If you’re looking for a fun, trendy place for dinner in NYC, you should definitely check out the new TAO Downtown. After making your way past the intimidating doormen, coat check, and hostess stand, you’ll find yourself in what seems like a dinner party that The Great Gatsby would throw. Heart-thumping music, chatter, laughter, and silverware clinking on...
by Alyssa Ramos No, the miracle at Malibu Wines was not that there was a fountain of wine, but it was what happened after the head on collision with a motorcycle and a Prius that I saw as I walked up on Sunday afternoon. I wasn’t sure if writing about the incident would be appropriate at first, but I’m way too thankful for the people who happened to be...
by Alyssa Ramos One of the many, many, things that I love about living in LA is how many different areas there are. If you get sick of the hustle and bustle of Hollywood, you can take an easy 30 minute drive out to the beach (even though it’s only 10 miles away) for a change of scenery. It’s an especially nice treat for us when we do make it out there...
by Alyssa Ramos The way that I was eagerly scanning the upstairs deck for the waitress was comparable to the anxious urgency of finding a misplaced iPhone, but it was an urgent matter, there was only ten minutes left in Happy Hour, and with the way we drink white wine, those ten minutes were vital. Finally one of the scantily dressed model-waitresses came bounding up...
by Alyssa Ramos As we sped down Fountain Avenue in my friend’s new BMW M6 with unnecessary bursts of speed and jolts of braking and swerving around cars, EDM music blaring, and the enviable jingling of the seven Cartier Love Lock bracelets on his wrist, I started to wonder if I made the right last minute decision to go to this supposedly secret comedy show...
by Alyssa Ramos Chances are that if you live in LA, frequent LA, or are a food connoisseur, you have heard of the legendary Chef Nozawa and his ridiculously amazing restaurant chain of the best sushi you’ll ever eat, Sugarfish. I knew the story behind Chef Nozawa, I was told it many times when I visited the Sugarfish in Studio City (the original location)...
by Alyssa Ramos Katana is one of those restaurants that can be recommended without a doubt to newcomer’s, as well as as a go-to answer for the question, “Where do you want to eat?”. Boasting proudly from it’s second floor patio perch, above a double, slightly curving, stone staircase with a fountain at the base in the middle, Katana is hard to...
by Alyssa Ramos It’s typically a given that any steakhouse in Beverly Hills is guaranteed to be divine, and Wolfgang’s Steakhouse was no exception. Although it was chosen because it was one of the only places available on Open Table the day after Valentine’s Day when my date and I decided that Santa Monica was too far to drive to, I’m always...
by Alyssa Ramos Villa Blanca is as prestigious, classy, and tasteful as the famed Beverly Hills roads it resides on. You may have caught a glimpse of it on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills since it’s owned by Real Housewife vixen Lisa Vanderpump and her adorably witty husband Ken Todd, but seeing it on screen merely does the place the justice it deserves...
by Alyssa Ramos Unless you’re a Melrose neighborhood local, or an extremely keen eyed pedestrian, chances are you haven’t heard of Vinoteque on Melrose. I myself found this fabulously quaint wine restaurant while walking my dog who pulled me into the narrow alleyway lined with “love locks” that leads into a charismatic patio surrounded...