Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Clockwise from top left pictured above: Kingsbury, Sugar Lilie, and Marcelita L’Art et Le Thé get into the Valentine’s spirit
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13
WHO: West 3rd Street Boutiques, Restaurants, and more!
WHAT: Valentine’s sales, treats, and $500-plus in raffles at this pre-V-Day shopping fest, courtesy of partners WTSBA and Citysearch; if you’re driving, say “heart” to the valet [...]

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Part of the Nick Cave exhibit at the Fowler Museum, from Culture Monster, spectacular!
— Kiss My Bundt! Kiss My Bundt! Kiss My Bundt!!!! / ShopEatSleep
— Must see. Art review: Nick Cave at Fowler Museum / Culture Monster
— California’s unemployment rate rises to 12.4% / LAT
— One print sector is healthy in L.A.: pot magazines / [...]

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— Shuttering Shop News—One Year Left for Bodhi Tree Bookstore
— Shops—Wow, Vivienne Westwood to Melrose!
— Eats—Mira’le Soup Kitchen (Free Soup Tuesdays!)
— Eats—Something I Need to Do, Happy Hour at Froma on Melrose
— Shops—Halston Heritage Hits Madison, That Brand SJP May Soon Have a Stake In
— TVs—JWoWW of ‘Jersey Shore’ Sells Her ‘Infamous Yellow Shirt’ and [...]

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First off, we find from Franklin Avenue that Coffee Bean will be giving out free 12-ounce ‘Heritage drinks’ (Cafe Mocha, Sunrise Ice Blended, Berry’d Treasure Ice Blended) today from 4pm-7pm.
And, adding onto what we know so far, we hear from Eater LA that the former Food Court LA space at 8334 West 3rd Street—now [...]

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Beautiful bubbles, from My Right Brain
— Ink Bubbles – A Journal / My Right Brain
— Dig Weekend Guide – Thanksgiving Edition / Dig Lounge
— Last minute Thanksgiving meals / ShopEatSleep
— More T-giving: Fraiche, Vermont, Agura, Oaks Gourmet, Kiss My Bundt / Daily Dish
— Obama May Add 30,000 Troops in Afghanistan / NYT
— Washington Post [...]

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— Eats—Seriously, Kiss My Bundt Needs You to Buy Bundts
— Eats—Free Kiss My Bundt Slices Sunday! It’s National Bundt Day, Of Course
— Shops—BedHead Pajamas Opens on West 3rd
— Shops—Sugar Lilie Dessous Prives Now Open for All Your Lovely, Lacy Needs
— Shop In Shops—Tesoro Filling Up with Gifty Merch
— Eats—Darioush Coming to Restaurant Row
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I know, I just posted about Kiss My Bundt, and while free slices are great and all, there’s a more pressing issue at hand. While owner Chrysta Wilson has landed a book deal for her first cookbook, and the sweet shop has received some great press, the bakery is letting the public know that it [...]

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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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There was an overall festive mood Tuesday night at Petro Zillia on West 3rd, where labels Smoke & Mirrors, Karen Zambos, Petro Zillia, Noir Jewelry and Sigerson Morrison came together for a collab runway show, featuring current-season offerings for editors, stylists, and, most importantly, customers.
Everything shown on the runway was immediately available for purchase [...]

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Sweater from Smoke & Mirrors, Sigerson Morrison suede booties, necklace from Noir Jewlery; click to expand
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
WHO: Petro Zillia
WHAT: ‘Fashion: Here and Now’ fashion show and shopping party, featuring designs by Petro Zillia, Karen Zambos, Smoke & Mirrors, shoes from Sigerson Morrison, and Noir Jewelry; all runway looks will be avail for purchase after [...]

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Trina Turk sitting pretty in her lovely boutiue; click to expand images
Before the raucousness that was to come over at the Fred Segal Center on Melrose, I hopped over to Trina Turk for champagne, cupcakes (from Kiss My Bundt just down the way) and a look at the designer’s fall collection (including a trio of [...]

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On the first level; click any images to expand
Mostly, I’m going to let these pretty pics speak for themselves—a tour of Satine’s new mega, close to 4,000-square-foot space at 8132 West 3rd Street. Owner Jeannie Lee and team have broken the shop into a series of shopping vignettes—shop in shop, shoe salon, TV and living [...]

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