Ace Hotel-LA

The rumors have officially been confirmed. The Ace Hotel will be opening a location in DTLA in the United Artists building on Broadway. The Spanish-Gothic style building opened in 1927 and is part of the Historic Core in downtown. They are planning on renovating the theater in the building and reopening it. The Ace is known for creating boutique hotels in hot spots starting with Seattle, then Portland, Manhattan and Palm Springs and now...Los Angeles!

Merry Christmas to all...

These next few days will be busy for me: working two jobs by day and family, hot chocolate, and Christmas movies by night.  I am wishing every one of you a great weekend and a Merry Christmas!

photo via Ruche blog

Handsome + Apolis

For all of you Angelenos, particularly if you live downtown:
A few weeks ago I did a post on Handsome Coffee Roasters (seen here) and a post on shopping locally featuring Apolis (seen here).  Well, the two have merged while Handsome goes through its final stages of construction.  Stop into Apolis this week for some Christmas shopping and the best cappuccino in town!

Delicious!

Common table-ecourages community

A Bittersweet December

So much has happened within this last month!  Due to crazy hurricane winds and a fallen tree (see post here), we had to leave our place with all of our stuff still in it and sleep on couches in between our parents houses.  It has been an incredibly stressful and difficult time with commuting to LA, working two jobs and the holidays, but I have realized with all the bitter, I needed to taste the sweet.  So here it is...

Living back at home, I have been able to play
my favorite games with my sister and brothers. 

While the commute is hellish (2 hours there and nearly
2 hours back), there are some pretty moments

We were able to housesit for friends in Highland Park
and made the most of it..and made Old Fashioned's

While looking for a new place to live is super stressful,
we are just starting a new adventure sooner
than planned. DOWNTOWN

Balboa Boat Parade

Yesterday my husband and I had our only day off work together in the past two weeks until Christmas Day, so we celebrated by getting quite a few craft beers at Crow Bar and then walking to the Balboa Boat Parade on its last night.  We accidentally started the tradition of going two years ago when we happened to be there on opening night walking around looking at the Christmas lights.  Since we are temporarily in Orange County, we decided it was a must!

Mrs.&Mr. E

This is our first Christmas picture as a married couple!! Tis the weekend for holiday parties and cheer so have fun and Happy Friday!

Holiday Gift Guide--For Men

December 15, 2011

1. Insults and Comebacks  ||  2. Dents Plaid Scarf  ||  3. Sprocket Rocket Camera  ||  4. Predict-a-pen  ||  5. Hook & Albert Colored Laces  ||  6. Eyewear Sleeve  ||  7. Moose Head iPhone Stand  ||  8. Grant’s Golden Pomade  ||  9. Forgetful Gentleman Correspondence Kit  ||  10. This Way Up Flask  ||  11. Royal Navy Cufflinks  ||  12. Dog Lead  ||  13. Steve McQueen  ||  14. Apolis Pocket Square

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