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15 Best Bites of the Year
As 2025 drew to a close, I attempted to do what most of us do when we mark the passage of time, namely, reflect. I tried to recall my best memories of the year, the most precious days, the best travel. Every memory was punctuated with food. My husband and I celebrated our tenth wedding
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Dining Guide: Orange County
California’s Orange County plays host to some pretty impressive stretches of Pacific Ocean and can namecheck more than one theme park within its borders. These factors perpetually entice visitors from near and far; including our neighbors to the north looking to escape Los Angeles on a day trip. Whether you’re a resident or visitor, read
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Dinner at Morimoto Maui
As far as sun soaked paradises go, all of Maui is beautiful. But if you want to pinpoint the upper echelon of resort row, that would be the cluster in Wailea which includes the Four Seasons, Grand Wailea, and, our focal point, the Andaz. Moonlight as part of the jet set crowd when you book
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Exploring California’s Central Coast
Despite living in California for nearly a decade, I haven’t seen much north of LA. No time like the present to change that! We worked our way up Pacific Coast Highway hugging the cloudy coastline. A few hours in, we made a stopover in Santa Barbara for lunch. I took this opportunity to visit a
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The Polo Lounge, Beverly Hills
This brunch was really one for the books! The Beverly Hills Hotel has been a landmark hospitality destination for over a century. In it’s current iteration, it proudly belongs to the Dorchester Collection (whose properties I online stalk on a regular basis). We returned from a trip with less than a day before my husband
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Fendi Casa Opening Bash
Recently, I was invited to the opening of Fendi Casa at MASS Beverly. We had just returned from some traveling, felt exhausted, and I was under the weather. But if Fendi comes calling, you put on your heels and shimmy out the door for a soirée! I chose a Johanna Ortiz x H&M dress for
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Brunch at Caldo Verde, Los Angeles
The alternate title for this post was “Where Kelly Wearstler Goes, I Follow”. After earning an interior design degree in college, I am deeply obsessed with Kelly’s work and always jump at the opportunity to dine in any space she designed. I’ve previously covered Calabra at the Santa Monica Proper. I’ve also enjoyed the San
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Dining Guide: Maui
My husband was born and raised in Hawaii and now frequently commutes between Los Angeles and Maui for work. Whenever my schedule allows, I’m happy to come along. Usually that means every minute we’re not working, we’re scoping out new eats. After more than a half dozen trips and over fifty restaurants, read on for
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Brunch at Morning Glory, San Diego
What happens when you blend a near perfect aesthetic with a funky, international brunch menu and tuck it away in Little Italy? You get Morning Glory! This brunch destination opened it’s doors in 2019 with a build helmed by Basile Studio and a reported price tag of 4 million. Apparently that paid off because it
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Dinner at Dante, Los Angeles
I have a weakness for rooftop dining. It beckons like a portal to another world – geographically stuck in a busy metropolis but blissfully cocooned in a calm oasis. Dante’s opening in Beverly Hills officially made this New York icon bicoastal and I couldn’t be more thrilled by its arrival. Situated on the rooftop of
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