Pop Up Grocer, a trendy traveling grocery store stocked with today’s most innovative emerging brands, is coming to Los Angeles during the month of February. It will officially open on February 7th through March 1st in Venice at 62 Windward Avenue. 

The Venice location will include a diverse offering of 150+ brands in the food, beverage, home, pet and body care categories. Natural brands including Cocojune, Jet Set Natural, Lil Bucks, Olipop, and Whoa! Dough will fill the shelves of the Venice pop-up. Additionally, the month long pop-up will showcase the most creative and delicious products on the market from brands including Brightland, Magic Spoon, Curious Elixirs, Avocadomilk and many more. 

Visitors can shop each day from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm through March 1st. All products sold at Pop Up Grocer range from $2 to $120. Pop Up Grocer also hosts After Hours events to build a sense of community with its visitors and trust among its shoppers, something they believe most grocery stores lack.

 

This Thursday, December 19, Margot - the stunning coastal Spanish and Italian restaurant in Culver City which counts Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, Kristen Stewart, Halle Berry, Gabrielle Union, and Coldplay as fans, will be celebrating its one year anniversary with a party and a very special DJ set from GRAMMY-nominated producer, singer and DJ Mayer Hawthorne. Enjoy bites and cocktails at Culver City's hottest rooftop restaurant, which is located on the rooftop of Platform, and offers sweeping views of Los Angeles from the Thomas Schoos x Lisa Gill designed space. 

Margot’s celebrated menu features a prominent raw bar with a large selection of handmade pastas, grilled meats, seafood and creative vegetable dishes. The cocktail program led by Marcos Pulido is inspired by the art of Aperitivo and Vermouth drinking traditions found in Italy and Spain. A showcased glass-enclosed wine cellar will house a highly-curated selection of 180 global wines by Geno Tomko of Lucid Selections, with a wide range of vintages and varietals focusing on the regions of Italy, Spain, France and California.

Margot is open daily for lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with an afternoon light bite menu from 3pm to 5:30pm and for dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. with brunch specials on Saturdays and Sundays. The bars remains open from 11am until 2:00 a.m daily.

Margot is located at 8820 Washington Blvd, Suite 301 in Culver City, CA 90232.  Valet parking is available free of charge to all restaurant guests with validation. The space is also available for special events, ranging from full buyouts, to private dining and patio specific space usage. 

Estrella Jalisco, the Mexican beer that enriches life with color and creativity, invites the public to take part in an immersive art experience in celebration of Día de Muertos. The exhibit, titled A New Día, or A New Day, inspires people to discover and embrace the holiday as a celebration of life and living tradition. Beginning Oct. 18 through Nov. 1, Estrella Jalisco will host an immersive multi-room exhibit at Wisdome LA, a 35,000 sq. ft. art entertainment park located in the heart of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. The exhibit will guide visitors through a sensory journey via four geodesic dome installations.

• Name: A New Día presented by Estrella Jalisco

• Address: Wisdome LA, 1147 Palmetto Street, Los Angeles, CA (DTLA)

• Dates Open: October 18 – November 1

• Hours: 11am – 9pm (Thursdays & Sundays) and 11am – 12am (Fridays & Saturdays)

• Tickets: https://wisdome.la/anewdia

• Join the conversation online @EstrellaJalisco #ANewDia

• Must be 21 and over to enter.

Benebone, leading brand of USA-made dog chews, is kicking off fall by hosting a Paint & Sip With Your Pup and Yappy Hour event with influencer pups, including @pavlovthecorgi! The Paint & Sip With Your Pup event will be on Friday, 9/27/19 at 6pm in the Centinela Feed & Pet Store. You’ll get to custom paint a dog bowl and pick it up fully glazed! From 12pm-3pm on Saturday, 9/28/19, you can also join for free swag, games and mingling with your pups at the Angel City Brewery.

Head here for details.

Lana Del Rey just announced a Los Angeles, CA show at the Hollywood Bowl on October 10th as part of her highly anticipated run of shows this Fall. Produced by Live Nation, the 8 city run will open on September 21st in New York and make stops in Seattle, Portland and more before finishing on October 11th in San Diego, CA. Tickets for the Hollywood Bowl show go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, August 9th at 10am local time at LiveNation.com

Lana recently revealed the release date of her upcoming album ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’, out everywhere Friday, August 30th, 2019. It is now available for pre-order in standard and deluxe editions on download, CD, vinyl and cassette.

This album was mainly produced and co-written with Jack Antonoff and will include ‘Venice Bitch’, "‘Mariners Apartment Complex’, ‘hope is a danger thing for like me to have - but I have it’, and the cover of Sublime’s "‘Doin’ Time’.

Each ticket to The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour will come with a copy of the album. Visit lanadelrey.com for more information.

In celebration of culture and cuisine, Southern California’s number-one food and wine festival, Los Angeles Food & Wine, will have the ninth annual celebration from August 22nd - 25th. Among the most renowned will be culinary legends Jeremiad Tower, native Angelenos Nancy Silverton, Jet Tila and several other celebrity chefs. The festival will also be showcasing wines from across California and the world.

Tickets are now available here. A full event listing can also also be found here.

Beautycon will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center for its Beautycon Festival LA, the largest beauty festival in the world, on August 10 and 11, 2019. On Saturday, August 10th Priyanka Chopra will participate in a fireside chat where she will discuss her charitable work through her foundation, The Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education, the importance of empowering women and what the next chapter of her life entails. On Sunday, August 11th, Arianna Huffington will interview Ciara on the mainstage where the Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and CEO will dish advice on how to “level up” and master resilience, empowerment, and self-love. The two-day Beautycon Festival LA will also feature appearances by Anastasia Soare, Jhené Aiko, Bretman Rock as well as engaging panels, live makeup tutorials and on-stage conversations with additional celebrity speakers (previous celebrities include Cardi B, Kim Kardashian West, Tyra Banks, Chrissy Teigen, and Zendaya), celebrity and creator meet-ups, brand activations and an overall inclusive environment for self-expression. Tickets are on sale now HERE. For more information about Beautycon, please visit www.beautycon.com.

Heads up for your favorite brands that are coming: Glossier, Huda Beauty, Ulta Beauty, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Lime Crime, Sally Beauty, L'Oréal Paris, SheaMoisture, Not Your Mother’s, Milani, Maybelline New York, Rimmel London, Beautycon POP and 100+ more!

This summer, from July 27th to August 4th, the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB; creators of the Got Milk? campaign) is kicking off their Bones Love Milk initiative an indoor pop-up skate park and their Bones Love Milk Skate team. The event will be in Huntington Beach featuring daily open skate sessions, pro tutorials and a Street League watch party.

The California Milk Processor Board’s Bones Love Milk Campaign is dedicated to educating youth on the real benefits of milk as “nature’s energy drink” in unconventional ways. The skate culture theme is meant to showcase how milk can deliver strong, healthy bones that skaters need to recover from a fall.

On the official Bones Love Milk Skate Team include Christian Hosoi, Chris Cole, Tom Asta, Bryce Wettstein and Cordano Russell.

Click here for more details!

This year’s VidCon US, the world’s largest convention for digital content creators and platform executives, will be Wednesday, July 10th through Saturday, July 13th 2019 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Content creators set to attend include Brent Rivera, Emma Chamberlain, The Try Guys, LaurDIY, Alyson Stoner and many more. In attendance will also be executives such as Youtube’s Neal Mohan, Tik Tok’s Kathleen Grace, Twitter’s Stacy Minero, Instagram’s Jim Squires and many more. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, VidCon will also be hosting “VidCarnival” and the “Night of Awesome” full of music, performances and appearances from some top Digital Creators.

Effervescence, America’s leading epicurean event centered solely around Champagne and sparkling wines, will return to Los Angeles May 3-5, 2019. The three-day festival will kick off on May 3rd with a once-in-a-lifetime dinner hosted by Krug and will pour into the weekend with the Grand Champagne Tasting featuring top Champagne producers, and master classes taught by leading experts. An exclusive Gala Dinner at Jar will be hosted by California’s leading female celebrity chefs: Suzanne Tracht, Nancy Silverton, Dominique Crenn and Dahlia Narvaez. To top it off, Nancy Silverton will host the More Bubbles brunch featuring sparkling wines from around the world for collectors, winemakers, and enthusiasts.

Effervescence Festival is proud to partner with the Los Angeles Times Food Bowl. It will be featured as one of 200 events during the month-long festival in May celebrating the city's dynamic food scene.

The three-day festival will include:

Krug Collector Dinner at 71 Above - Friday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. Effervescence will kick off with a once-in-a-lifetime dinner for Champagne collectors, hosted by Krug Champagne, at 71 Above in downtown Los Angeles. Winemaker Jérôme Jacoillot will share stories and insight into the legendary house. Current releases as well as very rare library releases will be paired with a special menu prepared by Chef Vartan Abgaryan, who is returning to the 71 Above kitchen for this special occasion. Champagne Krug is poised to debut the 1988 Collection - the most anticipated Collection in over 30 years - to dinner guests. This is the first showing of this late-disgorgement, extremely rare offering in the US, and it will be the first opportunity for collectors to purchase the storied vintage. 71 Above is located at 633 W. 5th Street, 71st Floor. $1,750 a seat.

Grand Champagne Tasting at the Line Hotel - Saturday, May 4th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hosted at The Line Hotel in LA’s trendy Koreatown district, the walkaround Grand Champagne Tasting will offer guests an opportunity to taste and converse with the winemakers, owners and brand ambassadors from more than 30 renowned Champagne houses. Purchasers of Grand Champagne Tasting tickets are eligible to win pairs of Recioto Spumante Champagne glasses by Bottega del Vino. The Line Hotel is located at 3515 Wilshire Blvd. $250 per person. 

During the Grand Champagne Tasting, three masterclasses will be offered to ticket holders on a first come, first serve basis at no additional cost, including: 

1:00 p.m. - Krug Champagne. Winemaker Jérôme Jacoillot will explore a vertical tasting of six Krug Grande Cuvée Editions. Every year, the recreation of Krug Grande Cuvée represents a new edition of the founder’s vision, a vision that goes beyond the very notion of Vintage. 

2:00 p.m. - Pinot Noir & Chardonnay featuring Bollinger and Ayala. In Champagne production, two grapes reign supreme: Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Champagne offers an incredible case study in the possibilities of these two classic varieties. At this seminar, we will explore the complementary contrasts of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Champagne with two top houses. Join us for “A Study of Pinot Noir via Champagne Bollinger & A Study of Chardonnay via Champagne Ayala”! The following wines will be poured:

■        Bollinger NV Special Cuvée *from magnum
■        Bollinger NV Brut Rosé
■        Bollinger La Grande Annee 2008
■        Bollinger La Cote aux Enfants Coteaux Champenois 2014
■        Ayala NV Brut Majeur *from magnum
■        Ayala NV Brut Nature
■        Ayala NV Rose Majeur
■        Ayala Blanc de Blancs 2012 

3:00 p.m. - Fromages de France.  World renowned cheese monger François Robin will create an extraordinary environment where guests will discover how their five senses work together to create the ultimate tasting experience. In all, five artisanal French cheeses (Comté, Brillat-Savarin, Livarot, Bleu d’Auvergne, and Mimolette) will meet their match -- five Champagnes from legendary houses Suenen (Côte des Blancs), Huré Frères (Montagne de Reims), Champagne A. Chauvet (Montagne de Reims), and Marion-Bosser (Vallée de la Marne).

Gala Dinner - Saturday, May 4th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Renown female chefs Nancy Silverton, the first woman to win the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef Award, Dominique Crenn, James Beard Foundation’s 2018 Best Chef: West and first woman to receive three Michelin stars, along with Chef Suzanne Tracht, owner of Jar restaurant, will host this year’s not-to-be missed Effervescence LA Gala Dinner. Chef Dahlia Navarez, recipient of the James Beard Foundation’s award for Best Pastry Chef in 2016, will also host as pastry chef for the evening. Winemakers will bring their own special bottles of Champagne and sparkling wines to share over the course of this special and intimate dinner. Diners are encouraged to bring a favorite bottle to share. Gala dinner guests may enter a raffle to win a 49-piece service for eight of Bottega del Vino's handmade, lead-free crystal.  Jar is located at 8225 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles. $500 per person.

More Bubbles Brunch - Sunday, May 5th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The popular More Bubbles Brunch melds a walkaround tasting of sparkling wines from Italy, Spain, USA, England, New Zealand, South Africa and beyond with a sumptuous brunch menu prepared by Chef Nancy Silverton. Guests will experience the diversity of grapes and sparkling wine styles from around the world, amidst the colorful and contemporary indoor and outdoor space of Hedley & Bennett, a woman owned and operated apron factory on the border of the Fashion District in downtown Los Angeles, located at 3864 S Santa Fe Ave. $125 per person.

The idea for Effervescence was inspired by Olivier Krug, a sixth-generation member of the Krug family and director of the Champagne house. “Olivier was visiting Los Angeles and was so impressed with our city’s culinary diversity and thirst for bubbles that he suggested we hold an event to celebrate both. Because of his enthusiasm, we decided to pop the cork on this festival in a big way and are thrilled for what the 2nd annual event will bring,” says Dan Perrelli, founder of Effervescence and owner of First the Wine, a Los Angeles wine shop.

Tickets may be purchased at www.effervescencela.com.