It’s nearly Labor Day weekend which means one thing and one thing only to us: vacation time! If you live on the west coast (and even if you don’t), here are the seven trips you must take this coming weekend.

Ah, champagne. This sparkling libation makes us so very happy. It is commonly drunk when toasting success or celebrating a milestone, though personally, we simply enjoy it whenever, wherever—which is, in fact, the right way to drink it, according to Moët & Chandon winemaker Elise Losfelt. Losfelt is a rarity, given she is one of the industry’s only female winemakers in the Champagne region of France. Here, Losfelt gives seven tips on how to drink bubbly in the best way possible.

Los Angeles is busy, busy, busy this week! Three A-list events are hitting Tinseltown this weekend: the Emmy Awards, the fourth annual Los Angeles Food & Wine festival and MTV’s Video Music Awards. Here’s everything you missed—and what’s still to come—this week in the City of Angels.

You know its officially Emmys weekend when Audi throws its annual pre-awards bash! The automotive company on the pulse celebrated Emmy week 2014 and its nominees with its annual Cecconi’s-held fete on Thursday evening.

He once played The Lincoln Lawyer, but now, Matthew McConaughey is taking on an entirely new role with a Lincoln: the Oscar-winning actor has inked a multi-year deal to act as a storyteller in a series of upcoming TV and digital campaigns for the brand’s first-ever 2015 Lincoln MKC small premium utility.

If you’re hitting the 2014 Emmy Awards, it’s essential that you look your best. As every gal (and guy) knows, beauty doesn’t always come easily. There’s a lot of preparation, a lot of plucking and a lot of plucking that goes into getting red carpet ready. Here are the tips, tricks and locales that everyone must know about when deciding how to be beautiful at television’s biggest night.

Whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit that Pretty Woman was one of the movies that put Beverly Hills on the map—the city was just as much of a character in the 1990 rom com as its stars, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Now, you can take a walk (on Rodeo Drive) in the footsteps of its stars when you book the new Pretty Woman experience a the Beverly Wilshire hotel.

As September approaches, we think it’s only appropriate that you lift and glass and toast with a drink that embodies and embraces summer itself: the margarita. Whether you’re opting for a more traditional take on the classic tequila and lime drink, like the libation you’ll find at Petty Cash Taqueria, or an innovative take on a classic, such as the Salt Air Margarita at The Bazaar, we assure you that the five margaritas topping our list are easily the best you’ll find in Los Angeles. Cheers!

Kyle Richards is one busy lady, but as you can imagine (and have probably seen on Bravo) she’s keeping it real. The reality star is not only preparing to return to TV this fall for her fifth season of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” but also coping with her recent diagnosis of Chronic Dry Eye syndrome and having daughter Alexia leave the nest for college. We sat down with Richards to chat about the upcoming season, what beauty products she absolutely can’t live without and the drama that will inevitably take place in the 90210 this fall.