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Entries tagged with 'Silverlake'
Posted May. 19, 2008,
The Olive Motel
By Ann Magnuson
After getting a nice compliment on my Dan Attoe blog from one MySpace pal named Jesse I decided to check out his art as well. I enjoyed what I saw (see some below and more of it here) but it was his snapshot in front of Silver Lake's infamous Olive Motel that really caught my eye.
I've never stayed there nor have I known anyone who has but I've passed by this relic for years wondering when Andre Balazs was gonna snatch it up and turn it into a rich-hipster's paradise. Fortunately Jesse agreed to send me his account of staying at The Olive. I do hope it remains untouched by gentrification and stands as a reminder of a Los Angeles that is disappearing all too fast!
Posted Apr. 22, 2008,
RIP B-I-N-G-O
By Ann Magnuson
L.A. Weekly columnist Seven McDonald wrote a wonderful eulogy to everyone's favorite dachshund, the recently deceased Bingo. Anyone who had spent any quality time in Silver Lake's Sunset Junction area -- or even just a fleeting moment -- fell in love with the bacon-loving Bingo. (Bingo was given one of L.A. Woman' s Choice People Awards in 2007 as he brightened our days as much as any two-legged, life-loving Angeleno!)
Officially the charge of Sarah Dale, proprietor of the hipster boutique Pull My Daisy, Bingo soon became everyone's beloved pet (especially if you fed him bacon from the once packed, now-closed EAT WELL restaurant next door!) Sadly, Bingo was getting older and his judgment must have been impaired the day he darted into the street. His death was quick but his memory will last as long as those of us who adopted Bingo are still eating bacon (now the tempeh variety down the steet at the popular new vegan hang-out Flore).
Posted Aug. 8, 2007,
VROUW! Brings Hip Fashions to Hipsters With Hips at Pull My Daisy Thursday Night!
By Ann Magnuson
"Vrouw is a Dutch word for woman and is also a good way to imitate a big cat." So sayeth Rhachel Shaw, who is bringing hip fashion to big-boned Silverlake gals at her VROUW! party this Thursday night from 6-10 p.m. at Pull My Daisy (3908 Sunset Blvd. LA 90029). VROUW! is a "monthly fashion event for the regular-sized female that features fabulous looks size 12 and up." Tired of the boring fashions offered for fuller figuers, Shaw decided to collaborate with the Sarah Dale's ultra-cool Silverlake store Pull My Daisy to hipsterize the market.