Posts by Laura Schreffler

A Day in the Life of Designer Kelly Wearstler

Being the woman who defines West Coast interior design isn’t, as you can imagine, without its time constraints.
Kelly Wearstler, however, makes her action-packed day look effortless.

Jewelry Designer Jennifer Meyer is a Cut Above the Rest

Jennifer Meyer tells personal stories with her lovingly made jewels.

ABT

American Ballet Theatre’s (ABT) annual Stars Under The Stars: An Evening in Los Angeles was a glittering affair, thanks in equal parts to its location—outside underneath the stars at Jeanne and Anthony Pritzker’s Beverly Hills home—the influential attendees, and the evening’s sponsor, Piaget.

Giuseppe Zanotti

Giuseppe Zanotti is in such demand in Los Angeles that the Italian shoe designer has opened his second shop in the City of Angels. Naturally, Hollywood celebrated.

blue diamonds

The Blue Moon Diamond gives new meaning to the meaning “once in a blue moon”: the 12-carat blue diamond isn’t just rare, but it’s only in Los Angeles for a limited period of time.

Liquid Nitrogen

Do you want your dinner, dessert or drinks with a cool visual kick? If so, liquid nitrogen is the way to go. Bars, restaurants and even ice cream shops are popping up around Los Angeles that utilize LN2, which creates a cool (pardon the pun) visual spectacle as steam rises from the sub-zero temperature gas. We have to give a special nod to L.A. newcomer Barton G., who doesn’t just have one menu item using this molecular gastronomic trick, but has an entire bar devoted to it.

Malibu triathlon

Photo Credit: Getty ImagesHollywood headed to Malibu on Sunday for the 28th Annual Nautica Malibu Triathlon, presented by Equinox, which saw over 5,000 participants swimming, biking and running side-by-side for a cause; the event raised more than $1.35 million for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Pediatric Cancer Research Program.

Doug Aitken

Members of L.A.’s elite art scene came together to toast the opening of Doug Aitken’s “Still Life” exhibition at Regen Projects, followed, of course, by an even more intimate dinner at Chateau Marmont.

Los Angeles news

Instead of asking what happened this week in Los Angeles, the better question would be: What didn’t happen? Here is an update on a few of our 100 greatest, such as Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney, as well as all the dining, drinking, fashion, beauty and opening luxuries that you might have missed (and those that are still to come) in the City of Angels.

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