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Mads here! In the words of Taylor Swift: ‘tis the damn season. It’s hard to get into the holiday spirit here in LA when the weather is still 75 and sunny. BUT, these spots are making it super easy to down some eggnog and feel festive asap. Falalalalalalalala.

• Blitzen’s Bar, Century City 🎄 Overlooking the holiday village at the Westfield Century City mall! Order our custom eggnog cocktail: Camber Tree Farm.

• Capri Club, Eagle Rock 🍷 Every year, Capri Club transforms their aperitivo bar with holiday decor. Order the hot toddy and cozy up in one of their booths.

• Christmas Market, ROW DTLA 🎁 Walk around this Christmas market (inspired by the ones in Europe) with mulled wine or eggnog. It’s so cute!!

• Bacari, West Adams 🎥 In addition to the holiday decor, they put on movie nights every Monday!

• Casa Vega, Sherman Oaks 🎄 They take deck the halls VERY seriously.

• Swiss Chalet at Century Plaza, Century City 🍷 You’ll be transported to an apres-ski in these winter chalets at the Fairmont Century Plaza. Order a round (or 2) of glögg.

• Holly Jolly Holiday Bar at EP & LP, West Hollywood 🍸 Omg the Sleigh Ride drink here…

• Frosty’s, Hollywood 🎁 This is like if Christmas threw up everywhere. Great for the photo ops.

• The Elf Bar at Pattern Bar, DTLA 🎊 There are elves galore at this holiday pop-up!

• Alley Lounge, Culver City 🎅 This speakeasy turns into a holiday bar with signs like “drink up grinches.”

• Season's Greetings at Death & Co, DTLA 🍸 These will probably be the most serious holiday cocktails you’ll drink. Death & Co transforms their Standing Room into a cozy holiday pop-up for the season.

• Miracle at Denae’s Diner, DTLA 🎄 The Christmas bar pop-up is at Denae’s Diner this year!

^{Top Left: Blitzen’s Bar (📷 by Camber), Top Right: Holly Jolly Holiday Bar (📷 by Camber), Bottom Left: Swiss Chalet (📷 by Camber), Bottom Right: Capri Club (📷 by @petetini)}

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 & Studio City, Tuesday 12/3 🍔 Ummm Heavy Handed is giving out FREE burgers?! Happy giving Tuesday.

• Venice, Tuesday 12/3 ☕️ This sounds delicious: Bio.me has partnered with Little Lunch Venice on a fiber fueled festive holiday treat! To kick off the collaboration and celebrate the launch, Bio.me is bringing an après ski to Venice on Tuesday. Stop by between 11am-2pm for winter-vibes, a cozy s’mores station, and of course fiber-filled lattes.

• Frogtown, Tuesday 12/3 🕺 It’s Ronboy's Rockin' Disco Holiday Benefit for Alexandria House, which is a safe place in Ktown that offers housing and long term resources for mothers and their children experiencing houselessness and other domestic hardships. Join in for a special night of live music, comedy, raffle, silent auction, dj sets and more!

• Beverly Grove, Thursday 12/5 🧘 Overwhelmed by all the holiday chatter? Head to this sound bath at The Grove. You get to take home a special custom yoga mat and tote bag!

• All over, Thursday 12/5 🍕 Woah: Prime Pizza & Ggiata are collabing. For 11 days only, from 12/5–12/15, they’re bringing you The Masterpiece Pie, a collaboration pizza that's nothing short of legendary.

• Culver City, Thursday 12/5 🎄 Platform’s Holiday Bazaar is this Thursday. Mulled wine! Live holiday jazz! Wreath decorating! Oh, and there will be a DONNI trunk show at Teller & Perlita’s Oysters at The Optimist.

• Culver City, Thursday 12/5 🎶 Harps & wine? You can get both at La Sabina on Thursday. It’s their second rendition of Studio Sessions, which is a curated, intimate live music series with a focus on featuring local artists from a diverse range of musical backgrounds.

• Echo Park, Thursday 12/5 🍷 Ali LaBelle is hosting her first ever À LA CARTE holiday party for her newsletter! It will be a festive little soirée at Tilda and proceeds from the night will be donated to the National Network of Abortion Funds. The first 50 partygoers will receive a gift bag that includes her sold out À La Carte holiday print issue—the only way you can still get a copy!

• Santa Monica, Friday 12/6 🍕 It’s pizza, wine, & jazz night at JuneShine! Enjoy live holiday jazz, fresh pizza, and natural wines from Jumbo Time Wines.

• Century City, Friday 12/6 🍝 Experience Eataly after hours…Eataly will be closed to the public and open to ticket holders ready to party all'Italiana on Friday. Treat yourself to seasonal Italian food, specialty cocktails, a live DJ, fun activities including a photobooth, tarot card reader, and more. Use code CAMBER15 for a discount on tickets!

• Culver City, Friday 12/6 🍷 A shopping event with natural wine? Yes, please. Check out Moonlight Market at Platform on Friday.

• Altadena, Friday 12/6 🎨 The Creative Café has returned from a mini hiatus!! Just like dining out, you will select from a menu, but instead of ordering food, you’ll choose from a selection of creative activities. Great friend date idea.

• Venice, Friday 12/6 🤠 My favorite night is back: Country Night!! It’s guaranteed to get rowdy.

• Koreatown, Friday 12/6 🍕 An art party with pizza! Olibella is hosting their next First Friday Pop Up Art show at Open Market. It’s an ugly sweater party and Boy Blue pizza will be joining as the guest chef.

• Historic Filipinotown, Friday 12/6 📚 Another Hi-Fi Friday night Market at A Good Used Book! Expect flash tattoos, handmade ceramics, and Filipino skewers.

• Mid-City, Friday 12/6 🎨 This is bound to be a cozy, creative evening: a Holly Jolly Pottery Class with Cruz Creations at re/creation cafe!

• Culver City, Friday 12/6 🤭 Get ready to laugh at Comedy Jamwich this Friday. Merch giveaways, holiday photos, and free drinks all night! Get your ticket here.

• Echo Park, Friday 12/6 - Sunday 12/8 🤝 Wanna give back this season? Bring unopened period products to Little Fish to help those in need.

• Huntington Park, Saturday 12/7 🎁 Everybody World is having their holiday market on Saturday! Expect clothing, sunglasses, ceramics, cacti, art, jewelry, candles, printed matter, and more. Lucky Nick’s Pizza will be there, too.

• Echo Park, Saturday 12/7 🍷 It’s Bucatini’s annual Holiday Market on Saturday! There will be wine, music, delicious bites, and endless opportunity to shop for gifts and for your home. The first 10 customers to purchase from Bucatini will be gifted something special from the shop!

• DTLA, Saturday 12/7 ✨ Evergreen Market is a seasonal sanctuary where creativity, community, and commerce converge at Soho Warehouse on Saturday. Grab a drink from the Tavern while shopping a collection of treasures from independent artisans and designers. Also, enjoy complimentary gift wrapping!

• Venice, Saturday 12/7 🍵 For one day only, you can shop Skin By Ella Rose and sip on Ella’s Berry Blush Matcha Hot Cocoa at Boulevard in Venice on Saturday! Oh, and you’ll get complimentary custom holiday wrapping so your gifts look perfect under the tree.

• Santa Monica, Saturday 12/7 🪴 Merrihew’s Sunset Gardens is putting on their 2nd annual Holiday Artisan Market. You can expect 10+ local vendors, live jazz, and dumplings!

• Mid-City, Saturday 12/7 🎁 Midland Market is here! It’s an awesome maker market of local artisans hosted by Midland. The lineup looks stacked…

• Chinatown, Saturday 12/7 🍵 Steep’s annual Holiday Market at the Mandarin Plaza is here! It will be a dining and shopping party.

• DTLA, Saturday 12/7 ✍️ Another Sip & Sketch by friend of Camber, Marianna Fierro. This time at ROW DTLA!

• Frogtown, Saturday 12/7 🛍️ It’s the Frogtown Holiday Hop! More than 15 participating venues along the LA River with holiday shopping, art exhibits, holiday treasure hunt, live music, good, and more.

• Silver Lake, Saturday 12/7 🎄 Sol Market is having their Holiday Market at Sunset Row on Saturday! Support some of your favorite small businesses.

• Beverly Grove, Saturday 12/7 & Sunday 12/8 🍽️ Postmates is popping up at the Original Farmers Market this weekend! There will (of course) be free food and premium giveaways like fleece blankets, cozy socks, a cheese board. Plus they have this insane claw machine filled with promo codes for anywhere from $25-$100 in Postmates credits...the most sought-after currency in LA.

• Culver City, Saturday 12/7 & Sunday 12/8 📖 For all my book lovers: Seen Library is back at Platform this weekend! I would get there early to grab some gifts for your bookish friends.

• Beverly Grove, Saturday 12/7 & Sunday 12/8 🪴 Finish your holiday shopping with local vendors, wreath workshops, live music, and more at Rolling Greens Beverly Grove this weekend!

• DTLA, Sunday 12/8 🎁 The In Todo Craft Holiday Craft Fair is back! Bringing visibility to the craft of BIPOC makers. Free tickets here!

• Silver Lake, Sunday 12/8 👚 A closet sale at Cafe Nido! Outfit Repeater has a whole lineup of closets for you to shop from on Sunday.

• Arlington Heights, Sunday 12/8 💍 Learn how to make your own jewelry at this workshop!! You’ll carve a wax ring that will be cast it in silver.

• West LA, Sunday 12/8 🛍️ Motoring Coffee is having their holiday market on Sunday! Best part about this? They will open up their FULL Motoring Club venue for you to shop from a curated selection of art, crafts, gifts and more.

• Santa Monica, Sunday 12/8 🧀 Raclette Fest at Esters! You can expect herb roasted potatoes, sourdough tartine with prosciutto, and crispy bacon brussels sprouts all to pair with raclette.

• Venice, Sunday 12/8 🎄 Wanna make your own ceramic ornaments? Head to this workshop by Handmade in Venice Beach.

• Elysian Park, Sunday 12/8 ✍️ It’s the last Gratitude Group of the year! It’s a 30 min sound bath followed by group led gratitude journaling & community sharing.

📍PLACES TO BE📍

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

^{Top Left: Bacari BH (📷 by @meetjakob), Top Right: Seline (📷 by @selinerestaurant), Bottom Left: Pie Room (📷 by @andreadagosto), Bottom Right: Somerville (📷 by @somerville.slauson)}

• Real Charmer, Virgil Village 🍸 New bar by the Holcomb team has taken over the Bolita space Virgil Village! Great bar name.

• Bacari, Beverly Hills 🍷 Bacari opens their 7th location! They’ve taken over the former Villa Blanca space in BH.

• Seline, Santa Monica 🍽️ The chef from Pasjoli has opened up a new fine dining spot in SM.

• Pie Room, Beverly Hills 🥧 New Australian-style pie shop by Chef Curtis Stone. At night, the space transforms into a European-style wine bar!

• Somerville, Windsor Hills 🍽️ Issa Rae’s new restaurant that highlights contemporary cuisine while honoring the rich roots of South Central Los Angeles.

• Somni, West Hollywood 🇪🇸 Eater is calling Somni an “ambitious Spanish modernist tasting menu restaurant.” I’m intrigued…

• GG Coffee & Matcha, West Hollywood ☕️ New coffee shop serving rocky’s matcha on Fairfax!!

💬 ONE FINAL THING 💬

See ya around,

Mads

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