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Neighborhoods—What’s Your Area Code? MikeJames Clothing Has Your Number

June 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · FASHION, Neigborhood

Tees from MikeJames Clothing
Half of The Golden State, Mr. James Starr, is also half of MikeJames Clothing (with Mike, of course), a purveyor of simply designed T-shirts and tanks—an outlined area code map with number on a solid background—which neighborhood loyalists will love. I’ve been waiting for ‘323‘ to be avail again, and it finally [...]

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B+S Notes—June 1, 2009

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · News

Johnny Depp from Vanity Fair
— Fish n’ chips at Golden State / Eating LA
— Corked: Wine biz mockumentary opens in LA / Eating LA
— SoCal’s ghost airports terminals / Franklin Avenue
— Thousands rally in support of gay marriage ban / LAT
— Fiona Apple (possibly) at Largo Wednesday / LAist
— Win a $150 certificate to Live! [...]

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B+S Notes—May 18, 2009

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments · News

The beer float and burger from Golden State from LA Weekly

— Jonathan Gold give Golden State two big thumbs up! / LA Weekly
— American Apparel Settles with Woody Allen for $5 Mill / Racked LA
— Anna Wintour on 60 Minutes / CBS News
— Erin Fetherston for QVC / Nitrolicious
— Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony Buckle [...]

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Eats—All Kinds of Yum Fairfax Food Marathon!

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments · DRINK, EAT

Two of my favorite local blogs All Kinds of Yum and Food Marathon (you’ll remember the B+S West 3rd Street FM) went on a Fairfax Food Marathon, hitting Canter’s, Animal and Golden State. Loving it, a must read here and here!
» Food Blog Mashup: The All Kinds of Yum Food Marathon—All Kinds of Yum
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B+S Notes—April 7, 2009

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments · News

Berry good drinks from Vital Juice
— Q&A with Golden State’s Jason Bernstein / LA.com
— Platine Bakery Sweets and Savories opens in Culver City / DailyCandy
— Meet DailyCandy’s Parisian Doppleganger / The Pipeline
— LA Weekly’s food blog Squid Ink launches / Squid Ink
— Freshly-pressed juice cocktail look delicious / Vital Juice
— Susie Bubble weighs in on [...]

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B+S Eats—Savoring Umami Burger, But Not So Much the Onion Rings or Inept Seating

March 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments · EAT

Umami Burger and Malt Liquor Tempura Onion Rings
Since Umami Burger has already been written about extensively, I won’t worry too much about writing about our experience before we even got to our table.
The husband and I finally find parking (a bit of a challenge on a Saturday night, but not horrific) and walk into [...]

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