Normally I’m not big into shopping party sample sales thingies but when I read up on Top Button’s L.A. designer shopping party, it gave me pause. This “more than a sample sale” features some of my favorite things: mini spa treatments (for those who purchase the VIP tickets), goodie bags, and complimentary cocktails (by Blue…
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Lava Lounge's Last Days: Fire Sale, Kinky Karaoke & Burlesque
After 13 years serving the Hollywood nightlife hidden in the boring confines of a La Brea strip mall, the Lava Lounge is bidding you “aloha.” Which is sad because it’s one of those places I’ve always meant to check out but never did thinking it would always be around. I know, nothing in club life…
Santa Monica Planet Blue's Annual 50% Off Storewide Sale
OK, I was really conflicted about posting this especially since I have sworn this store off but I figured a 50% storewide sale off designer goods is always newsworthy. So, yeah, the huge (three times bigger than paparazzi stakeout location, the Malibu PU) Santa Monica Planet Blue is having a two-day sale on its entire…
Low-Priced Louboutins at Decadestwo Annual Essentials Event
Flickr shot by Carl Grint I ain’t one to go in for fancy-schmancy designer brands but…look! pretty!…I also can’t deny the appeal of Manolos or Jimmy Choos. So gor-jus they make my mouth water. So I have to acknowledge this fab-sounding sale at Decadestwo, secondhand designer thrift store for the stars and voted the best…
Wednesday Sales: Will U Be Mine, O Discounted Designer Goodie?
Valentines schmalentines. Even anti-Valentine events seem played out. How about the We Just Don’t Care Day? OR even better, Wednesday? I say, chuck expensive dinners and pricey bar tabs and buy yourself something pretty at these here sales instead.
Old Is New Again: The Way We Wore's Biannual Sale
I’ve never heard of this “iconic store” before but when I spotted a listing for it on CitySearch, two things caught my eye: 1) “The Way We Wore”? Genius! and 2) it’s having a sale on its vintage frocks for the next couple of weeks. Of course prices are reported to run anywhere from $20…
For Your Inner Chef: Sur La Table's Winter Clearance Sale
Even though I don’t cook…all that much ::cough, cough::…I loooovvve browsing Sur La Table. And I just know that if I had a kitchen stocked with all those gourmet cookware goodies I’d be more apt to make my own meals or at least try to. As it is, Wustof knives and Le Creuset cookware are…
Shop Intuition's Sale IRL
I’ve passed this women’s clothes store Intuition on Pico Boulevard lots of times on my way to John O’Groats and Westside Pavilion and never realized that it’s actually the real-life storefront for Shopintuition.com, expensive online store to the stars. From CitySearch: This celeb-favorite shop shows up in the gossip mags every week for a reason:…
Go Blue! Denim Sale Weekend
Stock up on your fave L.A. staple or dare to Christmas shop for your fashionista friends at the two denim sales going on this weekend. They’re huuuge. The first one is the Holiday Designer Denim Sale at Smashbox Studios in Culver City where you have 4,000 pairs of skinny jeans, bootcuts, etc. to choose from….
Get a Jump on Black Friday: Camarillo Outlets' Midnight Madness Sale
Flickr Shot by Matt McGee I myself am not a hard-core shopper. Never lined up outside a store waiting for it to open, open, open and never battled through a Black Friday. But for those into that sorta thing, the Camarillo Premium Outlets way the hell up in the nether reaches of the 101 will…
