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American Apparel leggings made elegant from Easy Fashion
— More ex-LATers try marketing / LA Observed
— LA’s Episcopal Church Nominates 2 Gay Clergy for Ass’t Bishop Post / LAist
— Bikepal.com Bike-Riding Matching Service / DailyCandy
— The Zoe Report is coming tomorrow / The Zoe Report
— Gavin Newsom takes a trip to Downtown LA / LA Downtown [...]

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Caruso’s Burton Way Project rendering
Some updates on Rick Caruso’s Burton Way Project and Genton Barth Real Estate Group’s Wetherly Project.
Curbed reports that the mixed-use Burton Way project at La Doux Road, which will house 88 apartments and a Trader Joe’s, “was approved (with some conditions) yesterday by the planning and land use management committee, a [...]

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B by Aperire shoes run $165 to $220; click to expand
— Japanese brand B by Aperire opens on Melrose, east of Fairfax / Racked LA
— A Max Mara brand is coming to Melrose Place, but not SportMax / Racked LA
— The Generic Man is popping up at Space 15 Twenty / UrbanDaddy
— Paul Koretz to [...]

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Bettie Page shoes from LAist
— True Religion is now open at the Beverly Center / LAT
— Bettie Page Look-a-Like Contest This Saturday / LAist
— Toywatch gives away free watch Fridays in May/June via Twitter! / Toywatch
— I want an adorable jumpsuit! / The Pipeline
— Obama gallery exhibit, Coolhaus and wine tasting / UrbanDaddy
— The hair [...]

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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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Special elections are tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19, which includes our next LA City Council District 5 member—Paul Koretz or David Vahedi.
Be sure to vote! Check out the LAT ‘Election at a Glance,’ and find your polling place at lavote.net.
There’s also one last forum between Vahedi and Koretz tonight, Monday, May 18, at the [...]

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— Sales—Reminder of This Weekend’s 3rd Street Spring Stroll
— Fast Fashions—Forever 21’s Plus-Size Faith 21 Hits Stores and Online Today
— Eats—Lines Out the Door at Corner Bakery
— Shops—CB2 Opens Thursday at 8000 Sunset, The Preview Here!
— Shops—Goodwill on Beverly Boulevard Opening May 8
— Jewels—Robindira Unsworth’s Rich Moroccan Inspired Creations
— Jewels—May de Chelly and [...]

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With the May 19 Statewide Special and Consolidate Elections coming up, the race for our 5th District City Council seems to be heating up a bit. A couple days back, we received a flyer from the Paul Koretz campaign, shown above, the front reading, ‘Why one of LA’s biggest outdoor advertising firms is [...]

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The scope of the Wetherly Project; click to expand
A B+S reader pointed me to the article on the front page of the April 2 edition of the Beverly Press, ‘Residents Think Wetherly Project Aims Too High.’
This has been an ongoing issue for neighboring residents who oppose the Genton Barth Real Estate Group residential project, [...]

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— B+S Eats—The Golden State Shines Friday Night
— B+S Dreams—Still of Green Spaces
— Eats—New, Lesser Expensive Offerings at Ortolan
— Fashions—Oh No, Madonna Doing Line for Christian Audigier
— Fashions—Forever 21 Launching Plus-Size Faith 21
— Fashions—Stop Staring! Offers Vintage Appeal from XS to XL
— Shuttering Shop News—Fashion Factory Outlet Closed on Beverly
— Fashions—Get In on [...]

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I’ve mentioned my dream of the empty lots around the neighborhood becoming green spaces. Not that I’m blind to the fact that these spaces are owned by someone or some entity, which will probably throw up some blah to hideous edifice, but still…
The husband took these photos of the Community Garden in West [...]

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Candidates Robyn Ritter Simon, Ron Galperin, David ‘Ty’ Vahedi; click to expand
Last week’s ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 forum brought out about 150 audience members, a more diverse, younger and bigger crowd than January’s forum put on by the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association.
This forum, moderated by Ted Miller of Conroy Commercial [...]

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