Atkins-aficionados beware: these 5 Italian restaurants boast the best pastas in town as well as regional specialties and cooking just like Mama used to make (but better). They may have you giving your no-bread regime the boot and carbo-loading in no time.

Los Angeles may be solely known as an “industry” town, but the truth of the matter is that this city boasts some serious cultural hot spots, especially by way of chic cuisine. Considering that the city is melting-pot of different nationalities, Los Angeles features the best in fusion cuisine, not to mention farmer’s market fresh produce.

Sometimes you just need to kick back, relax and take it all in. These 5 “rooms” with a view will help you do just that.

Ah, house hunting. You see everything from your dream home to your basic nightmare. My boyfriend and I have been scouring the real estate section in search of some new digs. Our taste runs in a mid-century modern vein and luckily, Los Angeles, home to modern masters Richard Neutra and Rudolf Schindler, has a lot of what he and I like to call geometric-lite architecture to choose from. Of course, sometimes you see a house on the market that makes you question your clean-line design principles and ask yourself, “Do I need to live in a mini-Versailles?”

Like most Angelenos, I also take the requisite weekly yoga classes. My yoga studio, like most LA fitness centers, is a health-and-wellbeing compound with a wellness center, a café and a store. After class, I was wandering around the shop, looking for a birthday present for a friend who’s a Kundalini fanatic; however, a new sticky mat or Om-printed Tee just wouldn’t do.

From black-and-blue to burned, everyone loves a good piece of meat. Let these 5 steak houses help you get your char on.

Flying Virgin America is more than flying than the friendly skies. It’s more like taking a joyride in a decked-out disco lounge with oversize leather chairs and studio 54 lighting not to mention in-flight Wi-Fi and shopping. So, when the good-times airline announced a new that they were adding a new destination to their roster, travelers chomped at the bit to know the location of Virgin’s latest terminal.

No longer just loved by the ladies, good grooming has become an essential for the modern mad man of today. Let the following 5 barbershops help you keep it short and sweet.

Wouldn’t it be great if someone figured out how to combine high art and fine dining for an haute evening that engaged all the senses? Well, someone did. Every Tuesday in October, The Avenues: Art, Fashion, and Design District, along with the Los Angeles Times Magazine, will present Taste Art, a visual/culinary extravaganza.