Sometimes I feel I must be the worst trends blogger ever so, in a new delivery of my truest sincerity here comes another chapter of ‘How do I love boycotting my own trends research, myself’: I have to confess that, even though it was named America’s hippest hipster neighborhood last year by Forbes I...
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After more than one year in L.A. I still feel like a newcomer; I guess it is a little bit complicated not to feel that way in such a big city, and that is why whenever somebody discovers something new to me I feel so grateful. Last Saturday I...
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This has been a long weekend. Not that it has lasted till today, actually only Monday was holiday in here but, anyway, it has been a long weekend. Long and scattered with little chained catastrophes that filled the days -one after another- till the moment you find yourself wondering when did the week happened...
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The other day one of my music-loving friends asked me which places I’d take Kevin Parker, leader of the band Tame Impala, if I were his guide during Primavera Sound. It was pretty clear that he wanted to test my knowledge of the city after living in Barcelona...
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It is impossible not to be in love with Ojai. In our short but great getaway last month not only we enjoyed this Californian little town and the nature surrounding it but we also discovered -besides the coolest motel- what I consider the most amazing used-book store I have ever seen to date.
Bart’s Books...
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Yes, trust me, sometimes in L.A. you do need a thick knit sweater, some other times you even need a scarf and sometimes -just a few times- you even need both of them together! The funny thing is, since this is an extraordinary phenomenon that only happens in rare occasions and never more than -I...
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Ojai Rancho Inn must be, by far, one of the coolest motels I have ever stayed in. A very relaxed, cozy and warm atmosphere wraps this motel, composed of little wooden cabins, in which we spent two nights when we went to Ojai for the weekend.
It is located within a walking distance from...
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Hope you have amazing plans for the weekend! We are expecting sunny and hot weather these days in here so after some surfing sessions, hopefully, we will be able to enjoy some of the stunning sunsets in Venice Beach while sipping on a nice glass of red wine -to say something…- on the rooftop...
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Depending where you are coming from it is very probable that you will be surprised when getting to this city and discovering the latest healthy eating fever in L.A. Parallel to all the fast food chains that fill each and every corner of the city, there is another trend completely opposite and antagonistic to...
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One of the advantages of having people visiting is that, in many occasions, you end up discovering pretty cool places that, maybe, without them here, you wouldn’t have discovered. You know, the typical places that are right next to your home and just because they are so close you kind of keep on putting...
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Had it been named after any other thing, it wouldn’t have very probably grab my attention that much; also, if this Cafe Kreuzberg had been located in any street of this neighborhood in the German capital I guess I wouldn’t have really paid attention either but it was obviously the unexpected combination of these...
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One of my biggest and most amazing discoveries when I first got to L.A. was this radio station called The Sound, which slogan I have used as the title of this entry. Their never-ending repertoire of the biggest rock classics of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s -since the day I found it tuned in...
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