Greensbury Market Must-Haves — Don't Read On an Empty Stomach
Greensbury Market meat and fish can elevate your table to superstar status A little something many people don’t know about me is that I used to be a restaurant critic. I wrote reviews for two major metropolitan newspapers, a city magazine, hosted a food and restaurant radio show, and did restaurant features on a local…
Feeling Like a Wonder Woman With Connie Nielsen in My Veronica Beard Dickie Jacket
Knock me over with a swizzle stick! The first time I wear my new Veronica Beard Scuba Jacket with its Mariner Stripe Dickey, Connie Nielsen, one of the glamorous stars of Wonder Woman, notices it and says, “Love your jacket — Veronica Beard?” If that doesn’t prove that the right sartorial splurge is SO worth…
Celebrate NATIONAL SPOIL YOUR DOG DAY Like a Baller
Hundreds of Ways to Celebrate National Spoil Your Dog Day Who even knew there was a National Spoil Your Dog Day? But, as all my pet-loving friends agree, we’ll use any excuse to shamelessly pamper our pooches, right? As if they need more lavish attention A survey done by NationalToday.com in celebration of National Spoil Your Dog…
You Won't Believe What I Found in the Gift Bag at the Secret Room Events Red Carpet Style Lounge Honoring the Golden Globe Awards
Stars love this event because it’s like a box of chocolates: They never know what they’re gonna get in the gift bag at the Secret Room Event Secret Room Events Red Carpet Style Lounge Honoring the Golden Globe Awards It’s awards season again, and you know what that means: I share with you all the…
THE Perfect Little Black Dress — See the Amazing Poppet on Four Generations!
Four generations of my family agree: The Poppet is the perfect little black dress for all occasions I realize that just about every day someone new claims to have found the perfect little black dress, but search no further — I have found one that is truly unrivaled. Not only does it pack away in…
Panting for the New Malibu Mix from Gaslamp Popcorn
Film critics can’t help but become popcorn aficionados. It’s one of the hazards of the job. I’ve doubtless sat in hundreds of theaters, watched thousands of movies, and downed millions of kernels of popcorn in my day, and I hate to say it, but I’ve gotten to the point where I mostly mindlessly munch. The big…
Rent a Mermaid — L.A.'s Hottest New Must-Have Party Favor
Lisa Johnson Mandell and Hollywood Hound Frankie Feldman are lured by the siren song of Rent a Mermaid Linden Just when I thought I’d covered all the essentials for Frankie Feldman’s Barkmitzvah, (he’s almost 13 in dog years). I attend The Agency‘s amazing “Midsummer’s Night Dream” party at a lavish estate in The Oaks of Calabasas, and I realize…
10 Tips for Enjoying Summer Lemons — the Fruit, Not the Movies
Those big, juicy tarts known as summer lemons are literally falling off the trees here at home in Hollywood, and if you’re not collecting your own stash as we are, or graciously accepting bags full from friends, you’re fondling them in the supermarket, trying decide which would be best to accent your ice water, which would be best…
Fashion Fling – Prince Style Sings On
By Staci Layne Wilson @StaciWilson When The Purple One died suddenly on Thursday April 21 at the age of 57, the world was stunned. Not only had we lost a brilliant musician and pop culture pioneer, we would never know what he would have worn next. It was always something stunning. But the Prince style…
A Dozen Things You Can Do Now to Start Your Spring Garden
Editor’s Note: I originally wrote A Dozen Things You Can Do Now to Start Your Spring Garden for Yahoo Makers, right before the company pulled the plug on that particular site. But I thought the research was just too valuable to go unpublished, so I asked my Yahoo editor if I could run it here on AtHomeInHollywood, and he…
