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The Maybourne Beverly Hills_ Prêt-à-Portea Red Carpet Collection
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Sip Like A Star: The Maybourne Beverly Hills Launches A Glamorous New Afternoon TeaFeatured

March 18, 2025

On the heels of awards season, Prêt-à-Portea, The Red Carpet Collection, a high fashion take on afternoon tea, comes to The Maybourne Beverly Hills from the hotel’s sister property in London.  The Red Carpet Collection is a playful collection of cakes and cookies that pay homage to iconic red carpet moments, from Björk’s famous Oscar swan dress by Marjan Pejoski to JLo’s infamous green Versace gown at the Grammys.   First up on the red carpet is Björk’s swan dress from the 2001 Oscars, transformed into a pavlova with passion fruit ganache, swan meringues, and sugar eggs.  Michelle Williams’s saffron Vera Wang gown from the…

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Balloons over Boyle Heights
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Balloons Over Boyle Heights

October 28, 2024

The Balloon Museum will bring its immersive art installation to Ace Mission Studios in Los Angeles’s Arts District on Wednesday, October 30, and run through March 16, 2025. Located along the L.A. River in the industrial flats of Boyle Heights,  the Ace Mission Studios  Balloon Museum “Let’s Fly” exhibit features installations by 21 artists including Filthy Luker, Tadao Cern, MyeongBeom Kim, Ouchhh, SpY, Max Streicher, Karina Smigla – Bobinski, Michael Shaw, ENESS, Roman Hill, Quiet Ensemble, Rub Kandy, Cyril Lancelin, Sila Sveta, Camilla Falsini, MOTORE FISICO, Alex Schweder, Hyperstudio, Mauro Pace, and Sasha Frolova.  It also marks the debut of the Balloon Museum’s…

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Chef Michael Mina Is Back At The Beach With Orla at The Regent Santa Monica

September 12, 2024

James Beard Award-winning Chef Michael Mina is bouncing back after a two-year hiatus with his most stunning concept yet, Orla, which opened in September in the Regent Santa Monica Hotel. “Orla is an incredibly personal concept for me, taking inspiration from my childhood,” Mina says during a tour of the property, in between grilling herb-marinated lamb chops with black harissa. “I was born in Egypt and grew up in a very Middle Eastern household. My father was from Alexandria and my mother was from Cairo. A lot of the food that I grew up eating I thought my whole life…

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