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Down-Home Malibu is Sick of Excessively Vapid Rich Malibu

Ojai banned chain stores long ago, and that lovely valley town is packed with crowds seeking art, jazz and fine food. Old Town Pasadena welcomed every tony chain and lots of crap ones, erasing Old Town and its hip crowds to lure dazed suburban families and professionals who spend wildly. To each his ... More >>

Top 10 Food-Based Beauty Gifts: If You Get Desperate, You Can Eat Your Make-Up

Body scrubs made with coffee and sugar, bath salts scented like cinnamon, facial peels crafted from crushed papayas, makeup palettes packaged like chocolate bars, face powder made from ground rice -- foodie hysteria has clearly infiltrated the beauty/cosmetics market. If the idea of rubbing cookie ... More >>

Top 10 Gay Bars in Los Angeles

Gay nightlife in Los Angeles might seem like it's separated into two distinct camps -- Weho on one side and Silver Lake on the other -- but the truth is, plenty of queer and queer-loving crowds hit both, thanks to promoters offering parties on both sides of town. Cliches about the Westside being s ... More >>

LA Weekly Poetry: 'Los Angeles Girls Are All the Same' By Amanda Golding

LA Weekly is now taking poetry submissions. Interested in having your work posted right here on our arts blog? Send previously unpublished poems along with an image to go with it to poetry@laweekly.com. Check out today's poem after the jump.

Six L.A. Neighborhoods With the Most Distinctive Fashion Styles

Jason Levesque​ How we dress can send messages not only about who we are and what we like but also where we're from. There is no singular "L.A. look," and Silver Lake isn't all beards and ironic T-shirts, either. Still, there are certain aesthetics -- in the form of everything from accessorie ... More >>

Soul Daddy: Why It Failed

Guzzle & NoshSoul Daddy in Los Angeles at the Hollywood & Highland mall.​ Soul Daddy arrived on the American fast casual dining scene the same way the reality show responsible for its existence arrived on television: haltingly, half-heartedly, with no panache and no clear vision. Soul Daddy, ... More >>

Chubby Bunny: Michelle Nguyen's Bows Were All the Rage with Sanrio, Now She's Launching Her New Collection at JapanLA

Shannon CottrellMichelle Nguyen of Chubby Bunny​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery "Peek Inside Michelle Nguyen's Latest Chubby Bunny Hair Accessories Collection." Saturday night at Melrose Ave. shop JapanLA, Michelle Nguyen will debut her latest Chubby Bunny accessories collection ... More >>

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The Latest Republican Cover-Up: The Presidency of George W. Bush

Ready to hit the reset button: At the GOP convention, plenty of Mac and cheese, no W

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Ink stained

In the Kodak, in the Pink

And in the dollhouse

Star Powder

Napoleon Perdis gives L.A. a make over

Best Bullet Lipstick

Look Hot, Stay Cool

Poolside fashion and beauty tips, as seen on your local hipster

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