Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Lotsa freebies going on these days! First, in the nabe, Mira’le Cafe at 8310 West 3rd Street, just west of Sweetzer has instituted ‘Mira’le Soup Kitchen,’ in which the cafe offers a free cup of soup of the day every Tuesday, no purchase necessary. And this isn’t a onetime thing, it’s only limited to one [...]

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DVF’s 8407 Melrose Avenue boutique is offering up gratis champagne all week, along with the chance to win the designer’s Peggy Wrap Bag (retail value $1,475) from Saturday, April 18 through Sunday, April 26. That’s incentive enough for me.

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Have to say, I was pretty psyched about this, as the husband and I can never seem to keep enough light bulbs around: the LADWP just left two energy saving light bulbs (75-watt equivalents, which use only 20 watts), plus literature on the benefits of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL), among other tips to “save [...]

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The Knitter’s Studio at 8118 West 3rd Street is in a loving mood with Valentine’s Day around the corner, offering up a free Lace Heart Scarf Pattern, which you can download and/or get from the shop’s blog.
The example shown took two skeins to make, per the blog, which suggests the yarn, needles and free [...]

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— Beauty—Free Product Crawl at Bloomie’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom
— City—Last Sunday’s LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum
— Shuttering Shop News—Zipper Leaving West 3rd, Consolidating to Sonoma
— Shuttering Shop News—Pinkyotto Closing, Moving Merch to Boston Boutique
— Eats—Corner Bakery Coming to Beverly Connection, A Salon Too
— Controversy—OMG! Fight at Little Next Door
— Shops—Cavern and Cerre [...]

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Newman posing with the gratis product
So, today was the day when department stores had to give away free beauty product to the public as payback for a class action suit for price fixing, one product per store. I hit up all the department stores within walking distance—Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s at the Beverly Center and Nordstrom [...]

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— Shops—Big News, Scout Leaving West 3rd Street, Relocating to Hollywood
— City—LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum this Sunday!
— Sweat—Yoga (and More) to the Beverly Connection?
— Beauty—$175 Million Worth of Free Product January 20!
— Eats—Brats Brothers Already Gone
— Shops—American Apparel Robertson Moving South
— Real Estates—Former Magenta, Rodan vs Griffith, Fifty’s Furniture and Party Paper [...]

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In case you haven’t heard, as a result of a 2003 lawsuit against major department stores, starting January 20, stores such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks, Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s have to pony up $175 million worth of beauty products nationwide to customers—one item per cosmetics company, Chanel, L’Oreal, Lancome included.
Per Fashionista, “it seems some [...]

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Eco nail salon Recess on Beverly Boulevard, just east of La Cienega, is rewarding customers for their environmental efforts with its recycled polish for free manicure and pedicure through January 20. Per Green LA Girl, bring in 10 old bottles and get a free 30-minute manicure (value $25) or 15 bottles for a 45-minute [...]

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