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Best Space Lost in Time IT WAS A PLACE OF SHARED VISION, part rehearsal space and recording studio, part living quarters and rock venue, part bar and hang-out spot. Those who were involved remember it as a rock & roll Shangri-la — The Space, an underground warehouse in Long Beach,......

Best Seaside Passages This Side of Paradise For us Venetians, weekends mean a crowded boardwalk, a dirtier beach, more congestion and longer lines at our favorite spot to get fresh hot doughnuts. Sometimes we wish you’d all just stay in your own part of town. Lucky for us, there are......

I hate to tell you about this place. I really do. So I’m going to make it difficult for you to find. It’s a real buried treasure. Somewhere on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, there is a little shop — not on either side of the pedestrian thoroughfare,......

{mosimage}You’ve done her wrong. She’s crying. You missed a birthday or an anniversary. You were a cad. Do yourself a favor and stop by Bittersweet Butterfly. They will provide you with the necessary chocolate and flowers, including beautiful fresh-cut varieties of gerbera daisies, snapdragons and many other cultivated and wild......

{mosimage} I’ll tell you right now, in case you don’t know, the best place to shop for cosmetics is Sephora. High-end department stores are good, but they always try to oversell you, and it’s dangerous. Go in for lip liner, come out with a whole skin-care regimen and a negative......