Month: January 2016

looking forward..

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in case you’re looking for something to do in LA next weekend, here are my thoughts so far..

LA Art show is this weekend, I am going, and looking forward to that. http://www.laartshow.com/

(nothing on Friday, as Charlotte is having a surgery)

Saturday: some museums offer free admission http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-museums-southern-california-free-20160104-story.html

i am especially excited about Huntington as I still haven’t been there. official free museum website http://www.freemuseumday.org/la.html

also, Saturday: night on broadway. haven’t looked at details yet, but last time it was really happening. as I live ON Broadway, and given the large scale of this event, i was worried about not having access to my building and parking garage, but this time they provided special access wristband for Broadway residents, which gives me access not only to my home, but all the events, theaters and performances without waiting in lines, which i want to take advantage of this time.

sunday: WhoWhatWear Target colab. http://www.whowhatwear.com/who-what-wear-target-collection-lookbook.

some pieces look ok, I might check that out if i wake up early enough. not a big deal if not. brands are overrated anyways.

these are my few things to look forward to so far.. please do share yours.

dineLA and photoLA (it’s all about LA)

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this weekend wasn’t much about macarons, or even Charlotte. but two exciting events happened in art and food scene. first, dineLA, which started for me with a fabulous dinner at Connie and Ted’s. it was a great choice of Tommy pie, as $39 per person included 3 course dinner plus a speciality cocktail (el Nino, pictured), and every single thing was out of this world delicious. and second, it was a photoLA weekend, where I spent half the day on Sunday. and that wasn’t even enough. there was so much amazing photography, that I felt emotionally overwhelmed by the end. wish I took more pictures of my favorite work, but felt uncomfortable photographing someone else’s art.

zara jeans (ripped them myself), h&m ankle boots, Zara tshirt, h&m jacket (I cut off the hood), mango bucket bag, goorin bros hat

(long) weekends are made of this

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Baroo. very complex but surprisingly balanced dishes. they still need to work on a few things, but overall, the wait was absolutely worth is
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was incredibly lucky to attend this opening. street photography and selfies before kardashian invented selfie stick
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look who else showed up (hi, Josh Homme!) and bought one of my favorite pieces
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oyster pre-dinner at Grand Central Market’s Oyster Gourmet
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(almost) all you need on a Sunday night
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did you know LA has its own love locks bridge?
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found my new favorite tea, White coconut creme. yum!
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this was happening across the street from me. people started lining up a night before

my own private rain

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I’ll start this with my Friday’s LACMA rain room experience. with all the hype and sold out tickets, where you have to pay $40 per person ($20 for the rain room plus $20 for the general admission, which they make you pay when you buy your tickets online), it was kind of worth it. maybe just for the feeling of belonging to the world art scene, and the fact that you’ve seen something so “must see”, something that’s sold out, or for Instagram pictures pleasure. if your reason is the later, make sure to bring a photographer friend with you, you can thank me later.

GO: if you love sold out art exhibits and don’t mind your hair get wet a little

DON’T GO: if you wear high heels everywhere you go (they don’t allow them there) and are not on instagram (but this combination probably doesn’t exist)

on a separate note, have dinner at their restaurant. $18 burger is everything you want about a burger

on me: over the knee boots from eBay, skirt from Bloomingdales, Forever21 turtle neck sweater, Gap vest, Mango bag