It may not have been intentional, but it certainly got Red Medicine a lot of attention when they kicked out LA food critic, Irene Virbila, and put a photo of her on their web page. Red Medicine, a Vietnamese influenced restaurant in Beverly Hills,  is a collaboration of Jordan Kahn and Adam Fleischman (Umami Burger [...]

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Move over Hipstamatic. There is a new photo application for the iPhone. Instagram launched last week and it has created an addictive way to add digital effects to new and previously taken pictures AND share them across various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare. Did I mention that, unlike Hipstamatic, Instagram is currently [...]

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Almost every major city has a stereotyped flaw(s). New Yorkers are rude and always in a hurry. London has crap weather and food. Seattle is always rainy and depressed. Las Vegas is nothing but debauchery. Los Angeles traffic sucks. Regardless of the truth, these are the generally held negative perceptions of these cities. Well, the [...]

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Filmed in Los Angeles.If you watched the X games today, you probably saw this ad plenty, but just in case: I’m still torn about Nike trying to muscle into the skateboarding shoe world, but I guess it was only a matter of time.

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Who is the world’s most famous skateboarder? Even more than Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek, and Bam Margera, I vote Bart Simpson as the most recognizable skater on the planet. Because of this, it is no shock that he appears on the cover of Skatebook #3. This large hard cover book by Lance Mountain and Salman [...]

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This must be a huge mistake. “Beerfest” at the Kyoto Hotel Garden is nothing like “Beerfest” the movie or Oktoberfest. There is no polka music, or beer steins…actually they have only 6 types of beer and the scene wasn’t very festive. Despite being bamboozled into attending Beerfest, it was still a pretty good time. The [...]

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I was on my lunch break and I’m happy to say that I’ve tried yet another good burrito within Los Angeles. This place is in the Boyle Heights area of L.A.  I was warned before hand that it is like eating inside of a Mexican Aunt’s living room (this could be either positive or negative [...]

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Busy Bee’s Sandwiches 2413 S Walker Ave San Pedro, CA 90731 (310) 832-8660 This hidden Sandwich Shop has a lot going for it. It’s a local gem of San Pedro that not many people know about. They serve HUGE sandwiches. The first time I went there, I ate half a sausage sandwich and I felt like my stomach was [...]

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On June 17th there was an indoor/outdoor solo Art Exhibit called Life is Beautiful. It was put on by Mr. Brainwash or Thierry Guetta. His work riffs a lot on pop art. It is playful and creative, but is still approachable for those who may not know much about art. Here are some of the pieces that caught [...]

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By Seena Nikravan Alibi Room 12236 Washington Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90066 Tel: 310.390.9300 (located 1 block East of Centinela) On a Thursday night a few weeks ago, in excited anticipation of the coming weekend a friend and I decided to go to a local bar. Having tried out almost all of the available and [...]

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