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LOS ANGELES | Come to Mama

28 July 2015 ♦

There’s a new star in Hollywood and her name is Mama. Mama Shelter, that is. As a designer, slash, travel blogger, I like to think that I have my finger on the pulse of, well, design and travel. Imagine my delight when I discovered that I would be in Los…

EYE ON DESIGN | LOS ANGELES | “Projection”

21 April 2015 ♦

EYE ON DESIGN

I was going about my business, driving down Sunset Boulevard in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles yesterday, when I happened upon a stunning sight. Milky white palm trees towered above a ghostly whitewashed structure. Upon investigation, I learned that French artist, Vincent Lamouroux, had transformed a derelict motel…

LOS ANGELES | Restaurant | POT

31 January 2015 ♦

DON’T MISS

While I was working in Los Angeles, art directing Food Network show, “Daphne Dishes“, I got the opportunity to eat at some fabulous restaurants. POT, the latest venture from celebrated L.A. chef, Roy Choi, is a restaurant not to be missed. Choi’s meteoric rise to fame is like a movie…

Eye on Design| Los Angeles | Lotta Stenson

26 December 2014 ♦

EYE ON DESIGN

Not long after I was in Sweden, I was working in Los Angeles and happened upon the fabulous shop of Swedish designer, Lotta Stensson. It was a serendipitous meeting, not only because I had just been in Sweden, but because Lotta is a kindred spirit . . . a designer…