Sometimes sushi just doesn’t cut it. In the same way, vegan food doesn’t always suffice. At the end of a long day, are you really fantasizing about tucking into a steaming bowl of tempeh on brown rice? We didn’t think so.

We may not know any shortcuts yet, but once we become regulars at Josef Centeno and Michael Cardenas’ Lazy Ox Canteen (opening Thursday Dec. 17), we’ll be able to drive down there with our eyes closed. Or texting.

Perhaps its old fashioned, but it does seem that women are still expected to know just what to do when a man brings her a bouquet of flowers, but in this day and age, those women are fewer and fewer. The caveat is that those women still enjoy receiving flowers, which is why the opening of Marcelita L’Art et Le The is so enticing.

You may have to hop on the freeway, but open now in Old Town Pasadena is Gold Class Cinemas – the only cinema that will feel like your own, personal screening room.

We’re speaking, of course, about Tokidoki, which has just opened a shop on Melrose Ave near Tarina Tarantino and Johnny Cupcakes. Filled with accessories, collectibles, T-shirts, bags, and shoes all with a Japanese anime or manga style, Tokidoki was conceived in Los Angeles and is designed by an Italian.

Tiger Sushi, now open in Beverly Hills has got a menu with all your new favorites.

If yesterday’s roundup of LA’s most haute brunch spots left you wanting more and your wallet wanting less, FIG in Santa Monica is the place to be.

Los Angeles is home to many a great brunch spot where grazing (a little hungover) at 3:00 p.m. doesn’t signify laziness so much as it does a certain haute chicness. Et voila, the most haute 5 brunch spots are revealed…

Staying in the know can seem tedious and near impossible, which is why we’ve got a second (and vital) installment of this weekend’s sample sale roundup… Ladies, just remember not to push, elbow, nudge, slap, or bite.