Pasadena and was consulting at Vermont, has been looking to open BistroLQ on Beverly Boulevard near Fairfax in mid-July, but [...]

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