Needless to say, it’s hot – but that’s not stopping us from enjoying ourselves. Today’s jaunt is all about showing some skin, sipping cocktails and sun bathing in the epicenter of Hollywood glamour. We’re doing just as Marilyn Monroe would do, … Read More
Tuesday eves are film-o-ramic at the Thompson Beverly Hills rooftop! “On the hush-hush, Q-T,” as Danny DeVito said in “L.A. Confidential”: The venerable Caulfield’s at Thompson Beverly Hills hotel rooftop bar and pool-lounging grounds presents fun, smog-friendly movie selections each … Read More
Upscale diners are baaa-ack (again). For the past 20 years, restaurateurs keep getting this nifty notion to bring back comfort food as well as the places that you used to get it: in diner (even though each year cities lose … Read More
Some hot reservations for the hottest of months. LOS ANGELES: Bow & Truss. In North Hollywood. Do the suh-weet courtard patio. Bowandtruss.com CHICAGO: Nellcote. Go for the little dishes in this cool-old mansion. Nellcoterestaurant.com LONDON: Il Ristorante. Big anticipation here … Read More
Summer has arrived and the heat is on. Fear not, because you’ve just discovered our insider’s guide to summer days & nights at Thompson Hotels around the world. Prepare to be seduced as we reveal exclusive outdoor perches and dimly … Read More
Hollywood’s olde and shabby Ye Coach & Horses gets a makeover and transformation into a true new-Brit bistro and bar. Thanks to Guest of a Guest, here’s a look inside and outside The Pikey, on Sunset Boulevard, housed in a … Read More
Check in, drop out: This year’s desert spectacular runs over two lonnnnng weekends (and it’s never too late to cut work). There’s one more week left of this year’s double-weekend-whammy Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which kicked off April … Read More
Within the minimalist-chic Thompson Beverly Hills, we directed the comely comedic actress to divine the inspiration behind Catherine Deneuve’s Belle de Jour. Turns out, she’s had some practice. As Britta Perry on NBC’s ‘Community,’ Gillian Jacobs has proven herself to … Read More
In time for Oscar Week, Vanity Fair moves into the Hollywood Roosevelt, turning it into the glamorous, star-studded “Campaign Hollywood 2012.” The Hollywood Roosevelt, aka “The Roose” has been a red-carpet haven since the very first Academy Awards were presented … Read More
Dennis Hopper’s modernist dreamy house hits the market. For a little under $7 million, you can buy Dennis Hopper’s stark slice of life. The actor, who died in May of 2010, will indelibly be remembered as the hippie drug dealer … Read More
Out of the red-carpet fray, the Los Angeles area gains two fine new comfort eats. The Academy Awards are held February 26th in Hollywood, and if you’re the type who doesn’t buy into the hype, there are two culinary winners … Read More
Eating better must be one. ‘Clean Plates’ guides are a fine dining start. “For vegetarians and carnivores,” the 2012 edition of “Clean Plates” guides act as the healthy-man’s version of Zagat’s. The sharp-looking books fit inside a jacket pocket and … Read More
The great and oily Weegee has the camera turned on him with a terrifically tawdry (and often oddly sweet) new MOCA exhibition. You have to hand it to Jeffrey Deitch: MOCA’s director sure knows how to draw a crowd. The … Read More
…or a Theory. Thompson Hotels, Los Angeles and NYC, offers retail respite. Because their simple, classic, clean lines mirror our own hotels’ decor, designer brand Theory has aligned Thompson Hotels with the Hotel Roosevelt and Thompson Beverly Hills, as well … Read More
Leonardo DiCaprio IS Jon Voight. After watching a screening of “J. Edgar” last week, Room 100 just couldn’t shake thinking about how Hollywood loves to make life so hard on its actors, all in the name of being “brave” and … Read More
