Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

From diffusion line Alice by Alice Temperley, from FabSugar UK
— Inside the W Hollywood Hotel and Residences / Hotel Chatter
— Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska shines in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland / W
—Zelda Rubenstein, “Poltergeist” Actress, Dead at 76 / Huliq News
— Remembering J.D. Salinger, 13 short stories/ The New Yorker
— Hatfield’s is now taking [...]

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— Eats—Name of La Brea Dining Restaurant Revealed
— Shuttering Shop News—Borders La Cienega Has Its Last Day
— Shops—Anticipating Alexander Wang at Opening Ceremony
— Shops—Beverly Connection Gets a Trim
— Real Estates—Shaved and Shredded at Former Pixie Market Space
— Shuttering Shop News—Fornarina, MM Melrose Project
— Bags—Clare Vivier Restocks Target’s Red Shop with Textural Clutches
— Shops—Who What Where…Can’t Wait! [...]

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I know, I know. Such little bits and pieces coming in on the former Food Court LA space, but, adding on to last week’s revelations, a gentleman working on-site Saturday confirmed that the new sports bar at 8334 West 3rd Street is named Goal. Like “kicking a goal” I asked? He said yes, and that [...]

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Looky here, Eater LA snaps Hatfield’s new space at 6703 Melrose Avenue, the former location of Red Pearl Kitchen just west of La Brea. Expect “Lush vertical gardens” and “WoollPockets—literally imagine a pocket adhered to a wall filled with dirt from which plants grow,” along with “fish scale-esque” tiled floors, “a white marble bar,” “plush [...]

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And speaking of Eva, Urban Daddy reports that the Mark Gold-helmed restaurant at 7458 Beverly Boulevard is taking reservations for a Tuesday, September 8 opening, where, along with the regular menu, there will be Sunday dinner parties:
“Just settle in by a window, and soon you’ll see what he felt like cooking for you—all [...]

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Checked out the Mid City West Land Use Committee meeting last week, and, wow, was that an experience. Tensions run high! I’m guestimating it lasted around four hours, as I left after around three-and-a-half and they still had to do the minutes. The issues at hand were all restaurant related, whether it be parking, [...]

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In conjunction with the City of LA updating its Bicycle Plan, the Mid City West Community Council Board of Directors recently adopted recommendations for the neighborhood’s bicycle network. Here is a map of the recs, with purple denoting bicycle-friendly local streets, proposed bicycle lanes in dark green (Fairfax, San Vicente, Burton Way), and [...]

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— Target—Rodarte for Go International Hit Stores Dec 20
— Fast Fashions—Zara Opens at the Farmers Market and I Gush
— Fashions—Pegah Anvarian Takes Three Dots in New, Fashion-y Direction
— Shops—Marc by Marc Jacobs Men’s Opens, Dear Mr. President Tee In the Window
— Shops—Eye Spy More Evidence of Duncan Quinn’s Impending Presence
— Shops—Sno-Cones, Bikinis and Lotsa [...]

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In case you haven’t been following, Hatfield’s at 7458 Beverly Boulevard is moving to the former Red Pearl space on Melrose, just west of La Brea. Now, Daily Dish follows up with a report that chef Mark Gold, formerly chef at Cafe Pinot and Leatherby’s Cafe Rouge, is opening restaurant EVA in the Hatfield’s [...]

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The Mid City West Community Council Land Use Committee is meeting tonight, Wednesday, July 22 at 6:30pm (National Council of Jewish Women, 543 North Fairfax Avenue, Room 103).
On the agenda: The modification of The Golden State’s CUB permit to allow beer and wine consumption between 11am-5pm; Hatfield’s application for continued sales/consumption of alcohol from [...]

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Morgan Freeman and model Lara Stone in Vogue from The Pipeline
— As of 8:44am, Paul Koretz has slight lead in District 5 balloting / LA Now
— Trutanich defeats Weiss in L.A. city attorney’s race / LAT
— First Lady Wears L.A. Designer Jasmin Shokrian / Trade Talk
— Pre-fixe meal at BreadBar on West 3rd /Thrillist
— Enter [...]

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A bra from Jenette
— Take Bike Bender with blogs Food GPS and Eating LA / Vital Juice
— Jenette Bras specializes in sizes D through K / DailyCandy
— Hatfield’s on Beverly plans to move into Red Pearl space / Daily Dish
— Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill Opens Today at L.A. Live / Blogdowntown
— ReadyMade has a [...]

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