👋 OH HEY 👋

Mads here! On AMA this week, someone was looking for “a croissant that would rival the one I had in Paris” I got you:

• Petit Grain Boulangerie, Santa Monica  🥐 My favorite EVER.

• Friends & Family, Silver Lake & East Hollywood  🥐 Order the pistachio croissant.

• Gjusta, Venice 🥐 I have 2 words for you: baklava croissant.

• Bakers Bench, Chinatown 🥐 Where you’ll get the best vegan croissant.

• Proof Bakery, Atwater Village 🥐 There’s a reason there’s always a line out the door.

• Artisanal Goods by CAR, Pasadena 🥐 The ultimate chocolate croissant.

• Des Croissants Paris, Culver City 🥐 I mean, the name says it all.

• Fondry, Eagle Rock 🥐 The famous flat croissant.

^{Top Left: Friends & Family, Top Right: Gjusta (📷 by @gjustabakery), Bottom Left: Fondry (📷 by @fondry_la), Bottom Right: Le Petit Grain Boulangerie (📷 by @petitgrainboulangerie)}

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.}

• Santa Monica, Wednesday 3/5 📕 This isn’t a book club, it’s a reading club. Reading Rhythms is a series of welcoming reading parties designed to make it easy for people to gather and read socially. Their next one is on Wednesday at Espresso Cielo.

• Marina Del Rey, Thursday 3/6 ❤️ Single? Do you like margs? Well then, this mingling event with SOSO Club is for you.

• West LA, Friday 3/7 🌮 Regarding Her is putting on a tooon of food events for Women’s History Month. Like Tuk Tuk Thai Taco Nights: a special series blending the bold, vibrant flavors of Mexican and Thai street food.

• Culver City, Friday 3/7 🌸 Starting on Friday, beloved florist Puni Petals will have a spring residency at Platform filled with workshops, jazz nights, rotating chef dinners, free floral arranging night with teas, and more. They’re having an ice cream social for opening night!

• Costa Mesa, Friday 3/7 🍷 Friend of Camber, Mas Vino Please, is popping up at Semi Tropic Wines in Costa Mesa. Live music! Natty wine! Food! Oh, and proceeds will go to immigration resources.

• Echo Park, Saturday 3/8 👩‍💼 Guys, I’m speaking on a panel!! “It’s Her Business” is a panel event dedicated to empowering and connecting women. Put on by Offe Market, Sunset Shop, and Threes, this conversation brings together female founders to share their journeys, challenges, and insights into building successful businesses. Get your ticket here!

• Santa Monica, Saturday 3/8 🎵 Groove Factory is back with a splendid night fusing music and art. Get ready for a two-stage, art installation-packed, classic Santa Monica Warehouse affair.

• Beverly Grove, Saturday 3/8 🍫 Everyone’s favorite protein bar, Barebells, is celebrating the first stop of its Crave Adventures Tour at The Original Farmers Market this weekend. Remi Cruz & Alisha Marie will be there for Q&A in the Barebells bus!

• Beverly Grove, Saturday 3/8 👀 So much at The Grove this weekend! Urban Decay is launching new neutral shades of their iconic 24/7 Liners! This Saturday and Sunday, stop by to try them out, receive exclusive swag, and even get a chance to get a complimentary makeup application from a pro artist. They’re popping up in Irvine and San Diego later in March too!

• West Hollywood, Saturday 3/8 💄 Well, this is cute: it’s a bring your own balm event at Charmed LA! Bring your favorite lip balm, and they will gift you a free lip balm chain for you to customize.

• West Hollywood, Saturday 3/8 🍽️ Woah, ÐiÐi now has brunch! To celebrate ÐiÐi in the daylight, there will be bottomless mimosas, a DJ, and new specialty brunch dishes this Saturday.

• Frogtown, Saturday 3/8 🥳 After five years, The Confetti Project will officially be back in LA, kicking off its inaugural community workshop format - The Celebration Lab on International Women’s Day. This event is all about how to embrace joy, pain, and the messiness of being human…in pounds of confetti.

• Lincoln Heights, Saturday 3/8 🧗 Wanna rock climb? Wondery Outdoors is hosting the ultimate community climbing event in honor of International Women’s Day. A cute way to celebrate while trying something new, moving your body, and meeting new people!

• Venice, Saturday 3/8 💐 Join FabFitFun and Bloom as they celebrate International Women’s Day at OSEA’s Venice Skincare Studio! There will be free coffee, flowers, and gifts while supplies last - plus the chance to win a GIANT FabFitFun Box with $10K worth of products.

• Lincoln Heights, Saturday 3/8 🍻 Happy Women’s Day! Best Coast Beverages and Benny Boy Brewing are teaming up for a super fun wine night to celebrate. Come for the glorious alliteration, and stay for the delish wine and cider, and conversation with Caroline & Chelsey (and yes, more alliteration). Get your ticket here!

• Mid-Wilshire, Saturday 3/8 🖼️ Friend date idea! Learn how to make your own zine at Print Shop LA.

• Echo Park, Saturday 3/8 🏃 Queer Run Club is partnering with Couplet Coffee this Saturday! You’ll start at Couplet, run around the Echo Park Lake, and then head back to Couplet for 20% off coffee & pastries.

• Hollywood, Sunday 3/9 🥗 Our friends at CARVINGBLOCK are teaming up with sweetgreen for a free culinary pop-up at this Sunday’s Hollywood Farmers Market. They’ll be celebrating sweetgreen’s new ripple fries with fresh bites, complimentary merch, and an exciting immersive food installation (while supplies last). We’ll see you there!

• West Hollywood, Sunday 3/9 🍵 The perfect Sunday activity: grab a matcha at Heyday Beverly and create your own charm bracelet with Charmed LA. First 50 people will receive a free tote with their matcha and free $50 enhancement on your facial from Heyday!

• West Hollywood, Sunday 3/9 🍸 Parents! Join Club Rewire and Happiest Baby for an evening dedicated to the mental well-being of parents. Featuring passed appetizers, an open mocktail & cocktail bar, and a Q&A with a licensed therapist around the psychology of life as a parent.

• Griffith Park, Sunday 3/9 📚 It’s Sunday Reading Club (aka group leisure for introverts)! Bring a book, a chair or a blanket, and any little treats that will make your experience exactly how you like it.

• West LA, Monday 3/10 🍎 Apple Pan is now open on Mondays!! To celebrate, they’re launching their own version of March Madness—offering free slices of their famous Apple Pie to the first 50 customers every Monday in March.

📍PLACES TO BE📍

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

^{Top Left: The Flour Pizzeria (📷 by @flourpizzeria), Top Right: Al Dente (📷 by @aldente_pastashop), Bottom Left: Almaya (📷 by @almaya.la), Bottom Right: Takagi Coffee (📷 by @takagi_coffee_la1)}

• Al Dente, Cheviot Hills  🍕 This takeout spot is serving fresh handmade pasta and pizza al-taglio by private chef Luigi Fineo.

• Unetto Tokyo Pasta Factory, Sawtelle 🍝 There’s uni pasta at this new Japanese spot. I repeat: there’s uni pasta at this new Japanese spot.

• Almaya, Lincoln Heights 🍽️ Mexican & Mediterranean fusion?! I’m intrigued.

• Flour Pizzeria, Brentwood 🍕 NY-style pizza in Brentwood! They lost their first location in the Palisades fires and just re-opened in Brentwood.

• Hatchet Hall, Culver West 🍴 Obviously not new, but I went to Hatchet Hall for the first time last week…that cornbread is beyond deserving of all the hype it gets, WOW. Also, Old Man Bar off to the side is so cozy.

• Takagi Coffee, Beverly Grove 🥞 Famous soufflé pancake spot from Japan just opened a location on West 3rd. I’m drooling over these pancakes…

💬 ONE FINAL THING 💬

See ya around,

Mads

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