👋 OH HEY 👋

Mads here! I never thought I’d see the day that our lord & savior Taylor Swift was at The Grove. Here’s a selfie of her and Caruso heiress Gigi Caruso:

Okay, now on to the coolest things happening this week.

🗓️ THINGS TO DO 🗓️

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

• Beverly Grove, all week 🔮 For all my astrology girlies: the Co-Star vending machine has touched down in LA! You’ll find it in the Farmers Market at the Grove.

• All over, all week 🎾 Tennis enthusiasts: you must check out LIVEBALL. It’s tennis, remixed. They host sessions all over the city throughout the week (full schedule here). Should we finally put on our “actual beginners” lesson with them?!

• All over, all week 🍽️ It’s the last week of Dine LA! Check out the full list of participating restaurants here. Highlights include: Yangban, Tonchin, OSPI, Met Him at a Bar, Cha Cha Cha, Kodo, Good Clean Fun, Dear Jane’s, Botanica, and Agnes.

• Frogtown, Tuesday 10/17 🍔 Night Off is this a collaborative dinner series in LA, and their next one is on Tuesday at Loreto. There will be food from Sonoratown, Woon, and George’s Burger Stand with dessert by Loreto. Book your seat here!

• West Adams, Tuesday 10/17 🧑‍💻 Wanna WFH with friends? Alta & LA in Common are putting on a midday coffee, work & wine session on Tuesday.

• West Hollywood, Wednesday 10/18 🍝 Interested in learning more about Sardinian food and wine? Angelini Osteria is putting on this special 4-course dinner and wine pairing on Wednesday to do just that.

• Hancock Park, Wednesday 10/18 🎷 Tonchin is starting a Jazz Night, and their first one is on Wednesday! Love this.

• Hollywood, Wednesday 10/18 🤣 Check out this new comedy show series at The Hotel Cafe this Wednesday (btw that’s one of my favorite comedy show venues).

• DTLA, Wednesday 10/18 💐 This is precious: a floral workshop series at Tea at Shiloh.

• Pacific Palisades, Wednesday 10/18 😮‍💨 Breathwork on a rooftop in the Palisades? Sign me up.

• Venice, Thursday 10/19 🏃 There’s a new running club in town! They meet in front of The Waterfront, run or walk 1-5 miles, and then grab drinks together afterwards. Great way to meet new friends!

• Silver Lake, Thursday 10/19 🎲 It’s Silver Lake Backgammon Club on Thursday!! They’re partering with Biite for backyard backgammon at Club Tee Gee while serving up Persian food from HOMA.

• West Hollywood, Thursday 10/19 🤝 I love this: sober speed-friending. It’s like speed-dating, but for friends and sans alcohol.

• Chinatown, Thursday 10/19 🍻 This is sweet. Chloe Cooks is hosting a meetup at Homage Brewing on Thursday!

• Koreatown, Thursday 10/19 🎨 A paint & sip for singles: Red Room & Single AF Party are putting on this “Brushes, Beats, & Vinos” night on Thursday!

• DTLA, Thursday 10/19 🍷 Wanna learn more about natty wines? Pali Wine Co is putting on this “What’s Natural Wine Anyway?” guided tasting and discussion.

• Mid-city, Thursday 10/19 🍕 Boy Blue Pizza is popping up at my fave Jurassic Magic on Thursday. Yum!

• Culver City, Friday 10/20 👻 Get in the spooky spirit with Platform’s new Spooky Cineform series. You’ll watch an outdoor movie in Platform Park with a special menu from Roberta's.

• Venice, Friday 10/20 🎸 Chris Shiflett (guitarist from the Foo Fighters) is playing at Penmar this Friday. Grab tix here!

• Silver Lake, Friday 10/20 🍷 Looking to taste some natty wines? Wonderwerk & Austin Winery will be pouring wines at KAMP on Friday.

• West Hollywood, Friday 10/20 🎃 Celebrate Halloween early with Zac's Sweet Shop at Bravo Toast on Friday night!

• Los Feliz, Friday 10/20 & Saturday 10/21 🍽️ My favorite Persian food pop-up is back! Azizam will be at Cafe Caravan on Friday & Saturday.

• Virgil Village, Saturday 10/21 🤣 This comedy & mingle night is going to be epic.

• Elysian Park, Saturday 10/21 🕺 I’m obsessed with this: Gratitude Group is putting on an alcohol-free pop up dance party called Natural High in the park. Soundbath! Somatic movement! A sunset dance party!

• Koreatown, Saturday 10/21 🐔 You’re gonna wanna try this: Sandita’s fried chicken sando, which will be popping up at Open Market on Saturday.

• Historic Filipinotown, Saturday 10/21 🥯 Hot Water Bagels is popping up again. This time at Grá on Saturday!

• Silver Lake, Saturday 10/21 🍷 For my sapphically inclined friends: The Ruby Fruit is hosting Lesbo Bingo on Saturday.

• Echo Park, Saturday 10/21 ☕ Heavy Water Coffee is putting on this Heavy Market on Saturday for Filipino American History Month. Vintage clothing! Flowers! Baked goods! And more!

• Little Tokyo, Sunday 10/22 🎶 Wanna listen to ambient harp music and drink Japanese whiskey in a private Japanese garden? Of course you do.

• Beverly Hills, Sunday 10/22 🐔 The Tenderfest lineup on Sunday is stacked: Shay Mitchell, Benny Blanco, Zack Bia…

If you need a ride to any of the events above, use code CAMBER or click this link to get $10 off your first 2 Alto rides 🚗

📍PLACES TO BE📍

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

^{Top Left: Cold Shoulder (📷 by Eater LA), Top Right: Si! Mon (📷 by Eater LA), Bottom Left: Parmizza (📷 by parmizza.com), Bottom Right: Calic Bagel (📷 by @calicbagel)}

• Cold Shoulder, West Hollywood 🍸 A new speakeasy called Cold Shoulder has opened next to their sister bar Blue Collar. You enter through a secret bookcase!

• Si! Mon, Venice 🍽️ If you’re curious about what took over the former James’ Beach space: it’s a Panamanian restaurant called Si! Mon.

• Parmizza, Culver City 🍕 Where parm meets pizza: Parmizza! Can’t picture it? Here you go.

• Butchr Bar, Echo Park 🍷 Okay, this hasn’t opened yet, but it should be on your radar: a natty wine bar and butcher shop in Echo Park.

• Calic Bagel, Koreatown 🥯 This rip & dip bagel spot is all the craze. I mean look at this…

💬 ONE FINAL THING 💬

See ya around,

Mads

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