Laura Schreffler, Editor-in-Chief

An explorer at heart (she's officially part of The Explorers Club, a prestigious society of scientists, travelers, adventurers, conservationists, and innovators) as well as proud member of Marquis Who’s Who 2025, Haute Living's Editor-in-Chief, Laura Schreffler, has covered travel, culture, and celebrity since 2003; she has officially been serving as Haute Media Group's talent booker since 2012. When she’s not hunting for the world’s best cocktail or jumping into the Antarctic Ocean, Laura is volunteering worldwide as an animal rescue advocate. Her motto: “Life is short – make it an adventure (but also, stay in a 5-star hotel)." IG: @laurainwonderland__

Posts by Laura Schreffler

Haute New Trend LA Trend: Wine Milkshakes

If your milkshake didn’t bring all the boys to the yard before, it will now, should you head to a Counter Burger near you: its LA eateries are now serving up wine milkshakes. The addition of wine cuts some of the sweetness from the shake and has a definitive vino finish to your palette.

Haute 100 LA Update: Will Smith and Jade Pinkett Smith Top Forbes' Highest Paid Celebrity Couples List

Will Smith and wife Jade Pinkett Smith have made Forbes’ annual Highest Paid Couples list. They slid into the final spot on the haute list after the breakup of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, who were deemed ineligible after they broke up

Will Smith and Jade Pinkett Smith Top Forbes’ Highest Paid Celebrity Couples

Will Smith and wife Jade Pinkett Smith have made Forbes’ annual Highest Paid Couples list.

They slid into the final spot on the haute list after the breakup of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, who were deemed ineligible after they broke up

Top 5 Spas in Los Angeles: Peninsula Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills Hotel Spa, Kinara and more

The Peninsula Beverly Hills 9882 South Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 If you personally believe that you should be clad in nothing but diamonds, you’re not alone. The Peninsula Beverly Hills also knows you’re worth far more than a million bucks, and offers a treatment made of precious gems to prove it. Shiffa […]

Top 5 Delis in Los Angeles: Artis an House, UMAMIcatessen, Bouchon Bakery and more

Artis an House 600 South Main Street, Los Angeles 90014 Artisan House, as its name implies, turns eating into an art form. Only local ingredients are used to create dishes like the Sloppy Saint Joseph, a dish of grass fed beef Bolognese, basil and tallegio, at this modern-day deli on the ground floor of downtown […]

Top 5 Celebrity Chefs in Los Angeles: Wolfgang Puck, José Andrés, Susan Feniger and more

Wolfgang Puck at the Hotel Bel Air 701 Stone Canyon Road Los Angeles, CA 90077 Though his award-winning restaurant, Spago, has temporarily shut its door for the summer months, Wolfgang Puck is still present and accounted for at the Hotel Bel Air. Just make sure that while you’re enjoying his European and Mediterraneaninfluenced fare that […]

The Past and Present Collide – Deborah Harkness

If there’s one thing that Deborah Harkness is certain of, it is that the people of the past aren’t so very different from the Angelenos of the present. She should know. As an acclaimed historian as well as a professor of history at the University of Southern California, Harkness is used to immersing herself in […]

Old Hollywood Glamour – Craig’s

After 22 years working his way up the ranks at Hollywood mainstay Dan Tana’s, Craig Susser is more than familiar with the concepts of loyalty and family familiarity. He now employs these same qualities at his first restaurant, the New American eatery Craig’s. Here, he shares why a cheeseburger and a martini will always be on his menu, why he feels like the luckiest man alive and how the support of George Clooney helped him to create the hautest new spot in Tinseltown.

Worth Every Penny – Haute Cuisine Los Angeles

STRAND HOUSE 117 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (310) 545-7470 AMBIANCE: This modern, multilevel venue is elegant, sexy and has killer views of the sea come sunset. WHAT TO ORDER: Nosh on succulent lamb chops or indulge in the flavorful rabbit gnocchi. WHO COMES HERE: From flipflops to Fendi, the Strand House’s patrons […]

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