SIMON SAYS “DON’T COOK- MAKE RESERVATIONS”: Eat out for CHRISTMAS 2009 at Simon LA
December 24 served from 6pm until 11pm
December 25 served from 11am until 11pm

By Carey Steinberg

On Tuesday, November 17th, 2009, the Montalbán theater in Hollywood, California, proudly presented to the press and special guests, John Woo’s monumental account of a great battle during the height of the Han Dynasty era in a Chinese war movie called, “Red Cliff.” Once again, the Montalbán was most generous with their [...]

By Robb Wirt

Today is Friday, and I think my travel companion and I got lost. It’s so warm in the tube that we must have dozed off and once we realized we were off course, we just decided to explore our destiny. We got off the tube at Shepherds Bush central line and wondered about [...]

Morgans Hotel Group will be offering an introductory offer for its highly anticipated new hotel, Ames in Boston. Morgans is offering introductory rates from $165, including complimentary upgrades to the next available room type at check in (based on availability). Ames, the latest addition to Morgans’ collection of Originals, which includes Hudson, Royalton, [...]

Enjoy tea-time in the classic atmosphere of the winter garden at Hotel Crillon in Paris. Tea-time at the Crillon has become an essential must-visit for anyone who spends a day shopping nearby at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Making tea-time even more special each month will have its own unique theme. The November [...]

By Carey Steinberg

To celebrate some pre-Halloween festivities, the Montalbán theater in Hollywood, California invited special guests for a special evening of “Fright Night.” I was fortunate to experience this surprise horror movie premiere screening like no other before. There were refreshments galore and humorous and horrific actors scurrying throughout the theater. The surprise horror movie [...]

In honor of Hello Kitty’s® 35th Anniversary, SANRIO has developed three weeks of special events to run concurrently with the ‘Three Apples’ exhibition at Royal/T, the visually stunning and playful, Japanese-inspired art exhibition space, retail store, and maid café, located in Culver City, CA. The exhibition will be open to the public from October 23 [...]

By Robb Wirt

So you’re in London and it’s a Thursday night. What to do? You could stay in your hotel suite watching reruns of Murder She Wrote, OR, you could head out to the theater. I mean, you ARE in London, which is a lot like going to NYC. You simply cannot go without catching [...]

By Bob Schriner
After some much needed downtime, I was eager to head back to the Saturday night grand tasting. After what I had seen in the earlier tasting, I doubted I could sufficiently build enough of an appetite to take on a night of BBQ.
When I walked back into the big tent I was happily [...]

By Robb Wirt
It’s time to party roof-top style. I walk into The Thompson Beverly Hills hotel lobby. A man stands by the elevator dressed in a suit and red sneakers. He exudes LA. He provides the wrists bands.
Once on the roof I am stimulated by the view of downtown LA and downtown Century City. I [...]

By Bob Schriner

There’s nothing like starting your day off with a walk around San Francisco. As I strolled the streets with a hot cup of coffee in my hand I witnessed the logistical hustle needed to get the city stocked to host away the weekend, there was such promise in the air. [...]

The screening of Suzi Yoonessi’s Dear Lemon Lima courtesy of Cinema Tuesday’s and curated by Flux was held at Nike Sportswear at The Montalbán on Vine Street in Hollywood, CA on July 28, 2009. It was a packed theater full of laughter and smiles as cocktails were floating around the room awaiting the 8pm start.
Dear [...]

Join the Gansevoort Hotel for Get Up/Get Down St. Tropez style pool parties all summer long featuring brunch, guest DJ’s and a swimming pool: The perfect way to lounge away the rest of your summer. Sunday’s will feature, “Sunset Sunday’s” from 9pm to 4am hosted by Lance Bass.[...]

SF Chefs. Food. Wine. announces an extraordinary Culinary Dream Weekend in San Francisco during the not-to-be-missed food and wine festival debuting on August 6-9, 2009. Thousands of food and wine lovers will converge on San Francisco’s historic Union Square and The Westin St. Francis hotel over the weekend, where a who’s who of star chefs [...]

WHAT: From Tuesday, June 9, 2009 through Tuesday, June 30, 3009, Casa Noble, a line of 100% organic, ultra-premium, triple-distilled tequilas, partners with Viceroy Santa Monica to heat things up at their signature summer event—“Taste of Tuesday”—weekly from 6-9 p.m. With a “Latin” theme all month long, Casa Noble takes center stage, inviting guests to [...]