Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner
Miranda Kerr
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
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
Gwyneth Paltrow
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
Taylor Swift
Jeremy Scott
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.
The dining room of rooftop restaurant Catch L.A.
The Catch Roll at Catch L.A.
Dakota Johnson
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
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.”
Los Angeles stretched below Griffith Observatory in Los Feliz.
James Franco
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
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
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.