Category Archives: Shopping

Finn is In!! – - Marimekko Flagship Store Opens in Beverly Hills

A Marimekko Flagship store opened on November 15, 2012! The new store is located at the corner of Canon and Brighton Way in Beverly Hills. Marimekko is a Finnish company that started out as a dress company. Even the name, Marimekko, … Continue reading

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Lydia Emily on herself and The Karma Underground Charity Art Show on September 17th for Karma Blast

Written by Paula Lauren Gibson/AfroPix The Karma Underground (“TKU”) is going to do a series of street art piece auctions for Tibet. This show, the first one, is to benefit Karma Blast, a 501 (3) (c) which will be using … Continue reading

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Coming Up: The Planter Show Sept 6-8, 2012 at For Your Art

The Planter Show takes the form of a flower pot as a starting point to consider the sculptural, functional, and cultural implications of putting plants into containers. In the last few years, an increasing number of artists have made planters, … Continue reading

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Mount Analog Store Opening Saturday

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New York’s Hester Street Fair is Back!

Hester Street Fair debuted in June with the Bite Size Food and Craft Festival. Now it’s back with the Hollywood Indie Night Market on July 7, 2012. The show will include more than 100 carefully curated West coast apparel, accessory, and lifestyle merchants “…all who … Continue reading

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CAFFE LUXXE: Los Angeles Coffee-Talk, Redefined

  Public coffee-drinking in America is oddly anti-social. Urbanites craving some semblance of human contact stake out their tables, order a Venti, then disappear into their own private, silent terra caffeinata, earbuds in place, iPhone at the ready, and multiple … Continue reading

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American Way Thrift Store

I miss the days when thrift stores were like bargain nirvana, with mod shirts and 50s leather jackets for a steal. Times have changed and now most thrift stores are chock-a-block with unironic 80s leftovers and shiny polyester 90s babydoll dresses. … Continue reading

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Mount Analog Opens in Highland Park

A new vendor and performance venue, Mount Analog, will have a grand opening on Saturday, July 14 at 5906 1/2 Figueroa Ave, near the Highland Park Gold Line train station. Serving as the West Coast office for the UK’s Finders … Continue reading

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Nick Metropolis: The King of Collectable Furniture

Everyone knows Nick’s on the corner of 1st and La Brea as “that place with the big dinosaurs” or “the place with the fabulous 50s tables.” Soon Nick’s may become known for something else– a reality show. The owner is shopping … Continue reading

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New Favorite at Bella Lili

As I previously posted, my favorite jewelry shop is BellaLili on Etsy.  Here’s a new favorite to squeal over: “Not All Who Wander Are Lost”, from the Contraption Series.  It’s an amethyst on an art nouveau silver necklace and one … Continue reading

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