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B+S Weekly Roundup—Eggy Now Open, $79 Boyfriends, Fancy Pot Shop, Nutella Pound Cake and More

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · News

Shoes—Peep These! Leopards, metallics and a shock of pink from TexOverSix
B+S Wants—501 Boyfriend Jeans The best boyfriend you’ve had for $79
B+S Eats—Joan’s Nutella Pound Cake! The little loaves are new, and we hear they sold out
Shops—Children’s Boutique Eggy Now Open 40% off opening special on most merch
Beauty—Rihanna Money Shot The pop star nails it [...]

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Beauty—The Proper Barbershop Taking Former Pixie Market Space

February 1st, 2010 · 5 Comments · BEAUTY

Turns out the vintage ‘Shaves and Haircuts’ sign was most definitely a clue to what was coming to the former Pixie Market space at 7950 West 3rd Street, next to medical marijuana dispensary The Green Easy.
The Proper, a barbershop with old school sensibilities, will be opening soon, helmed by (a significantly tatted) Trent Magnano [...]

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B+S Weekly Round-Up—January 18-22, 2010

January 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · News

— 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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Real Estates—Shaved and Shredded at Former Pixie Market Space

January 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

The ‘for lease’ sign is gone on the former Pixie Market space at 7950 West 3rd Street, right next to the Green Easy. The storefront window has been covered up, but for a vintage ‘Shaves and Haircuts’ sign (offering leaching, cupping and bleeding for $.25) hanging front and center. Inside, it’s been torn out to [...]

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B+S Notes—June 9, 2009

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments · News

Emma Watson now the face of Burberry, from The Pipeline
— Reminder: H&M opens at Westside Pavilion this Thursday / H&M
— Cherry picking starts at u-pic orchards this Saturday / Vital Juice
— Ari Soffer makes his debut on Robertson / ShopEatSleep
— Wow, Campanile turns 20! / DailyDish
— I miss Pixie Market… / Dream Sequins
— Garance Dore [...]

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Shops—The Green Easy Moving Into Former Danmark Space

April 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · DECOR, DESIGN, ECO, FASHION, HOME

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Can’t say I know anything about this shop, The Green Easy, opening at 7948 West 3rd Street, in the former Danmark space and right next to exiting Pixie Market. Sounds like it’s eco-related in some way. This is the third shop of late (i.e., Beverly Blossoms, Out of My Tree Candles and Bath [...]

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Shuttering Shop News—Pixie Market’s New Store Hours Until Closure

March 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · FASHION

Still no word on when Pixie Market will be gone for good from the ‘hood, but I went by Sunday only to find it closed—new store hours are Mon-Sat 12pm-6pm.
» Shuttering Shop News—Sadness, Pixie Market Saying So Long to West 3rd Street

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B+S Weekly Round-Up—March 23-27, 2009

March 28th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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— Shops—Chloe Illuminated, Bows Today on Melrose Place
— Shops—Out of My Tree Candles and Bath Landing in Former Threads Space
— Shuttering Shop News—Sadness, Pixie Market Saying So Long
— Tweets—’Not good, another peeping tom notice’ on Sweetzer
— Arts—Annenberg Space for Photography Opening Gala Inspires
— Shops—More Info on Forthcoming Monocle at Brentwood Country Mart
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Shuttering Shop News—Sadness, Pixie Market Saying So Long to West 3rd Street

March 26th, 2009 · 7 Comments · FASHION

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Wow, now this really bums me out. Racked LA reports that Pixie Market at 7950 West 3rd Street is closing shop at an undisclosed date:
“According to store manager Laura Monte, the retailer is choosing to focus on the web shop and New York boutique, which she says are both performing ‘very strongly’…Monte [...]

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Shops—Beverly Blossoms Stays in Pinkyotto Pink

March 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments · DECOR, DESIGN, HOME

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Beverly Blossoms opened its doors this week in the former Pinkyotto space at 7936 West 3rd Street, relocating from Beverly and Orlando. The shop sells elaborate arrangements to cut flowers in an array or new and antique vases. The shop joins women’s boutiques EM & Co. and Pixie Market on that stretch of [...]

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Sales—Pixie Market, Kangol

February 16th, 2009 · No Comments · SALE

Blazer on sale at Pixie Market
CURRENTLY
WHO: Pixie Market
WHAT: Deals on fall/winter merch, including apparel, shoes and accessories, in-store and online
WHERE: 7950 West 3rd Street, 323-782-1718, Mon-Sat 12pm-7pm, Sun 12pm-6pm
THROUGH FEBRUARY 28
WHO: Kangol
WHAT: Per Yo! Venice!, 20% off all tweeds
WHERE: 1132 Abbott Kinney Boulevard, Venice, 310-399-8444, Tue-Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 12pm-6pm

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Shuttering Shop News—Pinkyotto Closing, Moving Merch to Nearly-Opened Boston Boutique

January 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · FASHION, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

Yet another fallen neighborhood boutique. Pinkyotto’s last day at 7936 West 3rd Street will be Monday Tuesday, January 27. Until then, merch is 50%-70% off.
Staff says that Pinkyotto, which just opened its LA shop in October and has three shops in NYC, will consolidate everything from the LA boutique to its to-be-opened shop in Boston. [...]

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