Skybox Sushi
Once we stepped behind 100-year-old wooden gates into a tranquil Japanese garden and were greeted warmly at Gonpachi, we looked up and were suddenly and somewhat explicably reminded of being at Staples Center. No, it wasn’t a Pau Gasol sighting, and more on that in a moment. Gonpachi is a gem that stands out from the old school vibe (Lawry’s, Benihana, anyone?) on La Cienega’s established restaurant row, just north of Wilshire....
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Oh, to take some of these babies for a joy ride…. It was the perfect setting to display classic and historic automobiles: the classic and historic Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills—as the first annual Concours d’Elegance debuted on the grounds of the 1928 estate built by the Doheny oil family. As with many first-time events, there were some glitches, like long waits to take a shuttle to the mansion from a Beverly Hills parking lot...
There Is Some Consideration for Guests Here
Patrons of the Writers Bar and Jaan restaurant at Raffles L’Ermitage in Beverly Hills get free valet parking and customers of the spa at the InterContinental in Century City also park gratis via valet, which TAR awards the best chill-while waiting-for-your-car spot at a hotel in LA, complete with couches, coffee tables, heat lamps and ashtrays. But don’t get too comfortable: they always seem to deliver the cars pronto....
Martini Madness On Rodeo
With the price of a few rounds of “designer” martinis requiring a C-note these days, it’s hard to imagine five for less than $20. But that’s exactly the deal at the Luxe Hotel’s Bar 360 Monday-Friday, 5:30-7:30 pm: $3.60 drink specials include a fresh watermelon martini, or, shades of Sex and the City, a cool Cosmopolitan, both giving deeper meaning to “happy hour.” Small plates like fried green tomatoes and fresh burrata, lobster...
Bon Relaxation
Remember when the Sofitel across from the BevCen was Ma Maison and stodgy/French, as opposed to its current hip/modern French? With last summer’s opening of Simon LA and Rande Gerber’s Stone Rose, those images were banished forever from the corner of La Cienega and Beverly. Now it’s the spa’s turn for a complete makeover, and it’s gorge. Officially named LeSpa at Sofitel, it JUST opened its doors. Pampering aestheticians love using...
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