This ultrahip bar, at the end of the Abbot Kinney strip in Venice, attracts an eclectic crowd of young clubgoers from all over L.A. The spacious main room pumps house beats, creating an atmosphere in which the scantily clad women and well-dressed men vie for attention from the opposite sex. If you're just rolling off the beach, however, don't be worried about being underdressed because at the...
New England's most famous discount retailer opened at Downtown Crossing in 1908. As of this writing, that location -- the only one where the celebrated automatic-markdown pricing policy applies -- was closed for construction. The Back Bay store is many things the original wasn't (well lit and scrubbed clean, just to name two), but I find the merchandise roughly equivalent to the stock at other...
Hot, mixed crowd of locals in pork-pies, dreads, Perry Ellis, and Dickies lean back in droves, due to limited lounge alternatives. Romantic/Date Spot conquests are swift, especially when you're Benicio del Toro stumbling from the wagon. Space-age refitting with filtered red lights making apple martinis blue and all manner of talent approachable. Slur big words about failed retro-design...