Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Bodhi Tree in the 1970s; Bodhi Tree in the 2000s
LA Weekly’s LA Daily blog brings word that Bodhi Tree Bookstore and spiritual center will be closing “in a year’s time.” Blame the closure on cheap online book prices and now easy access to “Books on Wicca and Astrology and Native American shamanism,” which were [...]

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I happily browsed Assouline’s just-opened West Coast flagship at 8475 Melrose Place yesterday, the signature deep red space meticulously stocked with the publishing house’s collection of fashion, architecture, culture, photography, food and spirits, and vintage books.
What’s even more exciting is that the book purveyor has partnered with Bastide (this is, I believe, the restaurant’s [...]

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I was very psyched a couple weeks ago to receive an advance copy of Eat: Los Angeles 2010, the Eat LA accompaniment and food guide edited by writer and publisher of Prospect Park Books Colleen Dunn Bates, along with a team of writers, journalists and bloggers. Covering 1,300-plus food spots (from restaurants and food [...]

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I finally met Franny, the shop cat at Skylight Books in Los Feliz. She almost looks a little menacing in this photo but she’s so dainty and is definitely open to customer petting. She was perched in the window, just taking in the the sun and love. While the husband and I were browsing, staff [...]

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Photos by Martha Adams; click to expand
— Text by Keri Pina
Celebrating Taschen’s latest release, Los Angeles: Portrait of a City, Fendi and Vanity Fair held an outdoor evening gala to raise money for the Los Angeles Conservancy at the iconic Crossroads of the World. The scene felt very Wes Anderson—affluent guests swelling the courtyard around [...]

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— Text and photos by Lilliam Rivera
On Sunday, I strolled over to the indie bookstore Family to catch Spike Jonze, director of Where the Wild Things Are, give a quick Q&A and sign his great behind-the-scenes book on the movie titled Heads On and We Shoot. At 4:30pm, I was expecting a madhouse but instead [...]

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Kiss My Bundt red velvet bundt, from Squid Ink
Turns out this Sunday, November 15 is National Bundt Day, which would mean nothing to me if I didn’t live in walking distance of Kiss My Bundt, just around the way at 8104 West 3rd Street. In honor of the ode to bundts, owner Chrysta Wilson will [...]

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MCM is looking lovely, from All the Rage
— Jobless rate tops 10% for first time since 1983 / LAT
— How to write a great novel / WSJ
— BLD spiked milkshakes recipes! / Squid Ink
— Holt Renfrew, now LA designer Clare Vivier sends off to Steven Alan / See Vivier
— Apartment 3 has closed its boutique, [...]

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A snaking line finally let to Scott Schuman at the Beverly Center’s outside terrace; click to expand images
Let me preface this by saying, I’m glad I took the short walk over to the Beverly Center, put down my $25 at Traffic to buy the book (the supply was dwindling), and made my way to the [...]

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Lilliam Rivera and Scott Schuman; click to expand images
Turns out Scott Schuman’s book signing at Barneys Beverly Hills last night was incredibly mellow—the first of two events of the night for his photographic street style tome The Sartorialist (selections from his blog of the same name in paperback form with commentary), with a Beverly Center [...]

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The Sartorialist Scott Schuman signing books at Barneys in NYC, photo from The Sartorialist by Joe Ferrucci
It will undoubtedly be a madhouse at both locations, but Scott Schuman, the influential photog behind The Sartorialist, will be signing his book—The Sartorialist ($25 for paperback, $125 for hardcover Bespoke Edition)—at both Barneys Beverly Hills and the Beverly [...]

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Photos by Sky Yim
I get word from a B+S reader, who sent over these images, that Alpha’s windows at 8250 Melrose Avenue, featuring Helmut Newton’s SUMO—now avail in a smaller, more affordable $150 edition—is “Causing people to pull over and get out of their cars.” I guess that’s what a life-size portrait of a [...]

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