👋 OH HEY 👋

Mads here! It’s July, which means it’s drink-wine-and-sit-on-a-sidewalk season. Give me a glass of orange natty wine, crudo, and some sunshine on a sidewalk, and I’m golden 🍷

Let’s do a lil weekly recap:

• 🌊 Shutters is something straight of a Nancy Meyers movie. I stopped by this week and treated myself to a lobster roll and glass of rosé with unobstructed ocean views. On Fridays, you can get 50% off pizza with the purchase of a St Germain cocktail!

• 🍚 My new go-to for a casual date night in Koreatown: Jilli. It’s a modern sool jib (Korean bar) with natty wine and Korean street food tapas like shrimp toast, chicken baos, and rigatoni alla kimchi vodka.

• 🎲 We hosted our monthly Rummikub game night at a gorgeous Swimply space! We played all night long and sipped on wine coolers from Gerine.

• 🍣 Got to try the delivery-only sushi from the team behind Sushi Nakazawa: Hi.Dozo. It’s omakase, without the hard-to-get reservation. Perfect for a picnic or to take to the Hollywood Bowl.

• 🫖 We got to try the summer Tea Party x Ginza Nishikawa at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. Sipping their special iced teas and nibbling on tea sandwiches on the perfect Shokupan milk bread was the perfect way to spend an afternoon. Make sure to visit by 7/21!

• 🍦 We swung by McConnell's Ice Cream at the Palisades Village to try the iconic collaboration with See's Candies - you can't name a better pairing of two quintessential California brands. Pick some up for your 4th of July BBQs this week!

^{Top Left: Jilli, Top Right: Rummikub with Swimply, Bottom Left: Hi.Dozo, Bottom Right: Tea Party}

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Okay, now on to the coolest things to do in LA this week.

🗓️ THINGS TO DO 🗓️

^{The coolest events happening in Los Angeles this week.}

• Highland Park, Tuesday 7/2 🍸 Martinis & oysters at Highly Likely in HLP? Sign me up.

• Mid-Wilshire, Tuesday 7/2 📺 Are you a Love Island US stan? Then, head to this rooftop viewing party.

• Venice, Wednesday 7/3 🇲🇽 Woah, ATLA is cooking up Mexican smash burgers & hot dogs in honor of the 4th.

• Koreatown, Wednesday 7/3 🍔 Karaoke with a side of smash burgers at LOVE HOUR?! Yes, ma’am.

• DTLA, Wednesday 7/3 🕺 The king of LA dance parties, Andre Power, is starting a new series called HIGHER POWER, an afterhours dance music experience. First one is on Wednesday!

• DTLA, Wednesday 7/3 🍷 What is natural wine, anyway?! Well, you can finally find out at this wine tasting workshop at Neighborhood Winery.

• Beverly Hills, Thursday 7/4 🎶 Celebrate the 4th with some outdoor live music at Concerts on Cañon!

• West Hollywood, Thursday 7/4 🎆 Oh, this looks fun: a rooftop firework viewing party & roller disco at E.P. & L.P.

• Elysian Park, Thursday 7/4 ⚾️ I mean what’s more patriotic than going to a Dodgers game followed by fireworks?

• Hollywood, Thursday 7/4 🤠 Desert 5 Spot is back with their Stars & Stripes 4th of July pool party on Thursday. Country music, a pool, and some drinks, I mean…

• Venice, Thursday 7/4 🎧 Patio DJs at Belles Beach House all day on the 4th!

• Echo Park, Thursday 7/4 🎇 My go-to every 4th of July: Fireworks Spectacular at The Hollywood Bowl. I’ve been the past 3 years, and it marks the start of summer for me every time.

• DTLA, Thursday 7/4 🎉 Gloria Molina Grand Park throws the largest free 4th of July block party. Food trucks! Live music! Family-friendly!

• Venice, Thursday 7/4 🪩 Winston House is having a disco party the night of the 4th!

• Santa Monica, Thursday 7/4 🪷 Looking for a more wellness-focused 4th? Superbloom ​Beach Club is a full-day festival with wellness activations, live DJs, beach games, and more.

• Malibu, Thursday 7/4 🍣 I guess you can secure a spot at the infamous Red, White, & Bootsy 4th of July party at Nobu Malibu through Dorsia this year…

• Hollywood, Thursday 7/4 🍿 Watch Rocky at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery followed by a fireworks show!

• Pacific Palisades, Thursday 7/4 🍔 It’s the Palisades 4th of July Parade! Sunset Smash will be there.

• Silver Lake, Thursday 7/4 👙 Need a pool to hang out at on the 4th? Silver Lake Pool & Inn is hosting a Swim Social.

• Arcadia, Friday 7/5 - Sunday 7/7 🛍 626 Night Market is back this weekend! The ultimate summer bucket list activity. Inspired by the famous open-air nighttime bazaars of Asia, this iconic festival features 250+ food vendors, merch, crafts, and live concerts.

• DTLA, Saturday 7/6 👃 Wait, this is so genius: a scent swap. Bring a bottle of perfume you’re over, at least ½ full, to trade for one you can’t live without.

• Malibu, Saturday 7/6 🌮 This sounds delicious: a birria taco pop-up at Leo Carrillo State Park in Malibu. Eat tacos while you watch the sunset.

• Silver Lake, Saturday 7/6 🛍 Pop Up People is back with another makers market. Local art! Ceramics! Tattos!

• Historic Filipinotown, Saturday 7/6 ✏️ Cartoonist Izzi Lee will be at A Good Used Book on Saturday featuring her art, merch, zine, and custom live doodles.

• Koreatown, Sunday 7/7 🎲 Love, Peace & Spades is a monthly game night for anyone looking for a fun space to kick it and bond over classic Black family games like Bid Whist, Uno, Spades, and more. They’ll be at The LINE Hotel on Sunday!

• DTLA, Sunday 7/7 🧘‍♀️ It’s rooftop yoga at Cha Cha Cha with Latinas Who Meditate! Bar Nuda will also be there serving NA drinks.

• Santa Monica, Monday 7/8 🏋️‍♀️ Pvolve Santa Monica is having a pop up class at MUD\WTR! It’ll be a 40-min Strength & Sculpt workout class to celebrate their new SaMo location coming in August. Workout attire + gym shoes required.

• Chinatown, Saturday 7/13 🍷 Okay, I’m cheating because I want you to have ample time to get your ticket to the Good Boy & Friends Natural Wine Festival at Homage Brewing on 7/13. This was BY FAR one of the best events I went to last year. You literally go around with a cup and drink endless natty wine from local winemakers. Also, Biite Club curated the food lineup: Fluffy McCloud’s x Canyon Coffee, LA Burg, Boy Blue, Suá Superette, and more. Use code CAMBERVIP for $10 off!

📍PLACES TO BE📍

^{New openings, places you should know about, what I’m adding to my starting lineup, etc.}

^{Top Left: Laya (📷 by @layarestaurant), Top Right: Thatcher’s Wine (📷 by @thatcherswine), Bottom Left: Flow Good Coffee (📷 by @flowgood.coffee), Bottom Right: Sesame Dinette (📷 by @sesame.dinette)}

• Thatcher’s Wine, Brentwood 🍷 A natural wine shop in Brentwood?! I am sooo giddy about this.

• Flow Good Coffee, DTLA ☕️ From pop-up to permanent space in the Arts District: Flow Good Coffee. Located inside Slow Jamz Gallery!

• Laya, Hollywood 🍸 Probably going to be adding this to my “favorite patios” in LA. Laya is opening on 7/2, and it boasts the largest patio in Hollywood. Right in time for summer!

• Go Greek, Studio City 🍨 Everyone’s favorite fro-yo just opened a new location in Studio City! To celebrate, you can get 15% off your first order at the new store until 7/10.

• Iki Nori, Hollywood 🍣 Your new favorite hand roll bar.

• Sesame Dinette, Long Beach 🥢 Sesame LA was one of my favorite markets in Chinatown (that sadly closed), BUT they just opened a dinette in Long Beach, serving up fresh Vietnamese food + goods.

• West Altadena Wine, Altadena 🍷 New natty wine bottle shop by the team behind Silverlake Wine.

💬 ONE FINAL THING 💬

See ya around,

Mads

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