Frozen Crush mixes Italian Ice and Fro-Yo for a unique cold dessert treat
March 9, 2010 by Karen
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BY KAREN YOUNG
There’s new frozen treat heartthrob in town. The name? Frozen Crush — Italian ice with a fro-yo twist. As the first establishment of its kind in Los Angeles, it’s co-mingling right next door to Pinkberry in Northridge.
If you’re from…
...Continue reading Frozen Crush mixes Italian Ice and Fro-Yo for a unique cold dessert treatMicrobrewery blends with bistro inspired fare at Ladyface Ale Companie
March 7, 2010 by Karen
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BY BOBBI RUBINSTEIN
When I return home from a city with a pub culture, I’m sad that we don’t have something similar. Then Ladyface Ale Companie – Alehouse & Brasserie opened in Agoura Hills and I knew I’d found my hangout.
This neighborhood…
...Continue reading Microbrewery blends with bistro inspired fare at Ladyface Ale CompanieBack to the Kitchen: Afternoon High Tea
BY GWEN KENNEALLY
With all the rain that we have been enjoying this winter, I am really looking forward to welcoming spring. I can’t think of a nicer way to celebrate the season than with an afternoon tea. High tea, as…
...Continue reading Back to the Kitchen: Afternoon High TeaBobby’s Coffee Shop: The ultimate greasy spoon, no-frills diner
March 5, 2010 by Karen
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BY KAREN YOUNG
Tired of going to the latest, greatest, oh-so-groovy breakfast places with jacked up prices, I was looking to meet a friend at a grounded old school favorite — or in other words – a dive (in a good…
...Continue reading Bobby’s Coffee Shop: The ultimate greasy spoon, no-frills dinerMy Four-Legged Finds: A Day at the Park
March 5, 2010 by Karen
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BY RACHEL WEIL
Want to adopt a pet but don’t want to go to the shelter? Go to Studio City this Sunday from 11 am – 4 pm for a mobile pet adoption. On the corner of Laurel Canyon and Moorpark,…
...Continue reading My Four-Legged Finds: A Day at the ParkWorth the Drive: Silverlake’s Gobi Mongolian BBQ puts a new spin on stir-fry
March 4, 2010 by Karen
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BY CAROLE ROSNER
I’ve been eating at Mongolian BBQ restaurants since I was a kid growing up in L.A. I remember these places not for the décor or even for the food, but for the “experience.” It was fun to serve…
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March 3, 2010 by Karen
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BY MARTHA BISSELL
It’s taken me three visits to confirm that Camille Fields’ Skin addiks facials in Studio City are truly the best I’ve had. Years ago, when I was an overpaid and self-indulgent single person, I spent a fortune pampering myself,…
...Continue reading Skin Addiks relaxing and delicious facials with a personal touchKids’ Book Corner: Two Trashy Books and Two for St. Pat’s
March 3, 2010 by Karen
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BY JO PERRY
Many kids love the garbage truck. Mine used to stand outside and wait on the curb for it on trash day. If yours are fans of refuse and the trash collector’s modus operandi, then these two inventive titles…
Kogi BBQ: The Food Truck that started the Revolution is in the 818
March 2, 2010 by Karen
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BY KAREN YOUNG
My teenage son and I first found the Kogi BBQ truck via Twitter one late night almost a year ago parked outside the El Bar in Universal City. We waited over an hour in a line, so by…
...Continue reading Kogi BBQ: The Food Truck that started the Revolution is in the 818The Relative You Don’t Want on Your Bad Side: ‘Cousin Bette’
BY AMY LYONS
She’s a poor, pitiable scrap of a woman turned sinister, revenge-seeking spinster: the title character in Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Honore de Balzac’s “Cousin Bette” at the Deaf West Theatre is a conniving force to be reckoned with,…
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