• Kylie Jenner

    Kylie Jenner
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    Kylie Jenner

  • Miranda Kerr

    Miranda Kerr
    Image Credit: Lauren/WWD/REX/Shutterstock

    Miranda Kerr

  • The Sandcastle in Malibu

    The Sandcastle
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    Designed by Harry Gesner, the picturesque beach house known as the Sandcastle has welcomed Chrissy Teigen, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kelly Slater for a variety of photo shoots and parties. While the public can’t walk into the architect’s private residence in Malibu, they can admire how he paid homage to nature with tall glass walls and hefty wood beams from the sandy shore.

  • Kate Beckinsale

    Kate Beckinsale
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    Kate Beckinsale

  • Tradesmen Los Angeles in Venice

    Tradesmen Los Angeles

    The men’s store in Venice has its fair share of creative types walking through the door in search of indie style and well-crafted clothing from Chamula, Jackman, Outerknown and The Hillside.

  • Venice Beach

    Venice Beach
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    Venice Beach

  • Gwyneth Paltrow

    Gwyneth Paltrow
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    Gwyneth Paltrow

  • Michael’s in Santa Monica

    Michael's duck breast
    Image Credit: Rachel Jacobson

    A Millennial rock star chef is shaking up Michael’s, the Santa Monica eatery founded in 1979. Miles Thompson, who took over the kitchen last September after years at Nobu, Animal, Son of a Gun and his own Allumette, is redefining novel noshing with spatzle smothered by rabbit meatballs, burrata with smoked trout roe, and Dungeness crab suspended in Japanese-style custard.

  • Tom Ford

    Tom Ford
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    Tom Ford

  • Taylor Swift

    Taylor Swift
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    Taylor Swift

  • Jeremy Scott

    Jeremy Scott
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    Jeremy Scott

  • Catch L.A. in West Hollywood

    Catch L.A.

    An extension of the chichi chain that is represented in New York, Dubai and Mexico, Catch L.A. in West Hollywood hasn’t even marked its six-month anniversary yet but it offers plenty of eye candy thanks to its celebrity diners, styled-out sushi rolls and dress code banning boardshorts and flip-flops.

  • Catch L.A. in West Hollywood

    Catch L.A.

    The dining room of rooftop restaurant Catch L.A.

  • Catch L.A. in West Hollywood

    Catch L.A. sushi roll

    The Catch Roll at Catch L.A.

  • Dakota Johnson

    Dakota Johnson
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    Dakota Johnson

  • Baroo in Hollywood

    Baroo
    Image Credit: Jakob Layman

    Named after a food bowl that is the rare possession owned by Buddhist monks, Hollywood’s Baroo is on the tip of foodies’ tongues for its artful Asian dishes created by Nobu and Daniel alumnus Kwang Uh.

  • Natalie Portman

    Natalie Portman
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    Natalie Portman

  • Griffith Observatory in Los Feliz

    Griffith Observatory
    Image Credit: Anthony Cook, Griffith Observatory

    Eighty-two years after Griffith Observatory in Los Feliz opened its doors to the public on an 1,100-foot-high slope of Mount Hollywood, the white-domed center for astronomy was cast in a romantic light in this year’s Oscar frontrunner “La La Land.”

  • Griffith Observatory in Los Feliz

    Griffith Observatory
    Image Credit: Anthony Cook, Griffith Observatory

    Los Angeles stretched below Griffith Observatory in Los Feliz.

  • James Franco

    James Franco
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    James Franco

  • Magpies Softserve in Silver Lake

    Magpies Softserve
    Image Credit: Jennifer Chong

    Hailing from South Korea and California, the chef-owners of Silver Lake’s Magpies Softserve swirl artisanal flavors such as yuzu honey and Nilla wafer cookie and pack frozen pies with corn almond ice cream and vegan fudge. The tin wall spraypainted with cones sets up a bright backdrop for social media snaps that prove this isn’t your granddad’s soft serve.

  • Skrillex

    Skrillex
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    Skrillex

  • 3.1 Phillip Lim in the Arts District

    Phillip Lim
    Image Credit: Justen/BFA/REX/Shutterstock

    New York-based Phillip Lim is departing West Hollywood to spiffy up a new shop in the design-devoted district that already includes mega gallery Hauser Wirth & Schimmel and art-influenced stores owned by Apolis and Frankie.

  • Mandy Moore

    Mandy Moore
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    Mandy Moore

  • Gold Bug in Pasadena

    Gold Bug Theodora Coleman

    While the nearby Rose Bowl Flea Market draws creative types such as Christian Louboutin and Fear of God’s Jerry Lorenzo to Pasadena, Theodora Coleman’s Gold Bug is a neo-Victorian nook that has grown a following for jewelry and art made by designers working with metal, glass, feathers and leather.

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