👋 OH HEY 👋

Mads here! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who came out to walk for fire relief on Saturday with our friends at Alfred. We raised $3,200 for Baby2Baby & LAFD just from that walk 🤯

As a reminder, we’re still matching donations on this Instagram post here. Now through February 7th, 2025, each dollar donated to Baby2Baby (up to $50,000) will be matched AND an additional matching dollar for dollar donation will be made to LAFD. This means that every dollar you donate will turn into $3!!

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.}

• Los Feliz, All week 🍔 Kismet Steakhouse is extended through February. Head over for a burger, and maybe even a cosmo!

• DTLA, All week 🌮 For this week’s “taco to support fire relief” at Ditroit, they invited Mi Compa Chava (one of my fave restaurants in CDMX) to create a fried rockfish taco. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to those affected by the fires.

• West Hollywood, All week 🍵 Name a more iconic duo: Crown Affair & Madhappy. They have collabed to create a Persimmon Matcha latte at Pantry in celebration of Crown Affair’s new shampoos & conditioners. Every drink comes with free Crown Affair samples!

• Silver Lake, Wednesday 1/29 🌮 Free taco?! Yes, please. To celebrate their one year, MidEast Tacos will be offering one FREE falafel taco with the purchase of any food item all day on Wednesday. Available in-store or online via DoorDash with code BIRTHDAY.

• West Hollywood, Wednesday 1/29 🧖‍♀️ The New Bar is back with another wellness event as part of their Dry January series. Have a night of self-care with Tower 28. Join for nonalcoholic apéritifs and sample Tower 28's SOS Spray + Cream + Concealer mini routine.

• Atwater Village, Wednesday 1/29 🍷 It’s a bead-a-long at Nico’s! Treat yourself to a glass of wine and a creative evening. A portion of the proceeds will help support those affected by the LA fires. Get your ticket here.

• Echo Park, Wednesday 1/29 💆‍♀️ If you’ve been curious about gua sha, listen up. Xēba Botanica is hosting a gua sha workshop in Echo Park.

• Historic Filipinotown & Pasadena, Wednesday 1/29 - Friday 1/31 🧧 Celebrate Lunar New Year at Woon this week. There will be specials and a red envelope roulette with chances to win some special prizes!

• West Adams, Wednesday 1/29 🍷 It’s the Adams Wine Shop’s last Wine Wednesday. Live music! Good wine! Great people!

• Online, Wednesday 1/29 💚 Love this idea: Lauren Lotz is putting on a Los Angeles Mutual Aid Raffle fundraiser on her IG stories starting Wednesday. Restaurants participating include: All Time, Courage Bagels, Quarter Sheets, Woon, and more. She also has raffles for beauty, fashion, etc.

• Venice, Thursday 1/30 🤝 Dry January is almost over! Bar Nuda & The Gratitude Group are putting on a free event at Little Lunch Venice on Thursday. RSVP here!

• Historic Filipinotown, Thursday 1/30 🍴 It’s Lunar New Year at Rasarumah! They’ll be donating profits from the poached chicken special to the Altadena Library Foundation for the duration of Lunar New Year.

• Little Tokyo, Thursday 1/30 ♟️ Rookie Chess is a chess club that meets on Thursdays! This week, they’ll be at Boomtown Brewery, and all proceeds will be donated to mutual aid funds assisting those affected by the fires. RSVP here!

• Inglewood, Thursday 1/30 🎤 The FireAid benefit concert is dedicated to rebuilding communities that have been devastated by wildfires. There will be performances from Billie Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, and more!

• Virgil Village, Thursday 1/30 🍷 Obsessed with this: Neighborhood Winery is taking over Good Friend Coffee on Thursday evening. Taste some wine flights and listen to music.

• Koreatown, Friday 1/31 🧧 Celebrate Lunar New Year with jilli and Kace, a modern Taiwanese tea. Expect a fun night filled with Korean Chinese dishes and Kace Tea cocktails! Book your table here.

• Historic Filipinotown, Friday 1/31 📚 It's a book fair with local publishers at A Good Used Book this Friday! With a Japanese Yakatori skewer pop up, $1 books, and complimentary drinks.

• Echo Park, Saturday 2/1 🛒 Molly Baz (who tragically lost her home in the Eaton fire) is putting on a free pop up grocery for LA wildfire victims called Stock That Pantry.

• West 3rd, Saturday 2/1 🍪 Bake sale for fire relief! Neighborhood Coffee (West 3rd location) will be raising money for California Community Foundation. 35 bakers are participating, so you’ll be able to pick up a variety of baked goods!

• Encino, Saturday 2/1 🎶 Wanna listen to live music on a deck in Encino while raising money for wildfire recovery? Head to LowerDeck Sessions.

• Lincoln Heights, Saturday 2/1 🎲 Play backgammon under the stars!! At The Airliner Bar on Saturday.

• Venice, Saturday 2/1 💭 I am declaring February 1st as the ACTUAL beginning of 2025. So let’s pretend it’s the new year and go to this vision board workshop at Zinque.

• DTLA, Saturday 2/1 ⚽️ Slow Jamz is hosting a foosball tournament in partnership with PUMA & Bodega. The grand prize winner will get a pair of the PUMA King Indoors as well as Bodega gift card! If you don’t want to play, you’re welcome to just hang out, enjoy music, and get some drinks. RSVP here!

• Chinatown, Saturday 2/1 & Sunday 2/2 🏃 L.A. Chinatown Firecracker is one of the largest and oldest running races in the US. This weekend is their Lunar New Year run, walk, cycling, and dog walk event at the historic Los Angeles Chinatown Plaza.

• Marina Del Rey, Saturday 2/1 & Sunday 2/2 ❤️‍🩹 If you’ve been affected by the fires, stop by this donation drive to “shop” from new items from brands like Beis, Elwood, Sunday Riley, and more.

• Elysian Park, Sunday 2/2 📓 Best way to close out the week: journaling & a sound bath in Elysian Park.

• Hawthorne, Sunday 2/2 🛍️ Mayumi is hosting a huuuge Lunar New Year market. There will be food, music, games, red envelopes + goodie bags, and 50+ AAPI vendors to shop from!

• Venice, Sunday 2/2 🏃‍♀️ There’s a new westside run club in town! Carb Loaders meets at a different spot on the first Sunday morning of every month for a 3-5 mile run followed by drinks and food. February will be at Paisita, and all levels of runners (and eaters!) are welcome.

• Atwater Village, Sunday 2/2 🍔 Challahdad and LA Burg have collabed to create the (wait for it) ChalLA Burg. You can get it on Sunday at McCall’s in Atwater Village.

📍PLACES TO BE📍

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

^{Top Left: mu.so coffee (📷 by @musocoffeela), Top Right: Mustard’s Bagels (📷 by @mustardsbagels), Bottom Left: Harvard & Yale (📷 by @harvardandyaleshop), Bottom Right: Car-nnoisseur (📷 by @carnnoisseurofficial)}

• Yama Sushi Marketplace, Koreatown 🍣 The oh-so-popular sushi market from the SGV has opened their third location in Ktown.

• Mustard’s Bagels, Highland Park 🥯 A weekend-only bagel pop-up has entered the scene. Their toppings are droolworthy…

• Harvard & Yale, Claremont ☕️ If you wanna take a field trip, this new vibey coffee shop just opened in Claremont.

• Damsot, Koreatown 🇰🇷 A pot rice chain from South Korea has opened right here in Ktown. I need to try their signature steak pot rice…

• Car-nnoisseur, Anaheim 🏎️ Another field trip: go to Anaheim for this coffee & cars themed shop.

• Descanso, Miracle Mile 🌮 Finally a good spot to eat at right next to LACMA! It’s a contemporary taqueria from Costa Mesa.

• mu.so coffee, West Adams ☕️ New speciality coffee shop in West Adams! Looks like a cute corner neighborhood spot.

💬 ONE FINAL THING 💬

See ya around,

Mads

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