Sophia Kercher

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Best Jam-of-the-Month Club

Sophia Kercher
Before Sqirl became the hippest brunch spot in town, and before its chef, Jessica Koslow,became the brightest rising star in California's culinary constellation, it was a jam company. Crafting in her kitchen, Koslow birthed seasonal fruit spreads in fashionable jars offered at lucky local farmers markets — these became our......
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Best Spa

Sophia Kercher
There are certain locations in the city that transcend time and space. The small, tranquil Barai Day Spa is one such place. Here, in a room sectioned off by curtains to create personal sanctuaries, Barai offers affordable (and last-minute) Thai and Swedish massages that may make you forget worries, pains......
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Best Upscale Gym

Sophia Kercher
Don't let David Barton Gym's nauseating three-word tagline — "Look Better Naked" — fool you; this is a Westside fitness haven for gym rats and newbies alike. David Barton's is less crowded and more affordable than Equinox, and has more panache (and cleanliness) than L.A. Fitness or 24-Hour — and......
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Best Sound Bath

Sophia Kercher
A few years ago, meditative sonic sessions could be found only near Joshua Tree at the Integratron — the acoustically awesome white-domed, parabolic structure erected in 1959 by the aeronautical engineer George Van Tassel (who believed that aliens showed him how to build it). Now in L.A., metaphysical pop-up shops......
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Best Eyebrow Guru

Sophia Kercher
The bruja of brows walks among us in Los Angeles. Her name is Helena Tamargo. The spellbinding Chilean-Californian beautician is perhaps best known for perfecting Selena Gomez’s eyebrows and working her face-framing magic — waxing the bushy or reviving the threadbare. She worked at the pink-and-white dollhouse Benefit Cosmetics in......
Mary Jane’s Medicinals is one of a few cannabis companies that offer "hash baths."; Credit: Andrea Berry

A Hash Bath Is the Marijuana Spa Treatment You Deserve

Sophia Kercher
The night Dahlia Mertens first dropped some marijuana leaves in her bath was a revelation. “I couldn’t believe how relaxed it made me feel,” Mertens says. Soon after she created her signature "hash bath" mixture. “It’s essentially a big tea bag of cannabis mixed with lavender, chamomile and peppermint and......