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B+S Notes— November 19, 2009

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments · News

UCLA students protest the 32% fee hike, 14 were arrested, from LAT
— Check out Soda Pop’s sandwiches and more / Food Marathon
— Reid healthcare plan unveiled / LAT
— Stella McCartney to do a second GapKids collection for spring / Fashionista
— There’s going to be an Umami Truck / Eater LA
— Why It’s Hard to Resist [...]

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B+S Weekly Round-Up—October 12-16, 2009

October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · News

— Shops—BedHead Pajamas Taking Former Malgosia Space
— Eats—Sneak Peek of Doughboys Interior
— Shuttering Shop News—Party Paper Life Closing This Friday
— Eats—Agura on La Cienega Soft Opens, Sneak Peek at Sushi, Sashimi and More
— Beauty—Frédéric Fekkai Reopens Expanded, Revamped Melrose Place Salon
— Eats—Pizza In a Cone, Thank You, Colbert, For the Culinary Enlightenment
— Shops—Former ‘Vogue’ Editor [...]

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LA Fashion Week—Sjobeck at Live! On Sunset, LC in Full Effect

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · EVENT, FASHION

LC and Kyle Howard at the show; Click to expand images
— Text and photos by Keri Pina
Sjobeck debuted its spring 2010 collection Saturday night at Live! On Sunset. The invite-only soiree was decorated with over-sized beach balls while old surfing videos played on the flat screens. Celeb guests Lauren Conrad (so meticulously styled in person [...]

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B+S Notes—June 19, 2009

June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · News

Of course, hilarious
— Supper Club LA launches, costs $2,000/year…if you get in / DailyCandy
— Rock Fashion gets into the LA Fashion Week game / CAN
— Talesai’s new signage, dinner menu and delivery service / ShopEatSleep
— Glossies to save from extinction / Trend Central
— Get your Will Ferrell charity sunscreen now / Fred Flare
— Making florals [...]

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B+S Notes—June 16, 2009

June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News

Owner of Studio City’s lovely lingerie shop, Faire Frou Frou, shares a peek into her boudoir from Frou Frou Fashionista
— Lauren Conrad frenzy coming tonight at The Grove, beware / Mark
— Westside Pavilion’s new H&M / Style Council
— LA Designers Slam Dunk CFDA Awards / Chic Leak
— Owner of Faire Frou Frou’s girly pretty boudoir [...]

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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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B+S Notes—April 22, 2009

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · News

The Malibu Lumber Yard just opened, from WWD
— Siegfried and Roy and Indian guru / Vital Juice
— PriscillaWoolworth.com Ecofriendly General Store / DailyCandy
— Liza Shtromberg Studio recycles your unwanted jewelry / Green LA Girl
— About all the retail closures around town / WWD
— Meanwhile Malibu retail gets fancier and fancier / WWD
— Los Angeles Times [...]

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B+S Notes—March 23, 2009

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · News

Anchorage’s Mount Redoubt erupted four times overnight
— LA illustrator/artist Kime Buzzelli does tights for Urban Outfitters / UO blog
— Keep Company for kids is pretty darn cute / Keep Company
— Dance-focused workouts, including at Swerve on West 3rd / Vital Juice
— Sigerson Morrison’s Belle shoes is closing in Beverly Hills / Fashion Rules!
— Last week’s [...]

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City— ‘That’s So LA,’ Not Exactly a Compliment

January 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · CELEB, CULTURE, City

Photo of DiscoverLosAngeles.com from NBC LA
The city’s new $2 million tourism marketing campaign, ‘That’s So LA’—featuring famous faces such as Tom Hanks, Kobe Bryant and reality star Lauren Conrad—is an interesting and questionable choice, considering the phrase is often derogatory, denoting the worst of the worst, the most stereotypical of our denizens. Though, I have [...]

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