What used to be yesterday's gossip is now, today's history.
This is what veteran, highly-esteemed stylist and costume designer, Arianne Phillips did, chatting and discussing her back history on ground-breaking "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
Sure, it bombed when first released twenty years ago but built a template for today's cross-gender blenders and gender-busters.
Always working and always hustling, Arianne heard about Hedwig while being drawn out by the first "Charlie's Angels." The constant re-writes of the same ole story and the drama worn her out. The same one-shoulder top Arianne fitted on Cameron Diaz was the same one she costumed John Cameron Mitchell in "Hedwig."
Knowing it's a low-budget indie, Arianne snuck away her "Charlie's Angels" wardrobe over to Hedwig, where help is needed the most.
Even that wasn't enough to portray Hedwig and her journey.
There was a lot of thrift shopping then chopping.
It helps to be a LA fashionista/hipster insider. She had Grey Ant to design an haute couture top for the music festival scene.
She worked with Hedwig's hair stylist and makeup artist to design, construct, and maintain the infamous Wig Swing Dress in the trailer park scene.
Arianne sensed Hedwig will be a cultural impact and influence, that it'll be historical.
For the longest time, she shuffled the entire Hedwig wardrobe from house to house. Until, she discovered a permanent home for it, at the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum.
Music nexus, Winston House, throw a "This Ain't No Picnic" pre-party celebrating the Millennial music festival by the same people who throw Coachella.
Albert Hammond, Jr, from "The Strokes" was the guest DJ leading the party.
Winston House is also a restaurant. It's a place where food, music, and a friendly hospitality intercross. Whenever there's a special celebrating a festival or a genre, Winston House does a one-night only menu celebrating the artist or festival. This the Demarco Big Mac Burger, in honoring one of "This Ain't No Picnic" performers.
Winston House started out housing and feeding young musicians starting out and starving in the beginning. In fact, Cole Hutzler from Beauty School Dropout, used to intern at Winston House while working his way up the music/hospitality business. When Beauty School Dropout got their feet wet, Winston House was kind enough to let them do a concert there.
What used to be on the Sunset Strip, has now landed at Winston House.
Since Sun Bum...and Tower 28 Beauty are all above on-the-go sunscreen makeup you can toss in your jeans pockets or bag, this sunscreen scribe shows you can add dimension with just two Sun Bum Tinted Lip Balms using ombre makeup application of first shading for depth and contour with the deeper nude bronze and plum shades of Bonfire and Raisin Hell then spotlight by highlighting the eyelid center orb, the high cheekbones and the cupid bow of the lips with the light, flesh tones of: Sunset Cove and Sand Bar. Use the medium bronze of Nude Beach for all over natural bronzer, in and out of surf.
Tower 28 Beauty is named after a real-life lifeguard stand that sits on the boundary of the more yuppy, posh Santa Monica and the more urban, bohemian, and gritty Venice Beach where the life guards do have to double as cops.
For the founder, Tower 28 represents the real LA women who span up and down LA's coast from the far-reaches of Northern Malibu to deep within Hollywood's canyons. Whether she lives on the beaches or drives to surf from funky "Bourgeois Bohemian" Silverlake, Tower 28 is the crossroads that represents all sorts of LA women, not just one stereotype of just one neighborhood.
What started as convenient "on the go" multipurpose makeup that goes with all sorts of the LA Woman with sensitive skin, Tower 28 Beauty represents a lifestyle that unifies surfer and beach girls all over the place, anywhere. From being pocket-friendly in size and budget to using two or three BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Cream Blushes as contours and highlighters.
The Pool Party will feature a series of DJ sets Thursday through Sunday of the holiday weekend with VIP cabana experiences and tropical drinks from the spirit brand. The line-up includes performances by DJ Ignite, Osocity, and DJ Stevie J, which will all lead up to Sunday’s featured performance by award-winning artists, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak from 11 AM to 6 PM.
SLS Baha Mar, located along the pristine white sands and bright blue waters of Cable Beach in Nassau, is a tropical sanctuary and connoisseur of global culture, style, and glamour. The iconic hotel sets the standard in Bahamian style by introducing a new era of playful and sophisticated island travel. Part of the state-of-the-art Baha Mar resort, SLS Baha Mar features 299 guestrooms ranging from Superior King to Two Bedroom Residences, each with unparalleled ocean views and personal balconies to soak in the warm Caribbean breeze. The property seamlessly blends the SLS brand’s chic, elevated aesthetic with light, modern Caribbean décor to create a unique upscale island vibe. Guests of SLS Baha Mar can enjoy three different pools with private cabanas and dedicated poolside bars; access to the resort’s world-class casino, high-tech fitness center, and beautiful spa complete with couple’s treatments and IV drip services; the expansive Baha Bay Water Park with exhilarating aquatic activities; dynamic nightlife options including a vibrant rooftop lounge and intimate nightclub; a diverse array of internationally-acclaimed restaurants, from Master Chef Katsuya Uechi’s innovative sushi concept Katsuya to Carna, a contemporary steakhouse from award-winning chef and butcher Dario Cecchini; and so much more. SLS Baha Mar is truly a destination that offers something for every type of traveler.
The ancient way of getting rid of acne was destroy the surrounding skin in order to destroy the pimple itself.
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Opening way back in April 2022, Topgolf LA in open territory of the South Bay, anything within Los Angeles County that's below LAX Airport, specifically LA's aerospace/military emerging El Segundo.
Topgolf LA opened at the optimal moment, Summer vacation. Families conquered it through-out the whole summer, and so have corporate parties.
Don't worry, once the kids return to school, dating during lunch or a girls' or a boy's nights out are back starting Fall.
On each and every three floors, there are full-serviced bars with televisions circling the bar, making each and every bar a darn good sports bar.
Walking out to the outdoor-fans ledge are the actual golfing bays, individual golfing station and lounge, where for a single hour price, it can host a single person just wanting to relax to a party of 6, to party.
This is elevated put-put golfing but way more stylish.
At each golfing bay, there's automatic golfing station that records how many hits and how far ranges while basically, keeping score. At the golfing club rack, you can pick any club, try and feel which feels the best then you select which club feels the best to swing.
By waving your golfing club in front of the golfing station, it will automatically spits out the golf ball, put it on the putting green then away you go, swinging until you get the feel for it.
Don't worry, Topgolf LA is a zero judgement zero.
If you want to make it a day party and the one hour, two hours and the ultimate three hours fees can host a single up to a six guests and friends and a family, Topgolf can cater and bring the restaurant/bar to your lounge, so you and your guests and family don't have to desert their or your golfing session. The party comes to your golfing, which is first and foremost.
There's a reason Topgolf LA picked under the radar El Segundo, a space with lakes. Directly outside the main golfing building is the Topgolf the Lakes, a more traditional outdoor golf course but no less fun and way looser than the traditional country club.
The main Topgolf LA and the outdoor Topgolf at the Lakes both have bars and do give you clubs or you can bring your own clubs. As for the more traditional outdoor Topgolf at the Lakes course, they have roving beverage carts that will come to you, to quench your thirst.
Good news to my hometown, Topgolf Charleston is coming soon!
A good many moons ago, during an UCLA marketing class, I'd pitched an "anti-Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf" cafe that catered quality coffee & tea and gourmet treats to bikers and motorcyclists (you truly need serious cash to ride a darn good motorcycle).
Guess what?! That day has come, from London. Bike Shed Motorcycle Company has landed in, of course, Downtown LA's Arts District for the sheer size and volume.
It's huge with proper British Victorian burnish steel and copper furnishings, dotted with vintage American motorcycles through-out the emporium
Yes, it's an emporium, housing a full fancy gastropub/restaurant doing full breakfast/lunch/dinner with proper English tea and scones paired with fresh, foamy beer on tap. There are just as many, if not more, vegans in London as there are in LA. Yes, The Bike Shed has a vegan menu for all you rugged vegans, https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0531/9760/2973/files/Tabloid_Full_Menu_BSMC_LA.pdf?v=1649701724
A better than average dive, to fuel up.
It's an upscale biker hang-out that shows love and respect to motorcycle lovers. For the average car driver, they'll still welcome them but the on-site, free parking is for motorcyclists only.
However, it's still a great place to just relax and chill. The longer, the better.
You can get a fresh trim at the barbershop. You can get a fresh tattoo. You can outfit your moto wardrobe in the clothing boutique, all under one roof.
If y'all bikers want to throw a party, you can do it in the event venue/gallery, all housed under one roof.
Dying from thirst because you decided to visit LA's hippest neighborhood, Downtown Art's District during the dog days of August because it's cheap?
There's an oasis there, by your truly, Truly Hard Seltzer's very own restaurant where the food and the music are centered around their hard seltzer for the newly legal Gen-Yers, Truly LA Tasting Room,
Wait til dinner for your Hard Seltzer Slushies dreams to come true. Yes, they have Truly Hard Seltzer cocktails and fresh flavored seltzers flowing from tap.
Remember, these Gen-Yers and Millennials are following in Gen-Xers' foodie footsteps, Truly LA Tasting Room has yummy appetizers centered around hard seltzers, such as Ahi Tuna WonTon Tacos and Baked Wings...
Truly LA Tasting Room even has its own souvenir shop where they sell uniquely only in LA canned Truly Hard Seltzers and sway and keepsakes.
Truly LA Tasting Room aligned themselves with Live Nation to showcase up and coming music concerts in the lounge.
So, you're tripping in Downtown LA's Arts District sake your thirst at Truly LA Tasting Room,
Travel Channel's "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" is what started the highly influential foodie-travel genre that still keeps people glued to their seats.
EatingPlants.TV is continuing that genre in the vegan vein, where individual tv hosts spanning the global, spotlighting how different countries and their cultures approach the vegan lifestyle.
Mick McIntyre and Kate Clere, the series' creators want to spotlight global influence of veganism and the current innovations in vegan food. Mick said, thanks to vegan food technology in vegan burgers that taste and feel like real beef burgers, he's so glad he's no longer going without, which makes veganism afford to many, making vegan lifestyle really sustainable.
Which he and Kate spotlight on their EatingPlants.TV first episode, America, where it's leading the changes and the innovations in vegan food, https://www.eatingplants.tv/episodes
In the American episode, the first episode, American celebrity host Katie Cleary tours the Beyond Meat plant where she learns how they make vegan burgers then grills them into burgers so juicy that you can't guess that they're vegan. She also tours Miyoko's Creamy where Katie watches cashews being pressed, juiced, then shaped into vegan cheeses.
In the sixth and final Australian episode, Australian host, Martin Dingle Wall chats with vegan sport celebrities, munch at vegan fast food joints, and bake a gooey vegan chocolate cake. This is where he discusses that vegan comfort food is the gateway to the key of a vegan diet and lifestyle.
In the second Germany episode, German Youtube celebrities Gordon Proux and Aljosha Muttardi are getting their kicks just shopping in a full-fledge vegan supermarket, like kids in a candy store.
Mick McIntyre talks about the importance of having multiple hosts in different cities and country, spotlighting how each individual locale express veganism.
There's everything for everyone in the foodie-travel world.
An epiphany, sometimes comes when you least expect it.
It happened to prime time tv actor, J. Mallory McCree, who happens to be a sneakerhead and a shoe addict.
Someone suggested he do something about his love for sneakers and shoes, perhaps a YouTube segment or talk show, when tv and film production came to a halt during COVID-19 quarantine.
J. Mallory recognizes, like any other fashion and costume historian, that shoes worn by people, much less historical people, soak and represents not only their lifestyles and the times they live in, but the shoes themselves tell that person's history.
Of course, his first episode he started with fellow Detroit and actor/dancer/choreographer, Nico Annan, who plays "Uncle Clifford" in Starz's "P-Valley."
They both chat about their shared love for upscale designer sneakers, citing these designer sneakers are stylish as they are comfortable, which provides Nico a much needed break, physically and mentally from his "Uncle Clifford" character on "P-Valley."
J. Mallory premiered his sneaker/shoe lover talk show, on his birthday, at custom-sneaker/shoe cobbler, Comunity/MADE, https://www.comunitymade.com/
Proving that every pair of shoes tell a story, Comunity/MADE's founders, Sean and Shannon Scott not only know that every pair of shoes tell a story but shoes can also mentally and emotionally direct you.
As sneaker veterans of Nike, ASICS, and Vans, with Sean founding TOMS, and having both met while working at ASICS, both Sean and Shannon know about over-seas, cheaper productions where it's impersonal, mass produced quickly with shortcuts and waste.
As sneaker experts, they know how important sneakers and how much people, especially men, love and admire limited-edition sneakers, so why not used custom-designed, personalized sneakers as the new haute couture that are actually worn and adorned?
Plus, their sneaker wisdom and adornation while wearing and walking in their pair of sneakers, directed them to Downtown Los Angeles' Art District. They checked out other neighborhoods, but DTLA Arts District was their first choice to literally set up shop. It felt right. Sneakerheads get custom-designed, well-fitted hand-crafted sneakers made out of quality materials, while cutting down on waste as they increase quality while supporting the local community and artisans. Anyone can walk into Comunity/MADE and design a custom sneaker to their taste and choice.
During the post-screening Questions & Answers panel, J. Mallory said doing what Oprah does, interviewing people is a craft. He said you have to monitor and guide the conversation, like a rudder on a boat.
