SHOP: VIP Card

We know it seems too good to be true but it’s not!! The LiveLoveShopLA VIP CARD was introduced due to the longstanding relationships we have developed with LA’s best SPECIALTY STORES.  And now we are able to give you guys the same access we have every time we’re out shopping.  So here’s the deal: Purchase our VIP CARD for a one-time fee of $100.  Then EVERY TIME you shop at one of our affiliate stores, you receive 15-20% OFF your purchase…EVERY TIME! 365 DAYS A YEAR!  It really doesn’t get any better than that! 

AFFILIATES:
Beckley / Curve / Dari / Diane Merrick / Diavolina / Dave’n'Lils / Fluxus / Jami Lyn / Live! On Sunset / M. Fredric / Planet Blue / Madison / Polkadots and Moonbeams / Sielian’s Vintage / more…

VIP CARD can be purchased HERE

SERVICE: Passport to Prana

Lately in our downtime the warm weather has us planted poolside, lounging and eating backyard BBQ.  Working out can start to seem like a big commitment especially when getting out of town is the only thing on our minds. Yeah, we throw our yoga mat in the car hoping to get some STRETCHING in, but wouldn’t life be easier if we could just pop into a class nearby? Haven’t you ever wanted to check out different YOGA studios in your area, but didn’t want to buy a package at each and every one? The answer is yes, and PASSPORT to PRANA has got you completely covered. LLSLA has all the information you need:

Introducing Passport to Prana, an innovative yoga business that just launched in Southern California that lets residents dictate when, where, and how they’ll take their yoga classes for a fraction of the price.   

Passport to Prana offers aspiring yoga enthusiasts and gurus a first-class ticket to wellness at over 30 yoga studios around Los Angeles and Orange County.  Card holders are entitled to  take a single class at every participating studio in their area without having to pay costly drop-in fees.  Want to learn Bikram in Downtown today, explore the Anusara style in Sherman Oaks tomorrow, and then try Ashtanga in Santa Monica next month?  No problem.  Not sure what these yoga styles are or even mean?  That’s perfectly fine.  Passport to Prana lets the fitness curious become both tourist and travel agent.  Members completely customize their yoga experience…from schedule to area of interest to neighborhood to workout level.   

Each Passport costs $30, making the cost of each yoga session less than $1. (That’s less than the cost of a yoga mat rental!)  Like all Passports, this one has an expiration.  Los Angeles regional Passports are good through November 30, 2011 and can be purchased at http://www.passporttoprana.com/  and select participating studios.

Passport to Prana is the brainchild of securities attorney turned yoga instructor YuMee Chung.  Her goal in creating the company is to make yoga accessible to everyone regardless of economic background.  

Passports are available throughout Canada, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa Bay, San Diego and for the first time ever, in Southern California.

-Nicole Wool, Publicist
 Passport to Prana

Street Spotted: Los Angeles Winter Style

It might be winter time…but here in Los Angeles temperatures still rise in December. We have spotted some great trends including crochet, maxi and mid calf skirts, velvet coats and shades of pink!

Sip/Savor: Best Food Truck in Town

Top Chefs, Iron Chefs, major mover and shaker Chefs in Tinseltown (as Los Angeles is often called) are all finally getting noticed for WHO THEY ARE and their (fabulous) FOOD…glorious food!

One local chef who is always starring IN the news and making headlines for himself is LUDO LeFEBVRE, aka LUDO BITES.  Though he doesn’t have a restaurant of his own, he maintains his notoriety by slaving away in POP UP RESTAURANTS celebrated not only for his “kitchen miracles,” but that also boast SOLD OUT reservations for his entire short-term stint.  Often hailed as the “Mad Genius,” Ludo’s MOBILE TRUCKS are probably the most popular in town.  What’s for LUNCH or PRIVATE PARTIES?  Why, his famous FRIED CHICKEN, of course!!!

STREET SPOTTED: Los Angeles Style

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Street Spotted: Paris & NYC

The LIVELOVESHOPLA team, aka “Guerilla Trend Hunters,” shops the stores and scours the streets in major fashion capitals around the world.  Recently, we spotted style-setters in New York, Paris and Jerusalem (where there’s actually a Topshop, too!).  Hence, the phrase, we cover LOS ANGELES and BEYOND.

ITEM ALERT: FUR TO GO

Most of us would agree that FUN FUR is a staple in anyone’s Fall wardrobe, but in Los Angeles, FUR is a hit any ‘ol time of the year…even when worn with SHORTS!  So your body temperature is just too HOT to sport it as a Vest, Cape or even a Wrap….get with the program!!!! NOW, it’s HIP to wear fur as an STATEMENT piece ACCESSORY.

HOT HOT HOT: RED O

Sip/Savor: Los Angeles Trucks…The Spiel on Wheels

Yummy. Savory. Delicious. Orgasmic…just a FEW words to describe some of the most BABULOUS cuisine on… (HARK!!!) wheels! Whether it’s breakfast, lunch, dinner or desert, here are some of OUR favorites. For those of you who have “heard” about these tres- nouveau FOOD TRUCKS but don’t exactly know the HOW or the WHERE just quite yet, here’s a BIG HINT. Go to TRUXMAP, click on YOUR CITY and boom, you can finally INDULGE until your heart’s content!

DON CHOW TACOS.
Here’s the perfect blend of Latin and Fusion. Sure, they have all the traditional Mexican classics (from tortas and tacos to burritos, but the STANDOUT DISH is undoubtedly the Don Chow Fun, is a noodle concoction made with thin, flat rice noodles, stir fried with onions and the meat of your choice. OMG, once you’ve tasted THIS masterpiece, you’ll be yearning for another round as soon as you finish the very last bite!

THE SOUTH PHILLY EXPERIENCE.
As its name suggests, the South Philly Experience specializes in meatball subs, chicken cutlets, pulled pork with broccoli rabe and, NATURALLY, cheese steaks made on authentic baked bread shipped from The East Coast. NEWS FLASH…as a LIVELOVESHOPLA cardholder, BUY ONE, get one FREE!

COOL HAUS. 
makes serves up architecturally-inspired ICE CREAM sandwiches that will IGNITE if not EXCITE the senses!!! Young and old alike (from 2 to 102) relish in the joy of “self creation!” THIS truck is the one you want for BIRTHDAY PARTIES that are sure to be the “talk of the town!” The equation is simple brilliant and tasty, just pick your icecream, your cookie, and your EATIBLE wrapper and you are good to go!

And Boy, do we have even MORE GREAT NEWS!…
Experience them ALL at the FOOD TRUCK fundraiser/cook-off
Saturday, May 15 from 4-7pm in MacArthur Park.
For a mere $50, it guarantees to be ONE hell of gastronomic adventure!

SERVICE: The Babulous Blow

IF ONLY…IF ONLY…IF ONLY we could have someone come to our homes each and every morning to BLOW DRY our hair! For those of us who might be great with the ROLLERS, but just can’t get our hair STRAIGHT and sleek ourselves, “no matter how hard we try”…how about THIS for a revolutionary idea? The DRY BAR, has BLOWN into town and offers not only $35 blowouts, but ALSO drinks at Happy Hour on Thursdays to Saturdays from 5 to 9pm…great right before making the scene!  Also available, the “Brunch Blowout” on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 2pm.  The best  news?  NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY, but to be SURE of an opening at the EXACT time you’d like, book directly on its website. Hell, who WOULDN’T want to sip a glass of wine and savor the action while  while getting beautiful?  Not much magazine reading at this creative salon!

 The worst news?  They aren’t EVERYWHERE!  Will someone please wise up and open these ALL over the city, the entire United States, the whole damn world???? Pretty Please?!!!  (NOTE: At this writing, we did “hear” that Beverly Hills was next on its list of soon-to-open locations)

11677 San Vicente Boulevard in the Brentwood Gardens
www.thedrybar.com