The weekend once went undercover at Gold’s Gym.
Your Perks: 1) 30% off Karma—a tiny box that turns you into a walking wi-fi hotspot. 2) Powerhouse umbrellas that can withstand even polar-vortex-level winds. 3) Up to 25% off an extremely useful device for keeping track of your valuables. That’s right: no more scrambling to find your keys/wallet/dog.
Well, the Grammys are this weekend, so you’ve got two party scenarios: 1) black tie, or 2) a leather jacket and Pendleton flannel somewhere near a friend’s TV and beers. If you’re feeling scenario 2, hit Fred Segal’s big up-to-75%-off sale first. Your friend does usually have good beers...
Critical news about your ongoing beachside-pizza needs: the second location of 800 Degrees just opened in Santa Monica, it’s double the original’s size, and it’s open until 2am. Not that you’ve ever craved pizza at such hours.
Say you’re in Echo Park tonight. Say you caught a friend’s band, or drank a beer then drank another beer. Say you suddenly remember we told you that tonight Brite Spot’s putting bourbon in their pecan pies and whiskey in their buttermilk pies. Because we did just tell you that.
On a Friday night out in Hollywood, you’ve got just three requirements for the dance floor: Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Tetris. There’s a party called Pop-Up Playroom (in the old Crane’s), and they brought the arcade games, the DJ and the... cocktails with Twizzlers straws. Those weren’t a requirement, but whatever.
You’ve long known Formosa Cafe for a certain kind of darkness-martini-Bogart ambiance. But you probably never thought to visit for credible Vietnamese food—now the Red Medicine guys just decided to take over the menu and fill it with banh mi, dumplings and spring rolls. Bogey loved spring rolls.
