by Chrissy Iley Quite a few people, and by that I mean A-list people, go diligently to the Face Place in West Hollywood. So many of them have been going for years and they won`t go anywhere else. You know it is good because they don’t give you … [Read more...]
TRAVEL: NOW BOARDING BAR, WEST HOLLYWOOD
by Chrissy Iley Airline travel used to mean pure glamour. I know that seems like a long, long time ago, and it was. It was in the days of the set they called jet, which was the equivalent of the super elite. Stepping on a plane to be as … [Read more...]
LA JUICING: THE LARCHMONT JUICERY
by Chrissy Iley In the last couple of days I’ve become obsessed with Larchmont Village. It’s a ten minute drive from my home in West Hollywood, but it feels like another city and another era. The High Street is like Main Street Smalltown … [Read more...]
WEST HOLLYWOOD VEGAN DINING: GRACIAS MADRE
by Chrissy Iley Gracias Madre is a vegan Mexican restaurant newly opened in West Hollywood. It is opposite the famous Craig’s restaurant and almost as celebrity fuelled. It’s very easy to be a vegan in Los Angeles. Even Craig’s, a high end … [Read more...]
BEAUTY SHOPPING AT SALON BENJAMIN
by Chrissy Iley Salon Benjamin in LA now has a beauty shop, but it’s not just any beauty shop, it’s one I don’t seem to be able to leave. It started off with an innocent $10 purchase of Rose Vanilla Tinted Lip Blush by Fig+Yarrow. I loved … [Read more...]
CHAN DARA HOUSE OF SIAMESE: A REVIEW
by Chrissy Iley Chan Dara calls itself the House of Siamese Kitchen. I was attracted to it because I thought it said House of Siamese Cats and I assumed it was the ultimate cat café – Asian food and Asian purring. It turns out there were no … [Read more...]
WEST HOLLYWOOD: SALON BENJAMIN
by Chrissy Iley I was traumatised when the John Frieda LA salon closed down. It was such a beautiful space with a lovely pool as its centrepiece – it has now been taken over by The Olsens as a Row flagship store. Before John Frieda Neil … [Read more...]