Hollywood

Soho House – West Hollywood

June 15, 2011

Sigh.  Here’s one of the places I was supposed to be last weekend before I got sidelined by a fever. (I’m convinced it was the stress from those close Mavericks/Heat games! Yay Dallas!).  Soho House opened this spring in the sunny promiseland that is Los Angeles.  It is a membership club, and offers dining, a [...]

drybar – Dallas, Los Angeles and more…

March 6, 2011

I love my regular hairdresser, but it is hard to beat a blowout for $35.  DryBar is a genius new franchise that offers blowouts (no cuts, no color) in a sleek modern studio complete with cocktails and hip music.  Photo books show examples of the six styles on the menu: Straight Up – simple and [...]

Chateau Marmont – Los Angeles

June 23, 2010

Here is another hotel for your travel wish list–one of my favorites–the legendary Chateau Marmont in Hollywood.  Not only is the hotel a beautiful castle built in to the Hollywood hills, it is the hideaway of the stars, where checking in is described as “like turning up to an ongoing party at a European country [...]

Sunset Tower Hotel – Hollywood

August 11, 2009

  
My friend Gamze and I are constantly calling each other up for travel advice.  We both love great hotels.  She lives in LA, so I recently asked her where she would stay if she didn’t live there.  Her recommendation is the Sunset Tower Hotel.  She says it’s a similar scene to other Hollywood favorite the [...]

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