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The Sunset Strip hall pass

The Sunset Strip hall pass

Earlier this year, I was staying at the Andaz West Hollywood Grafton. It was a typical evening, as I stood there on the rooftop bar under one of those big propane heaters. Behind me were those beautiful homes precariously sitting steep mountain edges. In front of me was the Sunset Strip. All of the...

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LA: Can you handle the Cirque Berzerk?

LA: Can you handle the Cirque Berzerk?

Imagine The Burning Man on stage — in Los Angeles. Cirque Berzerk, which has received rave reviews (though we have not personally seen it), looks as if it’s part burlesque, part theater and part athletic prowess that makes you sit in your seat and say, “how the hell do they do that?” A new...

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Sunset Strip: Ringing in the New Year

Sunset Strip: Ringing in the New Year

New Year’s Eve is right around the corner — and if you’re in Los Angeles, what are you going to do? Now’s the time to figure that out — because if you don’t have a friend hosting some fabulous party with celebrity appearances then you may not be starting the new year out right....

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LAX goes Pink’s

LAX goes Pink’s

It only makes sense that Los Angeles International Airport would get the hotdog stand for the stars. Pink’s hot dogs, which, according to the LA Times Travel Blog, has been steaming up wieners to Hollywood’s finest for seven decades has now opened up a stand at LAX. Passengers haven’t had this much access to...

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Catalina Island adds a little zip

Catalina Island adds a little zip

Another Zip Line has made it to America, so now, you don't have to go to Central America to experience a zip line -- though we be the one in Catalina has a lot more safety features than the one in Costa Rica.

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Virgin in Vegas: Fly Girls ready for new TV show on CW program

Virgin in Vegas: Fly Girls ready for new TV show on CW program

Virgin America offered a special Friday flight to premiere its new reality TV show that debuts later this month. But on Friday, it was all cocktails, laughs and clips.

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Walking in a dead woman’s heels

Walking in a dead woman’s heels

Some people only become a star when they die and while no one remembers Elizabeth Short, lots know her by another name: The Black Dahlia.

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