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Out to Lunch (or Dinner)!! Where Do You Go? Here’s a HAUTE Place to Hit in So. Bay/Long Beach. The Federal Bar “Smokes” as the New HAUTE Place to Go!
July 16, 2013 | 
Author Drive up Pine Avenue from Ocean Blvd and look at all the vintaage buildings, particularly after you cross First Street. Pine is rife with great restaurants and it’s spreading across to the East Village. What you might not notice is this demure building set back from the street a bit– quite large actually. It was once a bank that close and then morphed into a high-end eatery called Madison. Madison soon died due to very pricey (but yummy) food but the space was quite large. It was huge, gorgeously art deo/vintage in feel and yet cold.
Fast forward several years and voila- a new spot within the former bank called thoughtfully THE FEDERAL BAR — a sister store to the one in NoHo. (North Hollywood for visitors). This is one fine building. The huge space that dwarfed Madison and it’s diners has been morphed into several spaces without losing the best part of the visual — the ceilings, the space and what they did to carve up the space created group areas, lounges and they are even taking over the vault to turn it into something special.
Get Smart & Sassy with Hot New Cocktails from Cliff’s Edge. Get Ready for a Thrill Ride of Cocktails!
Cliff’s Edge might be new to you– or maybe not. Either way, it doesn’t matter because you can bring some of the “juice” from Cliff’s Edge to your home courtesy of these lovely cocktails. I won’t say you will get it exactly the same as Cliff’s Edge Mixologist Richard Swan will – but it’s worth either the drive or the trial run to get these things right! Given that there are hand-crafted ingredients and no proportions given, you might want to make the drive to Silverlake for this one at some point this week. Make sure you eat too. GREAT food!
Getting Hot for the Fourth of July: Sole Society’s Kicks Off a Firecracker of a Sale: Shoes, Handbags and Accessories! Sale ends 7/7!
SoleSociety.com is one of these membership groups (it’s open to everyone) that sells shoes, handbags and acessories. Rather than being all “faux”, they have items that feature real leather and suede for slightly higher prices but also have style quotient that works for “every woman”. If you love flats, you will find them. If you love boots or sky-high heels, they have them too. If you are a person who wants shorter heels or styles you don’t see everyday, this is the place to be shopping!
Drake Bell Comments on Amanda Bynes + Lots More Dish from VH1 Gossip Table.
We haven’t featured much celebrity gossip– not even fashion photos except for red carpet. It’s time to bring in a little “DISH” and talk about things that even GOOD MORNING AMERICA is talking about. (I mean really? When did GMA turn into a tabloid news show? Give me hard news in the AM with my cup of joe and let’s get on with the day. I don’t mind the funny videos– but stuff from page 6? celebrity gossip? Please, get real GMA– we want more serious news. Not just gossip and KK trash).
(Did you want to know how I really feel?)
Rue La La Celebrates Its 5th Birthday with an Amazing Event: $5 Surprise Party Sale!! Birkins, Trips and MORE!!
Who doesn’t love a bargain? (*I love them!) Who doesn’t love a birthday (well most of us do!)? Who wouldn’t like to combine both into a bargain bonanza online with luxe gifts to be purchased for a fraction!!
Sevenly Is Heavenly. Online Retailer Features Fashion with a Conscience & Giving Back WEEKLY! TAPS Is This Week’s Feature!
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(All clothing photos are from Logan Cole Photography!)
This week’s CAUSE:
Beauty Collection Opens a New Store Behind the “Orange Curtain” in Corona Del Mar TODAY!!
Beauty Collection spreads out beyond the “orange curtain” into the OC with its first store in Corona Del Mar/Newport Beach area!
Mother’s Day & Gifting Shopping Sprees! Don’t Miss the Bargains!!
Here in LA, shopping isn’t just something to do when you are bored. It’s often a hobby and for some it’s a pasasion! My passion happens to be about getting things FOR LESS and here’s some great upcoming events that you need to put on your calendar (and they will be put on the LA-Story.com calendar as well. What? You didn’t know there was a calendar? OMG– how silly of me not to tell you. It’s right below my logo on the bar where it says about, media and other stuff. So click on calendar and stay up to date on what’s going on in So. CA and even other places that I LOVE!
